Time Warner Cable NYC Begins DVR Distribution

MikeTRose writes "Today's NYT Circuits section has an article about the proliferation of digital television choices for cable and satellite customers. They mention that Time Warner Cable will be starting to offer DVR cable boxes to New York City subscribers in September 2003. Apparently the time-shifting features of the new Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8000 (flash demo) set-tops are unusually powerful, as I got mine in Brooklyn this past Tuesday. 80 GB drive, which equals an estimated 50 hours of digital cable programming (no quality controls a la TiVo or ReplayTV, everything is as-broadcast). Programming interface is integrated completely into the slightly-updated channel guide, and you hit one big ol' record button to save a show. The tuner can handle two channels at once, so you can watch one/record one, or record two programs while watching a prerecorded show (similar to the DirecTV TiVo units if I recall correctly). Works great so far, and there's no quality problem with recompressing the digital cable as there is with standalone DVRs, nor is there the annoying 2-3 second channel change lag while it caches video. At less than $10 a month -- no cost to the subscriber for the box -- that money we were saving for a TiVo is up for grabs."

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Re:DVR in WI Knight Rider ? WTF!!!

[puto]

As a 33 year old man I grew up with Kit and Michael.

Futurama, Simpsons, and the Family Guy I totally agree.

But Knight Rider I have to take offense.

Ok, it was cool when I was young.

However, looking back here is how I see it.

Michael was an openly macho Guido who bought International Male catalog knock off clothes. He would have had a mullet if his hair would not have been vying for largest fright wig of the 80's award.

Kit, well kit was cool. But he was a latent homosexual who was in love with Michael. Looking for a bit of rought trade. Michael knew this and Kit was his bitch.

And of course with out these factors the fundemental problem is Hasselhoff.

Puto