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ReplayTV DVR to Remove Features

Posted by michael on from the forgotten-who-the-customer-is dept.

KarlTheGhoul writes "D&M Holdings Inc. on Tuesday said its new ReplayTV digital television recorder will not include controversial features such as automatically skipping commercials and sharing shows via the Internet." This is a confirmation of our earlier story. Their new ad slogan will be "Costs More, Less Useful".

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  1. Even less features. by svenjob · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now it has even less fearues with which to compete with TiVo. Way to go!

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    1. Re:Even less features. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      every day, fewer and fewer people use the English language properly.

      and every post, people like you less and less because you're such a pompus cock head.

  2. Mac Heads, rejoice! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Their new ad slogan will be "Costs More, Less Useful".

    Hey, isn't that Apple's mission statement?

  3. In other news... by illumin8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news... Ebay prices of the older 4000 series Replay units skyrocketd...

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  4. correct story title: by Tumbleweed · · Score: 1, Funny

    ReplayTV DVR to Remove Users

    In other news, TiVo marketshare way, way up! :)

    As Bugs Bunny would say, "What a buncha maroons."

  5. Re:But the advertisers... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "I predict we'll either see show quality decline or cable costs go up."

    God I hope not. Quality shows like "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" will be replaced by "Who Wants to watch the surveillence cam at Wal Mart"

  6. Re:Come on Mikey. by Nix0n · · Score: 2, Funny

    Posted by michael on Tuesday June 10, @01:58PM

    Is that really necessary from a (presumably) unbiased editor?

    Uh.

    Heh.

    Hahah.

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAAH.

    AAAAAH HA HA HA HA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAA!!!

  7. VCR? by siskbc · · Score: 5, Funny
    They said that when the VCR came out, that TV would be dead within two years. So in 1986, I stopped watching TV, since the two years had elapsed by then, and figured why wait until the screen faded to black since that would be really sad.

    So for the last 17 years, I didn't watch TV until someone told me this year, hey, TV never died, it was there all along. I was really happy, and I watched some really great shows like Jackass, but now you fuckers are telling me this TiVo shit is going to kill TV again! Fuck!

    Well, I'm not waiting around for the end. I'm giving up TV. I just think it's shitty that people are always talking about some box killing broadcast TV. I'm gonna break all those fucking boxes.

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  8. Re:Skipping Commercials.... Stealing? But... by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Getting up to go to the bathroom is a special dispensation since you're actually giving back the raw material that commercials are made of.

    Going to the fridge is right out, though.

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  9. Re:Wow, thanks - mod patent up! by realdpk · · Score: 3, Funny

    I never thought I'd see the day that someone on /. would be asking to mod a patent up.

  10. Secret code by Eevee · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I thought it was Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start.

  11. They can have my TIVO series 1, by Archfeld · · Score: 4, Funny

    when they pry my gun from my cold dead hands...

    If they come for me, you ALL will here about it :)

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  12. Re:MythTV, anyone? by Sloppy · · Score: 2, Funny

    The only Tivo feature I ever noticed get removed, was the not-having-an-ad-on-the-main-menu feature.

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