Why we can't record our TV shows (was: In case you have not seen it.....Linux Media Center)

[Tom Buskey]

On 3/25/07, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/25/07, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The problem is, someone needs to stand up and say 'this ain't
> > right'.
>
>   This hearkens back to the wireless phone carrier subthread I
> accidentally started.
>
>   As long as people continue to subscribe to the service as it is now,
> DirectTV Inc has no incentive to change their ways.
>
>   If people refused to pay for service they couldn't record
> themselves, I can guarantee this problem would disappear.



As a TiVo owner and former DirecTV subscriber, I couldn't figure out why
people would get a DirecTiVo instead of a stand alone.

The standalone lets you transfer between 2 TiVos or to a PC that you can
burn to DVD.  The standalone can run HME java apps and view weather, movie
listings, etc.

The stand alone is free with a 1 year subscription up front.  The DirecTiVo
has a slightly smaller subscription.

Neither can do HDTV.  Of course, the Series 3 can.  $700 + subscription +
cable card.  No HME or HME or TiVo2TiVo or TiVo2PC.

Of course, my next TiVo will be MythTV.  Anyone got a way for them to play
.TiVo files directly?  Or script Myth to run tivodecode to convert to mpg
before playing? :-)
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