The even covered this topic on the television program that only vaguely resembles the screen savers, and since TSS seems to get all it's news from/., we should expect a dupe on TSS later this afternoon =P Which may lead somehow to ANOTHER BBC article and re-re-re-dupe on/.
Hey, I wouldn't say you have to be a linux genius... just be able to burn a bootable knopppmyth ISO =)
The latest alpha knopmyth revision has built in support for the HD-3000 IIRC.
I did find the included documentation a little thin on the HD3000, but there is a helpful hd-3000 forum and failing that you can come to my build your own PVR site with questions/pointers/etc...
Although note: I haven't gotten around to installing my HD-3000 as of yet. Too many PVR cards/software too little time.
Did anyone else find the credit card process/flow a little unusual for subscribing?
It asks for your CC info, then gives you a "you've been invoiced" page where you can click on another link to "pay" with your credit card (again?!) but this time you really seem to submit it. Bizarre.
"To be honest, it's all about gameplay. If EA released a YMCA basketball game and it had great gameplay, who would care that there weren't NBA players in it. People would buy it and play it. Same thing goes for this Arena Football League videogame. I'm not saying that it will be good, but you shouldn't throw that idea out the window just because it's perceived as a subpar sports league. Videogames can make anything fun."
If that was true the licensing wouldn't be important.
Hey i'm with you on the gameplay, I enjoy "10 yard fight" on my MAME cabinet as much as Madden 200X on my xbox/DC.
But if you are going to have an exclusively licensed deal, it should be worth licensing, eh?
I mean the point to having an NFL license (for example) is that you can play as the real teams (not generic place-teams like tecmo bowl or rbi baseball back in the day) with likenesses of the players and stars of that league. If you can't recognize the players/teams, what value does the license have, with gameplay being equal?
Not that getting a certain license guarantees good gameplay, but hopefully you see my point?
"Electronic Arts grabs exclusive rights to Arena Football League videogames. Next up: exclusive rights for Milwaukee YMCA Basketball and Warren G. Harding Middle School Hopscotch"
"The VCTS scheme will also be built into next-generation media, which will slowly replace the non-DRM encoded DVD+R discs over time. The new discs will be somewhat more expensive than their DRM-free counterparts, explained Jun Ishihara, a product manager for Mitsubishi Chemical Media Co., also known as Verbatim. Likewise, the new players will probably be priced somewhat higher than conventional players, HP executives said, although pricing will be up to individual manufacturers."
Why would consumers willingly pay MORE for LESS functionality, and kick their current gear to the curb to boot?!
" Does anyone know if there will be a CableCard Tivo soon?"
Soon? No... not this year (by my estimate) in the last TiVo shareholder conference call thingie they stated that they'd START to look into this, and only then maybe...
Product development cycles being what they are, I'm not optimistic for seeing this in '05 and have a faint hope of seeing it in '06 (not based on any hard data/info mind you, mostly wishful thinking)
There's a lot of gotcha's in the cablecard spec, that I presume give it not only a political barriers to entry, but technical/engineering ones... well more so the political ones =)
but that's just my over generalized take on the subject.
FWIW beside OTA ATSC you won't be seeing non-directTV stb HDTV tivo standalones if they DONT start doing cablecard or other route which could be fatal, eventually, imho.
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"Here's what I want - I want to be able to watch Tivo recorded programs elsewhere besides the family room. I figure here are my options:"
"Build MythTV box. Not gonna happen in my house, as I could never get away with having a noisy server sitting in the entertainment center..."
"Yes, but how do you justify paying $13/month for just a program guide which is free on tv.yahoo.com or your cable provider's site? Or keeping a landline for TiVo to use when you probably already have broadband and a cell phone? Also don't you sometimes want to send a VCD of your favourite episode to a friend?"
well I think the monthly charge is a little high, but the landline thing you mention is bunk.
You can setup/use your TiVo series 2 with a usb broadband adapter to download listings/updates/etc... There's a few small hoops that are well documented to do so on the tivo site/knowledgebase.
FWIW knoppmyth makes the the installation and most of the configuration of linux/myth much easier (for some systems/tuner cards -- pvr250 is a good bet)
If you want to go the windows route on a budget I recommend Hauppauge WinTV PVR150/250 with GBPVR (free as in beer) software. You'll still probably want a modest yet not too crusty machine (say 1ghz or higher)...
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tivo doesn't suck (and yes I have/use one).
But they are getting a little to cozy with the content providers and advertisers for my taste, hence why I also use a homebrew PVR so that the "man" can't tell me how long I can keep six feet under "taped" or whether or not I can backup Sopranos to DVD.
=P
with that said, I'm eager to see how well TivoToGo works as it does address one of my major annoyances with TiVo STB (vs homebrew PVR/Myth boxen) -- content portability.
" I really wonder why emulators such as dosbox and Zdnes are not better integrated in your desktop environment. "
Well, as long as you can disable that integration... =P I like to use a front end to encompass all my emulators on my MAME arcade cabinet, and the emu's with their own gui's can tke away from the cohesive feel of the system i'm going for...
They are comparing a STB box tivo for analog cable with one of these... besides, what self respecting geek doesn't have a spare hand me down PC laying around... to throw a tuner/capture card in?
FWIW the best benefit to building a PC based PVR isn't cost/subscription savings... it's CONTROL over the content. No one is going to be expiring six feet under DVR recordings without my consent on my PC DVR.
could they pick some of the crappiest cheeziest bunch of external tuners to test?
What about hauppauge wintv usb 2 or plextor convertX PVR (which has both PC and Mac pvr software)
For internal devices I like the wintv pvr250. Yes the pvr150 is cheaper and comes with a better remote/ir blaster, but the pvr250 is better supported in linux with the ivtv drivers being pretty mature/stable for that card.
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The even covered this topic on the television program that only vaguely resembles the screen savers, and since TSS seems to get all it's news from /., we should expect a dupe on TSS later this afternoon =P Which may lead somehow to ANOTHER BBC article and re-re-re-dupe on /.
This may never end.
Hey, I wouldn't say you have to be a linux genius... just be able to burn a bootable knopppmyth ISO =)
The latest alpha knopmyth revision has built in support for the HD-3000 IIRC.
I did find the included documentation a little thin on the HD3000, but there is a helpful hd-3000 forum and failing that you can come to my build your own PVR site with questions/pointers/etc...
Although note: I haven't gotten around to installing my HD-3000 as of yet. Too many PVR cards/software too little time.
e.
Did anyone else find the credit card process/flow a little unusual for subscribing?
It asks for your CC info, then gives you a "you've been invoiced" page where you can click on another link to "pay" with your credit card (again?!) but this time you really seem to submit it. Bizarre.
e.
who needs fancy graphics in the MMORPG's? kingdom of loathing rocks! =)
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you don't have to be a rocket scientist to .. oh... nvr mind =P
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finding a new in box trackball for an atari 2600 or a hubcap for a VW bus =)
*shrug*
"To be honest, it's all about gameplay. If EA released a YMCA basketball game and it had great gameplay, who would care that there weren't NBA players in it. People would buy it and play it. Same thing goes for this Arena Football League videogame. I'm not saying that it will be good, but you shouldn't throw that idea out the window just because it's perceived as a subpar sports league. Videogames can make anything fun."
If that was true the licensing wouldn't be important.
Hey i'm with you on the gameplay, I enjoy "10 yard fight" on my MAME cabinet as much as Madden 200X on my xbox/DC.
But if you are going to have an exclusively licensed deal, it should be worth licensing, eh?
I mean the point to having an NFL license (for example) is that you can play as the real teams (not generic place-teams like tecmo bowl or rbi baseball back in the day) with likenesses of the players and stars of that league. If you can't recognize the players/teams, what value does the license have, with gameplay being equal?
Not that getting a certain license guarantees good gameplay, but hopefully you see my point?
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"Electronic Arts grabs exclusive rights to Arena Football League videogames. Next up: exclusive rights for Milwaukee YMCA Basketball and Warren G. Harding Middle School Hopscotch"
Fark
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where in CT? I could use an old mac =P
j/k
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my camera already has a usb cable, from which I can pull files off the SD card.
I mean it's a neato little feature/design, but I don't get it *shrug*
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master blaster run barter town, eh?
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which is great.. until you try to burn the soprano's... (or other shows "flagged" in the future as "unburnable")
"The VCTS scheme will also be built into next-generation media, which will slowly replace the non-DRM encoded DVD+R discs over time. The new discs will be somewhat more expensive than their DRM-free counterparts, explained Jun Ishihara, a product manager for Mitsubishi Chemical Media Co., also known as Verbatim. Likewise, the new players will probably be priced somewhat higher than conventional players, HP executives said, although pricing will be up to individual manufacturers."
Why would consumers willingly pay MORE for LESS functionality, and kick their current gear to the curb to boot?!
*shudder*
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" So for all you Canucks out there... Tivo doesn't so much work in Canada, so what do you all use for your PVR option?"
I believe snapstream's beyondTV supports free canadian listings/guide data other pc pvr products usually support canadian listings via xmltv spec/plugin.
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"Idontfear.com" (the slashdot effect?)
oh you will (be)... you WILL (be)!
=)
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" Does anyone know if there will be a CableCard Tivo soon?"
Soon? No... not this year (by my estimate) in the last TiVo shareholder conference call thingie they stated that they'd START to look into this, and only then maybe...
Product development cycles being what they are, I'm not optimistic for seeing this in '05 and have a faint hope of seeing it in '06 (not based on any hard data/info mind you, mostly wishful thinking)
There's a lot of gotcha's in the cablecard spec, that I presume give it not only a political barriers to entry, but technical/engineering ones... well more so the political ones =)
but that's just my over generalized take on the subject.
FWIW beside OTA ATSC you won't be seeing non-directTV stb HDTV tivo standalones if they DONT start doing cablecard or other route which could be fatal, eventually, imho.
"Here's what I want - I want to be able to watch Tivo recorded programs elsewhere besides the family room. I figure here are my options:"
"Build MythTV box. Not gonna happen in my house, as I could never get away with having a noisy server sitting in the entertainment center..."
You don't *have* to put the "media center server" in the same room as the TV... you can use thin clients over a wired network like MediaMVP (quasi how to "thrifty pvr" article on my site)
People use modd'ed xboxes as the front end of their mythTV/other media/PVR backend.
That's just one approach... there's a couple others that are worth investigating.
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"Yes, but how do you justify paying $13/month for just a program guide which is free on tv.yahoo.com or your cable provider's site? Or keeping a landline for TiVo to use when you probably already have broadband and a cell phone? Also don't you sometimes want to send a VCD of your favourite episode to a friend?"
well I think the monthly charge is a little high, but the landline thing you mention is bunk.
You can setup/use your TiVo series 2 with a usb broadband adapter to download listings/updates/etc... There's a few small hoops that are well documented to do so on the tivo site/knowledgebase.
FWIW knoppmyth makes the the installation and most of the configuration of linux/myth much easier (for some systems/tuner cards -- pvr250 is a good bet)
If you want to go the windows route on a budget I recommend Hauppauge WinTV PVR150/250 with GBPVR (free as in beer) software. You'll still probably want a modest yet not too crusty machine (say 1ghz or higher)...
e.
tivo doesn't suck (and yes I have/use one).
But they are getting a little to cozy with the content providers and advertisers for my taste, hence why I also use a homebrew PVR so that the "man" can't tell me how long I can keep six feet under "taped" or whether or not I can backup Sopranos to DVD.
=P
with that said, I'm eager to see how well TivoToGo works as it does address one of my major annoyances with TiVo STB (vs homebrew PVR/Myth boxen) -- content portability.
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Your calculations above regarding gratis profits don't take into account things such as over-refferring and under referrals (which get no ipod)...
a referral marketing system is never filled that efficiently/perfectly.
fwiw: I think calling the gratis promotions a "scheme" or "pyramid" is a little over reactionary... it's more AMWAY than PONZI.
I do agree that the forum pollution of freeXYZ.com referral links in sigs is annoying.
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they've got several different "free" options...
I've personally scored a "free" http://www.freeflatscreens.com in addtion to a free ipod.
There's also http://www.freegamingsystems.com where for selling your soul and 4 others you get a "free" xbox, ps2 slim, gamecube, or nintendo ds2
*Shrug* and there's a myriad of half-arse gratis clones out there.
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" I really wonder why emulators such as dosbox and Zdnes are not better integrated in your desktop environment. "
Well, as long as you can disable that integration... =P I like to use a front end to encompass all my emulators on my MAME arcade cabinet, and the emu's with their own gui's can tke away from the cohesive feel of the system i'm going for...
*Shrug*
rampy
you're comparing oranges and apricots here.
They are comparing a STB box tivo for analog cable with one of these... besides, what self respecting geek doesn't have a spare hand me down PC laying around... to throw a tuner/capture card in?
FWIW the best benefit to building a PC based PVR isn't cost/subscription savings... it's CONTROL over the content. No one is going to be expiring six feet under DVR recordings without my consent on my PC DVR.
*shrug*
could they pick some of the crappiest cheeziest bunch of external tuners to test?
What about hauppauge wintv usb 2 or plextor convertX PVR (which has both PC and Mac pvr software)
For internal devices I like the wintv pvr250. Yes the pvr150 is cheaper and comes with a better remote/ir blaster, but the pvr250 is better supported in linux with the ivtv drivers being pretty mature/stable for that card.
*shrug*
rampy
They missed the vector arcade version of Empire Strikes Back.
I hacked a starwars yoke to my MAME arcade cabinet just to play the original vector starwars arcade game.
rampy
PS not sure if my other post made it through -- using too many forums with BBcode I guess...
PSS I'm retarded, I just noticed ESB was mentioned, it's just they released it AFTER RTJ for some reason... never mind.