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Cable Boxes With DVD, MP3, Networking

Posted by simoniker on from the geek-toy-beckons dept.

Bruha writes "It appears that Charter Communications cable division is in the first phase of rolling out a new home media center-style cable box. The article on CNN describes the box with a 80 Gig hard drive, dual tuners (With HDTV), DVD, and WiFi networking capability to allow music to be transferred to the unit along with pictures from your PC. Copyright protection prevents recordings from being copied to the PC, and Charter has ordered 100,000 of these boxes." We covered a preliminary announcement of this box, which uses the Linux-based Moxi software, last year.

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  1. Burner by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Where's the dvd burner??

  2. Yes but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Does it run Linux?

    1. Re:Yes but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Does it run Windows Media Center Edition?

  3. Wait a Minute! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It uses Linux!

    But it has copy protection!

    I think my head is going to explode with this paradox.

    1. Re:Wait a Minute! by psavo · · Score: 2, Funny

      It uses Linux!
      But it has copy protection!
      I think my head is going to explode with this paradox.

      Most filesystems in linux do come with copy protection. It's most often used with chmod +/-r command.

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  4. Forward live broacasts!? by the_shaitan · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:

    "DVRs allow users to record shows onto a hard drive, and to pause, forward, and rewind live broadcasts"

    How can a DVR allow users to _forward_ a _live_ broadcast???

    1. Re:Forward live broacasts!? by Phosphor3k · · Score: 1, Funny

      Maybe they finally decided to integrate a Mr.Fusion and flux-capacitor? I hope it has a real good power-saving mode.

    2. Re:Forward live broacasts!? by dr_dank · · Score: 2, Funny

      Biff won't need that Sports Almanac now, just fast-forward to the end of the game.

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    3. Re:Forward live broacasts!? by ncc74656 · · Score: 2, Funny
      1. start watching live broadcast
      2. pause live broadcast
      3. resume watching broadcast
      4. fast forward to catch up with live

      You forgot "Profit!!!" from not having to waste time on dumbass commercials.

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