The nice thing about ReplayTV and Tivo is that they are "appliances". You buy it, take it home, plug it in, and it just works. It does it's one task very well, and you don't have to worry about it.
The "bonus" has turned out to be the "hack-ability" of both Replay and Tivo. You can easily upgrade to larger hard drives. The networked models allow shows to be copied to a computer.
A PC-based PVR will be even more flexible, but it is not yet a consumer-level "appliance".
Under the Bush administration, the definition of "public interest" has changed.
The new religion is that deregulation is always, ultimately, in the public interest. It is a new form of the "trickle down" economic theory that Reagan espoused. If corporations are allowed to act in their own self interest, benefits will trickle down to the consumer ("the public" is now defined as "consumers" - after all, how could we be anything else?). The catchphrase: Regulation hinders the corporation from delivering what the consumer demands.
So, to clear up the doublespeak:
public interest = corporate interest
the public = consumers
The old days of "public interest" are gone, at least until the next election when Bush will be gone.
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The nice thing about ReplayTV and Tivo is that they are "appliances". You buy it, take it home, plug it in, and it just works. It does it's one task very well, and you don't have to worry about it.
The "bonus" has turned out to be the "hack-ability" of both Replay and Tivo. You can easily upgrade to larger hard drives. The networked models allow shows to be copied to a computer.
A PC-based PVR will be even more flexible, but it is not yet a consumer-level "appliance".
Under the Bush administration, the definition of "public interest" has changed.
The new religion is that deregulation is always, ultimately, in the public interest. It is a new form of the "trickle down" economic theory that Reagan espoused. If corporations are allowed to act in their own self interest, benefits will trickle down to the consumer ("the public" is now defined as "consumers" - after all, how could we be anything else?). The catchphrase: Regulation hinders the corporation from delivering what the consumer demands.
So, to clear up the doublespeak:
public interest = corporate interest
the public = consumers
The old days of "public interest" are gone, at least until the next election when Bush will be gone.