Somehow, you don't think it's absurd to pay $900 to record much content that you will never watch. Every week. I don't think the problem is me. That's an investment greater than what the average person pays for cable TV in a year. And, cable would be on top of the $900. Per week. Are you sure that you're not a full time 'devil's advocate', Tom? John Willkie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:03 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Highfield unveils vision for Freeview's future > Makes no sense? I've also proposed just recording everything of some > selected set of channels. And Bob's proposal was only for 2 full > streams. At 8.6 GB / hour you could record about 29 hours of 2 full > streams on a 500GB drive. And I ordered one of those myself yesterday > for $140.93, including shipping. > > If you wanted only what Bob proposed you could get your whole week 24/7 > for less than $900. Though since 99% of TV is useless to me I prefer to > use the online guides and program my computers to only get the things of > interest to me, just like I would not try to download the entire > Internet. But storage cost is indeed trending towards free. It's just > our usage and expectations trend upwards along with that. > > - Tom > > > > John Willkie wrote: > > Record everthing? Next to nothing? > > > > Let me see, an ATSC transport stream is 8.7 gb per hout. So, if you have 10 > > transport streams, recording everything uses up 87 gb of disk space in an > > hour. > > > > Why, that's only 2 terabytes a day for the ota DTV channels I can receive > > over the air. Then, add in a few hundred cable and satellite channels, and > > I'm sure it won't be any more than 30 terabytes a day. And, if you are away > > from home for a day and couldn't watch all that content, you'd only need to > > double your storage. When one thinks of such large data bases, one > > generally tends to think of redundancy and RAID arrays. > > > > I just shopped for a new 400 gb hard drive, bob. It only costs $139. So, > > to record a whole week OF EVERTHING would only cost me $24,325. I just > > can't wait until hard drives are 1/10th current price, and that will only > > cost $2,432. > > > > In other words, your concept MAKES NO SENSE, bob. > > > > Of course, if you were to remove duplicated programming, eliminate > > commercials, and prioritize based on what you've watched before and your > > expressed interests, that might fit into a Tivo-like box. But, that > > wouldn't be recording everything. > > > > Here's also something to keep in mind: the target. People only live 8,760 > > or so hours per year, and about 1/3 of that is taken up by sleeping, and > > perhaps 1/4 by working. That means 7/12th of the time, people can't watch > > TV. > > > > I suspect that people can't watch 'much more' than 2 tv programs > > simultaneously. That means there is about 5,110 hours per year that the > > average person COULD watch TV, without counting driving time, family time, > > etc. So, your system would store in a day about the number of hours of > > television programming that a person could watch in a year. > > > > This is absurd, Bob. But, the economics will only improve, as disk drives > > get cheaper. That said, ti will be absurd for many, many years. Might work > > in an area where there is only one channel. > > > > John Willkie > > > > P.S. That's the trick! Store everything to HD-DVR or Blue-Ray! It would > > only take about a dozen or more drives continually recording, and those > > disks are so cheap! > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:47 AM > > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Highfield unveils vision for Freeview's future > > > > > > > >>We were promoting this idea in 2000. Record everything in fact. The > >>premise was that storage devices would cost close to zero by now. The > >>viewer would chose what they did not want to see recorded. Our "Hockey > >>Puck" receiver was designed to record all new content being broadcast > >>from 12 virtual channels delivered over two 6 MHz channels. > >> > >>Bob Miller > >> > >>On 4/19/07, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>>This vision of Freeview future includes a PVR/Internet TV hybrid STB, > >>>for catch-up video on demand. Should be readily doable. > >>> > >>>Bert > >>> > >>>----------------------------------------------------------- > >>>http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=0&id=2376 > >>> > >>>Highfield unveils vision for Freeview's future > >>> > >>>BBC future media and technology director Ashley Highfield says it is > >>>"critical that Freeview evolves as a compelling and competitive > >>>alternative to cable and satellite". That means free-to-air channels in > >>>high definition-now the subject of a heated debate between public > >>>services broadcasters and regulator Ofcom over future use of liberated > >>>spectrum. But Highfield told a conference in Cannes that Freeview also > >>>needed to offer on-demand content, "both a catch-up service, and access > >>>to back-catalogue and archive programming". > >>> > >>>In a wide-ranging speech Highfield also disclosed that the BBC was > >>>working on an Apple Mac-compatible version of its web-based iPlayer > >>>seven-day catch-up TV service, as well as launching a pilot opening up > >>>the BBC's vast archive to web users. > >>> > >>>"Getting our BBC iPlayer seven-day catch-up TV service and our archive > >>>pilot out on to the web is one thing, but clearly the biggest available > >>>audience is sat in front of the television. Like many others, we've been > >>>busy building a bridge between our on-demand content aspirations and our > >>>audiences' lounge-bound televisions," said Highfield. > >>> > >>>"As Britain enters the endgame of analogue switchover, we have a > >>>four-year-long opportunity to achieve a step-change in the services > >>>which we deliver on Freeview, and to evolve and future-proof Freeview > >>>with additional advanced interactive and digital functionality. > >>> > >>>"We've just completed a technical trial to test some of the technologies > >>>around, pushing 50 hours of BBC programming per week automatically to > >>>digital video recorders on Freeview. > >>> > >>>"It's a simple catch-up service that could become the entry-point for > >>>audiences to on-demand for the first time. Its advantage over a PVR is > >>>that you don't have to remember to record your favourite BBC programmes, > >>>and that at any one moment, in addition to all the linear channels, > >>>there is always a freshly-prepared up-to-date carousel of 50 hours of > >>>on-demand programmes." > >>> > >>>Highfield said while 'push-VOD' had its attractions it would not allow > >>>"any viewer to access any BBC programme ever broadcast via their > >>>television". That required an internet connection and new hybrid set-top > >>>box, combining broadcast TV with the internet. "Hybrid boxes are a part > >>>of the future, as important-if not more so-than standard PVRs," said > >>>Highfield. > >>> > >>>"In a hybrid environment you can really start to mix and match, using > >>>the best of both worlds linear scheduled TV via digital broadcast for > >>>new programming on the one hand, and deep archive via IP on the other. > >>>Their worlds may be converging, but they're not in competition. The BBC > >>>will deliver content and applications via broadcast and IP, merging them > >>>into a seamless audience experience." > >>> > >>>Lovelace Consulting 19.04.2007 > >>> > >>> > >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >>> > >>>- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > > > > FreeLists.org > > > >>>- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > > > > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > >>> > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > >> > >>- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > > > > FreeLists.org > > > >>- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > > > > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > -- > Tom Barry trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.