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ReplayTV May Drop "Commercial Advance"
An anonymous reader writes "Wired News is reporting that the new owners of ReplayTV are considering dropping the Commercial Advance and Send Show options features." I had bad luck with that function chopping out bits of show anyway. Between that and the 30 second skip function, I'm surprised ReplayTV has lasted this long!
>That post has got to be the most incoherent, non-sequitorious attempt at an honest 'rebuttal' I've ever seen on slashdot, and my UID is below 5000.
Great, a full search of slashdot (ask Malda for the archives) will show I've been here 2 years longer than you, that is if you're basing dick size on how long you've used slashdot.
>Out of the box, which is how at least 75% of Tivo owners will operate their systems for as long as they own their system (or live, which is as long as most Tivo owners I know say they'll be Tivo owners), you merely connect it to your TV, phone and tuner box and go.
No, they'll operate it as long as their subscription service holds out. As soon as TiVO does a DivX, bye-bye usefulness, hello expensive VCR.
>Setup is braindead simple, on par with Apple, and that is a magically glorious and wonderful thing, something to be cherished and adored.
No problems with that here. I just have a problem with buying something where the most useful features require the company to stay in business, that's all.
>You pull 'arguments' out of your ass that are not really 'arguments' at all, but instead are testaments to the flexibility and goodness of Tivo.
The question is, is there a linux box that does Tivo? I proved there was. You doubt that box I linked to exists? You doubt it is easy to install? I don't own one, so I can't disprove you on that, but I can assure you the company exists.
> Tivo uses linux, but my mom or joe blow would NEVER know that except by reading the back of one of the manuals, where you will find the entire text of GPL v2 printed. That's a Good Thing(tm). You can expand and hack your Tivo (and btw series 2 uses USB instead of PCI for network capability, and IIRC doesn't have a PCI slot) but you don't HAVE to. It's a CHOICE. Choice is GOOD.
I didn't complain about that. But to make the Tivo as useful as a homebrew/pre-bought linux alternative (to Tivo linux) you have to modify the box, as far as I can tell (let me know if I'm wrong).
Go ahead and buy a Tivo! I don't care! It's your money! Personally, I refuse to pay for a TV Guide when I get it for free as is, but if that's your choice, have at it!
>Tivo is not for you, it's for the more profitable and larger audience of non-techies.
Nice ad-hominem attack there. Impressive. Not.
>The fact that it's so hackable and uses Linux merely reduces naysayer count further, into privacy crank and ignorant geek territory.
And more ad-hominem attacks. If I'm an ignorant geek, then you'd be an ignorant debater. At least that means I can convince people of my points.
Apologize or be added to my (ever growing) foes list.
TTFN.
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