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A PVR For Two Straight Weeks Of Video

Posted by timothy on from the feet-on-ottoman dept.

Rob G. writes: "Story from Variety on Y! News this morning about a monster PVR that can store 320 hours of tv; price is $1999. You could tape full seasons of a dozen shows and watch 'em in the summer instead of BB2." There are some other cool features promised here, including free programming service for broadband users. Watch the hard-drive wars heat up on PVRs and smile at what that means for your time-shifting habits.

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  1. Well then... by spagma · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure it is enough room to store entire seasons of multiple shows, but is it enough to store a full Kevin Costner film?

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  2. Homebrew PVR by wiredog · · Score: 4, Funny

    Given a BIOS that lets you Boot A PIII System In .8 Seconds and the Hauppage WinTV PVR card ($249) you could roll your own! Probably for lots less than $1000.

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  3. Two words: Cost Prohibitive. by boinger · · Score: 4, Funny
    two grand? Give me a break - if that's not an obscure niche market, I don't know what is. Most consumers aren't even aware of DVRs existing. I'm very talkative about how great TiVo is and it's rare that I don't have to explain what it is.

    So, now, a unit that's over 6 and a half times the cost of my Sony SVR2000 (i.e. an expensive model of TiVo) is supposed to revolutionize TV viewing? My ass. Sure, I plan on putting another larger drive in my TiVo, but I'm not whining about lack of space - it'll just be a nice cushion for when I'm away for the weekend.

    btw, 8 times my current capacity isn't a whole season. It's maybe two months. Three tops. And I'm not particularly psycho about my TiVoing.

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  4. Friends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    As al bundy said:

    Friends, don't have em, don't want em, and danmn sure don't want to watch em.

  5. Re:Eliminate ads by agdv · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm curious as to how a DVR/PVR can detect the end of show / beginning of a commercial


    It has speech recognition and a library of common commercial phrases ("not-so-fresh feeling", "order now and get an extra...", etc) as well as voice recgnition (can tell the kid from the Gateway commercial from the characters of your favorite show).