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Time Warner Cable Runs Out of HD DVRs

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the selling-like-hotcakes dept.

jalvear writes "According to TV NewsChannel 9 in Syracuse, NY, Time Warner Cable said that they have run out of HD digital video recorder (DVR) boxes. Apparently, there's a shortage of HD DVRs because the company that makes the boxes have been 'overwhelmed by requests for them.' Seems like almost everyone has bought an HDTV during the holidays and wants to watch the Super Bowl in HD format."

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  1. cabele companies by thebear05 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow cable companies doing a piss poor job of taking care of consumer needs. I'm Shocked

    1. Re:cabele companies by Elm+Tree · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wow... You've done what I thought was impossible. You've made Canadian cable providers seem generous and fair.

  2. Watch superbowl? by ForestGrump · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why! why for the love of HDTV?

    Just go download the commercials on your fav torrent site or youtube. Don't waste your life watching the filler.

    Grump

    --
    Is it true that more people vote for the winner of American Idol, than vote for the president? -Ali G.
    1. Re:Watch superbowl? by DingerX · · Score: 2, Funny

      Dude. It's all about the live experience. With an HD DVR, you can start the party, then have everyone sit down two hours after kickoff and watch the commercials without sports interruption. And yeah, you can also avoid the halftime show with "Hooray for Everything" (shudder), without missing the eventual nipple.

  3. Re:Wow by robbiedo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually NFL footbal was revitalized for me by HD broadcast, and the large screen format. I had not watched football for years because it just was not very much fun to watch on a 32 inch fuzzy square picture. I bought a external HD antenna for my 52" HDTV, and was wowed by the over the air broadcasts for free, especially the NFL broadcasts. The technology that the networks are employing to exploit the format is just amazing. I was blown away by it, I bought an HD 720p projector about 6 weeks ago, and I am just stunned by HD on a 106 inch bright, high contrast, colorful HD wonder. I can't wait until I can afford a true 1080P projector.

  4. Re:Is that real? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And you must be a retard.

    11,000/500,000 = 2.2% (at least you got that correct)

    "SDTV owns 97.8% of the market"

    Because, obviously, not a single person in a 500,000 person market thought to order HDTV before December 1. Strange, considering TFA says that the 11,000 was "nearly three times the number received in December and January a year ago". Even so, no one must ever order HDTV service between Feb 1 and Nov 30.

    I think I hear the short bus pulling up in front of your house ... better put your helmet on.