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RCA PVR Will Use Free Guide+ Program Guide

Posted by timothy on from the sensibility dept.

Mark Leighton Fisher writes "RCA has announced (among other CES goodies) a PVR/DVD player for this year that uses the free GUIDE Plus+ program guide rather than requiring an oncoming program guide contract. Once we bring the price down (yes, I work there) I may break down and get one, as I don't like the program guide fee required on current PVRs. (This may be the first no-program guide-fee commercial PVR.)"

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  1. Re:Sick of hearing this whining. by aftk2 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I told my TiVo to tape every Steve Martin movie that was on, regardless of any channel it was on. Every once in a while I turn the TiVo on to find a Steve Martin movie recorded and waiting for me to watch!
    [snip]

    Five dollars a month is worth it to watch every Steve Martin classic
    [snip]

    I do not work at TiVo. I do not work at DirecTV

    Let me guess - you're Steve Martin.
    --
    concrete5: a cms made for marketing, but strong enough for geeks.
  2. Re:Guide Fee by IronChef · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...you could just buy 3-4 cheap VCRs and set the time to record your shows. That would get you 18-20 hours of record time.

    On a related note, I am going to get rid of my computer and replace it with an infinitely long strip of paper. My frame rates will suffer, but I will save a lot of electricity.

    My local police department will also be replacing their firearms with rocks.