I'm not quite sure what you mean by "both outputs" and "output both channels" in your message, but:
- There is only 1 MPEG2 decoder in the unit. It has two tuners and can record two things at once, but it can only play back one thing at a time;
- Live TV counts as "playback" - the DirecTV signal is MPEG2, and thus requires decoding;
- All the outputs of the TiVo (S-Video, both composites, and RF) output the same thing. The dual-composite outputs allow for hookups to mutiple pieces of equipment. Not sure if it is standard for DirecTV receivers - my non-TiVo receivers also have it. My standalone TiVo has the same outputs as well;
- Thus, you will never get PIP on your TV from just the TiVos output.
There have been rumors about this useless "Window" button, but there haven't even been hints from TiVo that I know of as to what it is for. Some speculate a future PIP built into the TiVo.
The home Media Option is only available to owners of the TiVo Series 2 DVR. There is no such thing as a "Series 2" DirecTiVo. There is the Hughes HDVR2 (and some other brands soon), which is call the "DirecTV DVR powered by TiVo", and is based on the same platform as the Series 2 (faster processor, graphics, etc.), but it has never officially been dubbed a Series 2.
That said, the HDVR2 and others of its ilk could support it (it has the power), but DirecTV is now responsible for the support, not TiVo, and has too look at all software and hardware updates closely. Also, all fees for the service are paid directly to DirecTV, so somehow DirecTV would have to pay TiVo for the added service.
If you want them to support HMO, tell DirecTV. They are the ones who decided, and they do so based on customer demand. Complaining to Customer Satisfaction surveys about not supporting features that have never been announced won't be as productive.
Gads, this is old news. Most recent new I am aware of is that Paramount has first dibs on anything Morgan's company (Revelations Entertainment) develops, and that was last November.
Guide+ started life as "VideoGuide", an interesting little piece of geekiness that was a small box with an antenna that picked up the guide data (as well as news and sports scores) from the pager network. It had a very simple remote - a little 4-way joystick and one button. It hooked up inline with your cable/antenna input.
It worked OK, albeit slowly, but was ahead of its time.
Then Gemstar bought the company. They already had a competing product, called Starsight. Starsight happened to come built-in to various TVs and VCRs (as well as a standalone unit), and picked up their data from the local PBS VBI feeds, but the "presentation" was poorer. Since VideoGuide was only a standalone unit, they chose to kill that, but they at least offered 100% refunds on the hardware.
I had VideoGuide, and still have Starsight (but not for much longer as I wait for my DirecTV install).
Then Gemstar had the original VideoGuide company rework the product to be integrated into TVs and VCRs, and called it "Guide+", then "TV Guide+" (they had bought TV Guide then), and back to Guide+. Several vendors were on board, but RCA/Proscan was the only vendor I ever saw to actually bring it to market.
Incidentally, there hasn't been a new Starsight product on the market in years. I'm actually surprised I still get service.
Verizon doesn't use GSM, they are using CDMA. It appears that the TDMA systems are all switching to GSM, but CDMA apparently has the ability to handle future apps like 3G.
Anyways, I've got the Verizon version of the T720. I have not had a lot of problems other than battery life (which SUCKS BIGTIME), but others have had numerous problems, and the only way to get apps, ringtones, etc. is to use Get It Now, for which EVERYTHING is a pay-to-play app. Hell, the even make you pay to download the Lord of the Rings picture viewer, which is just an add for the movie.
General consensus was that Verizon rushed the CDMA T720 to market long before it was ready, and their recent price cuts seem to indicate they are trying to get rid of stock before the new color phones are out.
With the increase in availability of hot-swappable drives via USB2 and Firewire, I've toyed with the idea myself. However, some backup systems such as Legato Networker don't seem to know anything but tapes - has anyone developed a virtual "Tape on Disk" driver? I haven't found one, and I've thought about writing it but don't have the time.
...costs like helpdesk support, floor support people, etc. UNIX desktops are a lot easier to administer remotely in a lot of cases - I fix them all the time. The Windows boxes involve a lot more interactive help...
For a complete (and I mean complete - it took over a year to create) Encyclopedia to Larry Niven's Known Space, head over to http://www.oinc.net/knownspace/
Piers, any plans to work in the Apprentice Adept universe again? I was a big fan of those books, although it seemed to get stretched in the later novels. I remember reading that you were moving to the Mode novels instead and had no plans for Adept, but that was years ago...
Anybody can get a membership - you don't need to be a member before a certain time, other than the close of voting. You don't even have to actually attend to Con...
The writer's "comments" are all made up...the Ravens didn't blame Linux, the Cardinals did NOT have a satanic message, and Manning...well, maybe he DID have a jingle stuck in his head...
Will the recorders get banned via the DMCA?
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Hmmm...if the DMCA makes it illegal to make anything that can be _used_ for illegal copying, why aren't they arresting people at, say, HP or Phillips?
Here is something I batted around a few weeks ago. E-mail servers of major sites would sign messages with a public key mechansism (such as PGP/GPG/whatever) whenever the message is guaranteed genuine. E-mail servers will have the option of checking the signature (stored in a header) against the known public key for that domain (cached for performance reasons). If a message claiming to be from that domain arrives unsigned or isn't verifiable, refuse the message.
This would at least stop spam from people with bogus addresses.
Basically, this sounds like the concept of a rail gun. There was a group (military?) a while back that supposedly demoed such a weapon, but in fact rigged the target with explosives to make it "more spectacular"...
Unfortunately, the company doing the report has no idea what a bug really is. Notice that akamai.net is on the list. Akamai.net does not "bug" web sites, or serve ads, or any of that. It is the network of content caching servers located all over the world that are used by major sites like CNN, ESPN, etc. to cache content (often images) at ISPs so they are closer to the end user.
Actually, I read the stuff and don't see anything about pulling existing domains...nor is there any language that defines who _would_ be allowed to be in.org. Do you have to be a registered not-for-profit, or just not a company?
There's a thought. Submit and receive a patent for a computer virus. When others come out of the woodwork claiming prior art, you can then nab them for writing the damned things...
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...I see a lot more jobs for NT/2000 positions...
I'm not quite sure what you mean by "both outputs" and "output both channels" in your message, but:
- There is only 1 MPEG2 decoder in the unit. It has two tuners and can record two things at once, but it can only play back one thing at a time;
- Live TV counts as "playback" - the DirecTV signal is MPEG2, and thus requires decoding;
- All the outputs of the TiVo (S-Video, both composites, and RF) output the same thing. The dual-composite outputs allow for hookups to mutiple pieces of equipment. Not sure if it is standard for DirecTV receivers - my non-TiVo receivers also have it. My standalone TiVo has the same outputs as well;
- Thus, you will never get PIP on your TV from just the TiVos output.
There have been rumors about this useless "Window" button, but there haven't even been hints from TiVo that I know of as to what it is for. Some speculate a future PIP built into the TiVo.
Just to inform people.
The home Media Option is only available to owners of the TiVo Series 2 DVR. There is no such thing as a "Series 2" DirecTiVo. There is the Hughes HDVR2 (and some other brands soon), which is call the "DirecTV DVR powered by TiVo", and is based on the same platform as the Series 2 (faster processor, graphics, etc.), but it has never officially been dubbed a Series 2.
That said, the HDVR2 and others of its ilk could support it (it has the power), but DirecTV is now responsible for the support, not TiVo, and has too look at all software and hardware updates closely. Also, all fees for the service are paid directly to DirecTV, so somehow DirecTV would have to pay TiVo for the added service.
If you want them to support HMO, tell DirecTV. They are the ones who decided, and they do so based on customer demand. Complaining to Customer Satisfaction surveys about not supporting features that have never been announced won't be as productive.
Gads, this is old news. Most recent new I am aware of is that Paramount has first dibs on anything Morgan's company (Revelations Entertainment) develops, and that was last November.
Guide+ started life as "VideoGuide", an interesting little piece of geekiness that was a small box with an antenna that picked up the guide data (as well as news and sports scores) from the pager network. It had a very simple remote - a little 4-way joystick and one button. It hooked up inline with your cable/antenna input.
It worked OK, albeit slowly, but was ahead of its time.
Then Gemstar bought the company. They already had a competing product, called Starsight. Starsight happened to come built-in to various TVs and VCRs (as well as a standalone unit), and picked up their data from the local PBS VBI feeds, but the "presentation" was poorer. Since VideoGuide was only a standalone unit, they chose to kill that, but they at least offered 100% refunds on the hardware.
I had VideoGuide, and still have Starsight (but not for much longer as I wait for my DirecTV install).
Then Gemstar had the original VideoGuide company rework the product to be integrated into TVs and VCRs, and called it "Guide+", then "TV Guide+" (they had bought TV Guide then), and back to Guide+. Several vendors were on board, but RCA/Proscan was the only vendor I ever saw to actually bring it to market.
Incidentally, there hasn't been a new Starsight product on the market in years. I'm actually surprised I still get service.
Actually, you can't turn aGPS off. You can limit it to 911 calls, which is the default.
Verizon doesn't use GSM, they are using CDMA. It appears that the TDMA systems are all switching to GSM, but CDMA apparently has the ability to handle future apps like 3G.
Anyways, I've got the Verizon version of the T720. I have not had a lot of problems other than battery life (which SUCKS BIGTIME), but others have had numerous problems, and the only way to get apps, ringtones, etc. is to use Get It Now, for which EVERYTHING is a pay-to-play app. Hell, the even make you pay to download the Lord of the Rings picture viewer, which is just an add for the movie.
General consensus was that Verizon rushed the CDMA T720 to market long before it was ready, and their recent price cuts seem to indicate they are trying to get rid of stock before the new color phones are out.
With the increase in availability of hot-swappable drives via USB2 and Firewire, I've toyed with the idea myself. However, some backup systems such as Legato Networker don't seem to know anything but tapes - has anyone developed a virtual "Tape on Disk" driver? I haven't found one, and I've thought about writing it but don't have the time.
...costs like helpdesk support, floor support people, etc. UNIX desktops are a lot easier to administer remotely in a lot of cases - I fix them all the time. The Windows boxes involve a lot more interactive help...
For a complete (and I mean complete - it took over a year to create) Encyclopedia to Larry Niven's Known Space, head over to http://www.oinc.net/knownspace/
...they don't feel like paying the royalties for FireWire to Apple... :^)
Piers, any plans to work in the Apprentice Adept universe again? I was a big fan of those books, although it seemed to get stretched in the later novels. I remember reading that you were moving to the Mode novels instead and had no plans for Adept, but that was years ago...
Anybody can get a membership - you don't need to be a member before a certain time, other than the close of voting. You don't even have to actually attend to Con...
The writer's "comments" are all made up...the Ravens didn't blame Linux, the Cardinals did NOT have a satanic message, and Manning...well, maybe he DID have a jingle stuck in his head...
Hmmm...if the DMCA makes it illegal to make anything that can be _used_ for illegal copying, why aren't they arresting people at, say, HP or Phillips?
I got around it by blowing away the existing Mozilla folder and then unpacking the new one fresh.
This would at least stop spam from people with bogus addresses.
Didn't anyone read/watch Andromeda Strain? Heck, it was even on TV this past weekend...
- Big
- Complex
- Expensive
- Difficult to manage
At least it was with version 3. Version 4i may be better, but it didn't work when we wanted to test it.Basically, this sounds like the concept of a rail gun. There was a group (military?) a while back that supposedly demoed such a weapon, but in fact rigged the target with explosives to make it "more spectacular"...
Unfortunately, the company doing the report has no idea what a bug really is. Notice that akamai.net is on the list. Akamai.net does not "bug" web sites, or serve ads, or any of that. It is the network of content caching servers located all over the world that are used by major sites like CNN, ESPN, etc. to cache content (often images) at ISPs so they are closer to the end user.
Actually, I read the stuff and don't see anything about pulling existing domains...nor is there any language that defines who _would_ be allowed to be in .org. Do you have to be a registered not-for-profit, or just not a company?
Why would a virus have copy protection? Isn't that counter to its intended purpose, which is to replicate itself?
There's a thought. Submit and receive a patent for a computer virus. When others come out of the woodwork claiming prior art, you can then nab them for writing the damned things...