[opendtv] To record in HD is a step closer to techie heaven
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:55:36 -0400
To record in HD is a step closer to techie heaven
By Jonathan Bloom, Globe Correspondent
May 20, 2004
There's probably at least one in your circle of friends, the guy who
loves his gadgets, who needs to have the latest home-entertainment
toys first, whose pulse quickens at the mention of acronyms like DSL
and DBS.
Two of these gadgeteers' most lust-inducing acronyms are HDTV, the
television format that offers startlingly clear pictures and sound,
and DVR, a class of VCR-like devices that record content digitally on
hard drives, skips over commercials, and enables live television
pausing.
Until recently, the twain did not meet: You could watch
high-definition shows when they were broadcast, or you could use DVRs
to watch whenever you wanted, but only in the pale-by-comparison
standard format. Yet these two technologies are now converging, and
in the place where these guys hang out -- online, of course -- the
fervor is overflowing.
The activity on the TiVo Community Forum, a blog linked to, but not
operated by, the company, illustrates the frenzy. There are over
60,000 registered bloggers, 167,000 threads, and 1.8 million posts. A
recent thread that suggested Best Buy might have some units that work
with satellite TV in stock elicited over 1,800 postings. There are
even more potential HD DVR owners lurking on other blogs like
DBSForums.com and DBSTalk.com (DBS stands for Digital Broadcast
Satellite). And these numbers represent only those users who get
their HDTV from satellite or over the air. Units that work with
cable-TV signals are not yet available.
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http://www.boston.com/yourlife/home/articles/2004/05/20/to_record_in_hd_is_a_step_closer_to_techie_heaven/
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