If you really want to watch it, you make sure the show has a high priority. Even a Tivo can handle that. Otherwise, the "wait" is not a bother since the show is obviously not a priority.
After using a DVR for awhile you get completely unused to commercials and no amount of "convenience" factor will help.
You are more likely to BUY a missed show from Amazon rather than sit through commercials again.
They are already getting paid. Then they are getting paid a second time because the government lets them get away with that. Now they are acting like spoiled children because Dish is doing what it wants with what it paid for.
They have no moral high ground here. They get away with double charging everyone. They should not get to decide that they can meddle here. They have already been paid for that privelege by Dish.
Either Dish should have the right to trash their commercials like any othe cable carrier has done for years, or they should get to rebroadcast the channels for free.
MythTV through a package manager really is not that daunting. Even building it from scratch is not that hard since you can use the package manager to sort out dependencies.
The more recent Seagates seem to be a lot better. They had a bad run for awhile certainly. However, it doesn't seem to be nearly as bad as some people like to let on.
The hysteria around this stuff tends to last longer than the actual problem.
Average Joe may also choose to keep copies of all of those shows he bought through iTunes. That sort of thing can add up to quite a bit over a few years.
Retaining control of something that you view as "your stuff" is a very common idea.
Netflix has to depend on your ISP who also happens to be a competing monopoly. That's even assuming that Netflix has what you want to watch to begin with.
This very minute I am ripping something that proved to be a not entirely satisfying experience when streamed through Netflix.
Nothing last forever in tech. If nothing else, your device will become obsolete. You WILL have to transfer your data to another device or piece of media. That is inevitable. THAT transfer needs to be fast enough to be usable.
Current disk speeds make transferring the contets of a consumer class arrays bothersome already.
However, it's a poor reason to spend 5x or 10x more on faster when it really doesn't matter most of the time.
I have about 2000 and they are all stored "online" iTunes style.
It's very handy and allows for a number of convenience features you can't really get any other way. Really big drives greatly simplify storage on the media server and eliminate the need for more expensive array hardware and aftermarket controllers.
Joe is simply not that engaged. He's not going to see the sales pitch. He isn't a tech geek that gets a boner over minesweeper loading a little faster.
This is just sad. You can't even carry your music collection with you and you are trying to make up sad and pathetic rationalizations as to why it's actually a good thing.
Tech should adapt to you rather than the other way around.
If "Average Joe" has any awareness of speed, then the Cloud will quickly get kicked to the curb and greater local storage densities will matter.
"Average Joe" will likely never realize that there is a technical reason to seek out an SSD. Some marketing hype might push them in that direction. Genuine "geeky" technical understanding will not.
Joe is willing to tolerate the cloud but wants the speed of an SSD? That's a clear an obvious contradiction.
Most people whining about Photoshop are not in fact artists.
What you really have are "collectors" that like to brag they have a copy of AutoCAD despite the fact they have no real clue what to do with it. Photoshop kind of seems simpler. Although it really isn't. So clueless people think they can get away talking BS about it and that no one else is clued in enough to call them out on their nonsense.
Some know. Some know what they don't know. Loser pirates don't even know how clueless they really are.
Image manipulation is a complex task. No amount of whining about GIMP will alter this. It is an activity that involves highly trained specialists. So the idea that GIMP might not replace Photoshop is hardly tragic.
Photoshop is an expensive professional tool.
It's not a toy for loser pirates.
If there is no middle ground here, then count yourself as part of the problem.
> Another thing is that a lot of people do get different devices over the lifetime of a computer
It's not the 80s anymore. This is not nearly the problem it used to be. With the exception of a few notoriously proprietary hardware vendors (basicially Apple) most stuff is simply not that hostile to unsupported platforms.
It's a new century. There's this thing called USB. Perhaps you've heard of it. Fixes a lot of these problems. You don't need monopolyware just to use peripherals.
I find it terribly ironic that the main force pushing people away from Linux on PCs is Apple. Their refusal to play nice with end users reverse engineering their own support is a great big crutch for Microsoft.
People use the big names because certain types of people fixate on big names. That's the only reason.
That mindless brand fixation then gives that product a leg up in a market dominated by needless vendor lock.
If you are trying to confuse Gnucash with Quickbooks, you don't really understand any of these applications and you are just mindlessly throwing brand names.
Photoshop and Quickbooks both are mostly irrelevant for the vast majority of users. They are not "end user" tools.
The main difference is that every respectable PC hardware vendor will offer you a machine with Windows pre-installed and sorted out. Otherwise, idiots like you would never get Windows fully installed.
I had a Dell Netbook running XP that was a total disaster when it came to wireless. So even getting something pre-loaded from a DOS hardware vendor is no gaurantee either.
People are trying to set a bar for Linux higher than what Windows can manage.
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ReplayTV was sued.
Tivo never had a commercial skip feature.
Their "skip forward" feature hasn't even always been enabled by default.
If you really want to watch it, you make sure the show has a high priority. Even a Tivo can handle that. Otherwise, the "wait" is not a bother since the show is obviously not a priority.
After using a DVR for awhile you get completely unused to commercials and no amount of "convenience" factor will help.
You are more likely to BUY a missed show from Amazon rather than sit through commercials again.
If they subscribe to cable then they have already been doing that for decades.
It's not misidrected at all.
They are already getting paid. Then they are getting paid a second time because the government lets them get away with that. Now they are acting like spoiled children because Dish is doing what it wants with what it paid for.
They have no moral high ground here. They get away with double charging everyone. They should not get to decide that they can meddle here. They have already been paid for that privelege by Dish.
Either Dish should have the right to trash their commercials like any othe cable carrier has done for years, or they should get to rebroadcast the channels for free.
Fox should not to get to have it both ways.
A good makefile is hardly a burden.
Perhaps Gentoo is just more painful than it really needs to be.
apt-get install mythtv
MythTV through a package manager really is not that daunting. Even building it from scratch is not that hard since you can use the package manager to sort out dependencies.
The more recent Seagates seem to be a lot better. They had a bad run for awhile certainly. However, it doesn't seem to be nearly as bad as some people like to let on.
The hysteria around this stuff tends to last longer than the actual problem.
Call it the Sheldon grudge effect.
It's a manageable amount of time. You just wouldn't want to do anything but mirroring.
Clearly you need to get out more and realize that the world is just a little bit bigger than your mother's basement.
> I bought two high-end 256 GB SSDs for less than $500.
Like I said. The cost of a PC.
PCs have been cheap like that for a very long time now.
Most people outside of the Cult of Jobs will view spending that much on your hard drive as bat shit crazy.
Except the Cloud is hardly ubiquitous.
It's just a silly fantasy pushed by people who can't manage to deal with the present.
Ubiqutious? Megaupload.
Average Joe may also choose to keep copies of all of those shows he bought through iTunes. That sort of thing can add up to quite a bit over a few years.
Retaining control of something that you view as "your stuff" is a very common idea.
Inferior quality. Inferior playback features. Inferior availability.
Netflix has to depend on your ISP who also happens to be a competing monopoly. That's even assuming that Netflix has what you want to watch to begin with.
This very minute I am ripping something that proved to be a not entirely satisfying experience when streamed through Netflix.
Are you kidding?
Nothing last forever in tech. If nothing else, your device will become obsolete. You WILL have to transfer your data to another device or piece of media. That is inevitable. THAT transfer needs to be fast enough to be usable.
Current disk speeds make transferring the contets of a consumer class arrays bothersome already.
However, it's a poor reason to spend 5x or 10x more on faster when it really doesn't matter most of the time.
30 - 50 disk array?
I have about 2000 and they are all stored "online" iTunes style.
It's very handy and allows for a number of convenience features you can't really get any other way. Really big drives greatly simplify storage on the media server and eliminate the need for more expensive array hardware and aftermarket controllers.
Joe is simply not that engaged. He's not going to see the sales pitch. He isn't a tech geek that gets a boner over minesweeper loading a little faster.
This is just sad. You can't even carry your music collection with you and you are trying to make up sad and pathetic rationalizations as to why it's actually a good thing.
Tech should adapt to you rather than the other way around.
A 500G SSD costs more than the laptop or desktop you would want to connect it to.
You seem to be pining for something that you have no real awareness of.
If "Average Joe" has any awareness of speed, then the Cloud will quickly get kicked to the curb and greater local storage densities will matter.
"Average Joe" will likely never realize that there is a technical reason to seek out an SSD. Some marketing hype might push them in that direction. Genuine "geeky" technical understanding will not.
Joe is willing to tolerate the cloud but wants the speed of an SSD? That's a clear an obvious contradiction.
No. The dreadful part is not being stuck with USB3.
The dreadful part is realizing that attaching an over hyped external interface to it will likely not matter.
What you say is certainly true for an artist.
Most people whining about Photoshop are not in fact artists.
What you really have are "collectors" that like to brag they have a copy of AutoCAD despite the fact they have no real clue what to do with it. Photoshop kind of seems simpler. Although it really isn't. So clueless people think they can get away talking BS about it and that no one else is clued in enough to call them out on their nonsense.
Some know.
Some know what they don't know.
Loser pirates don't even know how clueless they really are.
Image manipulation is a complex task. No amount of whining about GIMP will alter this. It is an activity that involves highly trained specialists. So the idea that GIMP might not replace Photoshop is hardly tragic.
Photoshop is an expensive professional tool.
It's not a toy for loser pirates.
If there is no middle ground here, then count yourself as part of the problem.
> Another thing is that a lot of people do get different devices over the lifetime of a computer
It's not the 80s anymore. This is not nearly the problem it used to be. With the exception of a few notoriously proprietary hardware vendors (basicially Apple) most stuff is simply not that hostile to unsupported platforms.
It's a new century. There's this thing called USB. Perhaps you've heard of it. Fixes a lot of these problems. You don't need monopolyware just to use peripherals.
I find it terribly ironic that the main force pushing people away from Linux on PCs is Apple. Their refusal to play nice with end users reverse engineering their own support is a great big crutch for Microsoft.
People use the big names because certain types of people fixate on big names. That's the only reason.
That mindless brand fixation then gives that product a leg up in a market dominated by needless vendor lock.
If you are trying to confuse Gnucash with Quickbooks, you don't really understand any of these applications and you are just mindlessly throwing brand names.
Photoshop and Quickbooks both are mostly irrelevant for the vast majority of users. They are not "end user" tools.
Windows installs also "depend on your hardware".
The main difference is that every respectable PC hardware vendor will offer you a machine with Windows pre-installed and sorted out. Otherwise, idiots like you would never get Windows fully installed.
I had a Dell Netbook running XP that was a total disaster when it came to wireless. So even getting something pre-loaded from a DOS hardware vendor is no gaurantee either.
People are trying to set a bar for Linux higher than what Windows can manage.