Chains owned by Tweeters (Tweeters, HiFi Buys, Bryn Mahr, etc.) have already dropped the price of a 30 hr model to $399. Use the store locator at www.hifibuys.com . Outpost.com's Tweeters link may have this price too.
Sony has announced a 30 hr model for $399 in April. Phillips prices are expected to drop to this level at that time. Tweeters chains just started early.
DirectTv subscribers can get a $100 rebate. Later this year (?) there will be a DirectTiVo box that records the MPEG stream directly instead of decoding & encoding it before it goes on disk.
A good web forum for TiVo info is at http://www.avsforum.com/ubbcgi/forumdisplay.cgi? action=topics&forum=TiVo+Personal+Televisi on&number=6&DaysPrune=5&LastLogin=
I don't think any experienced users will have any problems with this. Anything you put in the comments will show up when the mouse cursor is over the document (well, not in lynx, but you get the idea...
FYI, Comming Attractions is a great sight for following facts and rumors about films in the works. Here's their page on Good Omens.
TG *does* rule. Gotta check that book out.
Nineteen tequilas later we had a deal... Havana goes back to the mob And Fidel and I open up a chain of Kentucky Fried Chicken joints Ain't life sweet...
Merrill Lynch is advertising that they charge you a percentage of your *portfolio* (not profit). So they do better if you are successful, but they always get paid.
"Better than VHS" is fine when you're watching something that would've been taped otherwise. But isn't your main feed (cable, whatever) better than this?
but many reviewers have said that the highest compression rate is usually acceptable. I think it's still better than VHS.
Don't take anyone's word on the video quality, see it for yourself. I'm talking about the hightest quality setting, not the highest compression.
I saw a live Tivo at the Western Cable Show last week, and was disappointed with the vid quality. Of course the pitch guy had a lot of excuses about how bad the video feed was at the show, etc. ("But hey, didn't you bring that recorded content with you?") I'll wait till I see another demo before I give up on it, but I've read a lot videophiles who are turning their noses up. See news:alt.video.ptv.tivo
And note, "live" viewing with these things means constant NTSC->MPEG and MPEG->NTSC conversion, so that it's ready when you "Pause" or "Rewind". So make sure that the vid quality is acceptable to you, because it applies to all your viewing.
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Chains owned by Tweeters (Tweeters, HiFi Buys, Bryn Mahr, etc.) have already dropped the price of a 30 hr model to $399. Use the store locator at www.hifibuys.com . Outpost.com's Tweeters link may have this price too.
? action=topics&forum=TiVo+Personal+Televisi on&number=6&DaysPrune=5&LastLogin=
Sony has announced a 30 hr model for $399 in April. Phillips prices are expected to drop to this level at that time. Tweeters chains just started early.
DirectTv subscribers can get a $100 rebate. Later this year (?) there will be a DirectTiVo box that records the MPEG stream directly instead of decoding & encoding it before it goes on disk.
A good web forum for TiVo info is at
http://www.avsforum.com/ubbcgi/forumdisplay.cgi
I got mine from a Bryn Mahr two nights ago.
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Not in WebTV either.
Most Catholic countries switched from Julian to Gregorian in October, 1582 or shortly thereafter. Britain and her colonies in September, 1752.
:)
d /cal_art.htm
Sweden adopted Gregorian in 1753, Japan in 1873, Egypt in 1875, Eastern Europe during 1912-1919, Turkey in 1927, and Russia in 1918.
On my system:
# cal 9 1752
September 1752
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Is it different in other countries?
Source: http://www.magnet.ch/serendipity/hermetic/cal_stu
P.S. Couldn't make that calendar line up right.
Support of the PLAINTEXT tag would be nice.
A crummy commercial!
Are the MP3s (for the CDs that I own) downloadable, or can I only play them streaming thru their special client?
What level of compression do they use? What encoder?
Here's their page on Good Omens.
TG *does* rule. Gotta check that book out.
Nineteen tequilas later we had a deal...
Havana goes back to the mob
And Fidel and I open up a chain of Kentucky Fried Chicken joints
Ain't life sweet...
I don't know. Given the recent advances in genetics & biotech, we might see techniques for significantly slowing aging within the next 50 years.
Merrill Lynch is advertising that they charge you a percentage of your *portfolio* (not profit). So
they do better if you are successful, but they always get paid.
"You guys a couple of bookies!"
See http://www.iy2kcc.org/
Excellent points about multiple high tech companies and freedom of choice. I'd love
to see a list of areas that qualify.
Silicon Valley
Redmond (?)
RTP, NC
Boston Corridor
??
??
LazyBoy -- who dreams of leaving NJ
"Better than VHS" is fine when you're watching something that would've been taped otherwise. But isn't your main feed (cable, whatever) better than this?
...
I saw a live Tivo at the Western Cable Show last week, and was disappointed with the vid quality. Of course the pitch guy had a lot of excuses about how bad the video feed was at the show, etc. ("But hey, didn't you bring that recorded content with you?") I'll wait till I see another demo before I give up on it, but I've read a lot videophiles who are turning their noses up. See news:alt.video.ptv.tivo
And note, "live" viewing with these things means constant NTSC->MPEG and MPEG->NTSC conversion, so that it's ready when you "Pause" or "Rewind". So make sure that the vid quality is acceptable to you, because it applies to all your viewing.