It's great that they are standardizing on the connection to the device. It would be even better if now there could be a standard for wall AC power. Needing to bring 6-8 adapters when I travel overseas is a bit crazy.
Do you have any information regarding the exact address of the factory? I've lived in CT all my life and figure I should go take a tour of the factory before they close it and move their production to Mexico. All I know is it is in Enfield.
4. The license transfer is more stringent version of the current license transfer. The example they give is a bit weak. At work, if you get a new workstation? I seriously think that corporate licensing will have provisions for this sort of thing. How many people buy their own work computer licenses? Unless you own your own business, not many. Most home users keep a machine for several years. If you assume a home user is on a 3-year replacement cycle (the most common business practice I have found), they will probably only need a single transfer before the new OS is out (though after this, you never know.) Also, how many new PC purchases do not come with a new license?
The problem I see with this is what kind of algorithm or keying technology are they using to identify that the license has indeed been installed on a new machine? I'd assume it would be keying on a particular combination of hardware / settings and sending them off to Microsoft. So what happens when I upgrade my motherboard? or replace my fried video card? Will this falsely trigger the 'second use' licensing? What happens if I replace my hardware more than twice? This is more of a potential issue than people buying brand new PC's (which as you said will probably come with a license)
The older v5000 & v4000 models have the Commercial Advance feature. The newer models (manufactured after Digital Networks bought the rights from SonicBlue) do not offer the Commercial Advance. Digital Networks no longer makes hardware based DVRs, rather they are now offering a software based DVR solution. The replaytv website makes no mention of any commercial skip feature at all. However it being software, I'm sure it wont be long before someone figures out a way.
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It's great that they are standardizing on the connection to the device. It would be even better if now there could be a standard for wall AC power. Needing to bring 6-8 adapters when I travel overseas is a bit crazy.
Do you have any information regarding the exact address of the factory? I've lived in CT all my life and figure I should go take a tour of the factory before they close it and move their production to Mexico. All I know is it is in Enfield.
Looks like the karaoke business in Australia is going to take a massive hit. Crikey!
Perhaps you should file for a 'interestingnesslessness' patent?
4. The license transfer is more stringent version of the current license transfer. The example they give is a bit weak. At work, if you get a new workstation? I seriously think that corporate licensing will have provisions for this sort of thing. How many people buy their own work computer licenses? Unless you own your own business, not many. Most home users keep a machine for several years. If you assume a home user is on a 3-year replacement cycle (the most common business practice I have found), they will probably only need a single transfer before the new OS is out (though after this, you never know.) Also, how many new PC purchases do not come with a new license? The problem I see with this is what kind of algorithm or keying technology are they using to identify that the license has indeed been installed on a new machine? I'd assume it would be keying on a particular combination of hardware / settings and sending them off to Microsoft. So what happens when I upgrade my motherboard? or replace my fried video card? Will this falsely trigger the 'second use' licensing? What happens if I replace my hardware more than twice? This is more of a potential issue than people buying brand new PC's (which as you said will probably come with a license)
... on what exactly the Pentagon is doing unbelievably well these days ...
The older v5000 & v4000 models have the Commercial Advance feature. The newer models (manufactured after Digital Networks bought the rights from SonicBlue) do not offer the Commercial Advance. Digital Networks no longer makes hardware based DVRs, rather they are now offering a software based DVR solution. The replaytv website makes no mention of any commercial skip feature at all. However it being software, I'm sure it wont be long before someone figures out a way.