AOL will launch TiVo-like Mystro service

Jason1729 writes "According to this article on Yahoo, AOL is launching its on version of a PVR service. The content will be stored at the cable provider and not in the local hardware. That seems to be a huge disadvantage because it will use a lot more cable bandwidth transfering the content for a single viewer. It sounds like they're doing it that way so they can restrict which shows you can use the service with (like lock out new episodes of network shows)."

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AOL seems to only Market to morons...

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and their internet business, as I recall, is going down the tubes because fewer people need or will tolerate AOL's hand holding nowadays.

SO in order to increase revenues, they decide to offer a product against an established competitor, except with more restrictions, fewer features, and more ads? And they think this will work?

I wonder what the color of the sky is in AOL's world.... cause they don't seem like they're in this one.