The Tivo and Replay both support the passing through of the closed caption signal. The compression of the video doesn't affect CC.
However, if you are asking do the boxes themselves actually have the ability to generate CC subtitles, Replay does not. The Tivo Series 1 machines can *if* you have the ability and time to go through installing a separate add on program from here:
I bought this external modem (for cheap at the time, $170 which was half price I believe) from USRobotics as a field tester in 1993, and I helped them test the new V.FC 28.8 standard.
After the field test was over, USR gave me a free upgrade to every future standard. So I got V.FC+, V34, X2, and V90 all free. They finally gave up on upgrades with V.92, but the modem died a few weeks ago anyway.
10 years of service, with all those free upgrades. I have to say that lasted a lot long than I thought it would.
Homer: I've always wondered if there was a god. And now I know there is -- and it's me.
Marge: You're not a god, Homer.
Lisa: Remember Dad, "All glory is fleeting."
Homer: So?
Lisa: "Beware the Ides of March."
Homer: No!
Lisa: Dad, I know you think you're happy now, but it's not going to last forever.
Homer: Everything lasts forever.
Marge: [hearing modem noises] Ooh, what's wrong with this phone? it's making crazy noises.
Nerd 2: [contemptuously] Those "crazy noises" are computer signals.
Nerd 3: Yeah. Some guys at MIT are sending us reasons why Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk.
Nerd 1: Hah! They're outta their minds.
Freeman Dyson postulated the idea of a Dyson Sphere, which is basically a planet that was built as a shell surrounding a sun, using all the energy it radiates.
You are correct sir, I read what someone else wrote, but didn't actually check the release myself. When reading the actual release, it says nothing about the DVD-R, except that they've already released a box with a HD and DVD-R that doesn't have Tivo. Checking the Tivo Community, this was an eyewitness to the prototype box at the show:
"Well, the newest entry to the TiVo product family is the new Toshiba media server unit, which includes a DVD player and a TiVo in one unit. It should be available this fall in the $500-$600 price range. It has component outputs coupled with its progressive-scan DVD player so this TiVo may be one of the best PQ units yet. The DVD player functionality is integrated in the TiVo UI with a "Play DVD" option on TiVo Central (not the exact wording, but something similar). The physical looks of this unit has got to be the best looking TiVo yet as well. Otherwise though, it will be a standard 4.0 Series 2 with an 80GB HDD. An excellent purchase if someone is looking to get rid of another box, or have something very stylish on their TV instead of the current look of TiVos."
My apologies for not double checking the info. A combo DVD-R+Tivo is a great idea, but I guess one they are afraid to explore.
Yes, I read the article. I'm saying the motivation for writing this article was due to the Advertising sector's lack of enthusiam for a device that can skip ads.
However, you know that the PVRs that are being developed by the cable companies (Time Warner for one) have advertising capabilities built it? Hell, even when looking at the damn program guide they stream ads on the top, bottom, and left hand side. That's why the hope these non-Tivo ones go through, they're probably working with companies developing them to get advertising in from the beginning.
At least Tivo is working with advertising agencies to a certain degree with their Hotline2Hollywood program. In return for allowing your viewing habits to be aggregated and watching an advertisement, you can give feedback on what you think of the ad and the show being advertised. I signed up so I could help Tivo, but I also used it to let ABC know what I thought of the shows they were previewing through the program. This was an advertising experience I actually enjoyed.
Another week, another article proclaiming the death of TiVo. Notice how it's posted by a magazine focused on advertising? Of course they want TiVo to fail, it provides the means for skipping all their boring advertisements.
Will TiVo fail? Possibly. Will it become useless? No. Due to their open architecture, people can and already have hacked the TV guide info, and if/when the day comes they go under, hackers will be able to take up the call and keep the service going.
I hope that day doesn't come, since this well designed hardware and software.
Here's a link to the video preview of the new cut from the DVD, along with an interview from Peter Jackson explaining why this is not a director's cut:
Lots of people posted in a previous Ask Slashdot that if you use a computer, PRIO vision could be for you.
From the FAQ:
"It's a new technology, and a method for testing and prescribing occupational glasses for patients who have symptoms of eyestrain when working at a computer."
Actually, you may have. There are hundreds of thousands of "Nielsen families", including diary and metered households. We ask our households not to reveal they are in the Nielsen Media Research panel. This protects their privacy and helps ensure the integrity of the panel. In the few cases where homes have revealed their NielsenTV status, we removed them from the metered panels or disregarded their diaries.
Bob Poniatowski (aka TivoPony), TiVo's PR rep, posted here about how this doesn't monitor non-neilsen homes.
(Ripped from the post) "'Every TiVo' is a gross overstatement. There is software we can enable if you're a Nielsen household. This software allows the Nielsen box to query the TiVo and find out what is currently being displayed onscreen. But you not only have to be a Nielsen family, meaning you opt-in to data collecting per their privacy policy, you also have to opt-in to data collection from TiVo, per our privacy policy. And, as I understand it, Nielsen comes out and does some serious wiring in your house. So it's not stealthy at all - the Nielsen households involved are well aware of what is happening. As far as how and what Nielsen measures or counts...you'd have to ask them! Again, this is only for Nielsen households - not 'every TiVo recorder'."
"The GoBook MAX exceeds military specs for drop, water resistance, dust and vibration. The GoBook MAX thrives in the most severe environments imaginable. Freezing cold. Searing heat. Pouring rain. Intrinsically safe,(Class 1, Division 2, Group D) the GoBook MAX enables operators to safely work in HazMat environments; on flightlines, near hazardous chemicals or explosive materials. With Itronix' innovative CRMA(TM) wireless communications, radios can be swapped or upgraded within each unit. Backed by a limited lifetime warranty and comprehensive services package, the Itronix GoBook MAX sets a new standard for ultra-rugged, wireless computing."
This reminds of one of my favorite Simpsons lines:
Nerd: "I've invented a program to download porn up to a million times faster from the internet." Marge: "Does anyone really need that much porno?" Homer: "Uuuuuhhhuh... one million times..."
The process is very simple. Just download this firmware upgrade. It should prompt to flash the firmware. Note: There are no test results from this upgrade and no way to go back to the original drive state (if you know of a procedure let us know..)
"Individuals who test-drive the new Kia Sorento or any Kia model between August and October, 2002 will receive by mail a free copy of the "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" home video or DVD courtesy of Kia."
Really? While I haven't used them personally, my friend in the UK ordered a 525, and he got it a week later and it worked great. Please post some of the others here so people will be able to shop and compare.
Slashdot Mirror
The Tivo and Replay both support the passing through of the closed caption signal. The compression of the video doesn't affect CC.
However, if you are asking do the boxes themselves actually have the ability to generate CC subtitles, Replay does not. The Tivo Series 1 machines can *if* you have the ability and time to go through installing a separate add on program from here:
TivoVBI
An 80 hour (refurb) Tivo Series 2 for $250
A 40 hour Replay5040 (refurb) WITH Lifetime Subscription for $330
Share and enjoy.. I prefer Tivo for its UI, however the sharing/extraction of the Replay is very nice as well.
Since they'll probably do this crap with flash..
How to Uninstall Flash Manually (for Linux users)
Direct link to Win32 Uninstaller
The video that made the phone popular:
http://ih8ufkr.com/humor/nokia.avi
Origins at snopes.
I bought this external modem (for cheap at the time, $170 which was half price I believe) from USRobotics as a field tester in 1993, and I helped them test the new V.FC 28.8 standard.
After the field test was over, USR gave me a free upgrade to every future standard. So I got V.FC+, V34, X2, and V90 all free. They finally gave up on upgrades with V.92, but the modem died a few weeks ago anyway.
10 years of service, with all those free upgrades. I have to say that lasted a lot long than I thought it would.
Homer the Great
Homer: I've always wondered if there was a god. And now I know there is -- and it's me.
Marge: You're not a god, Homer.
Lisa: Remember Dad, "All glory is fleeting."
Homer: So?
Lisa: "Beware the Ides of March."
Homer: No!
Lisa: Dad, I know you think you're happy now, but it's not going to last forever.
Homer: Everything lasts forever.
Homer Goes to College
Marge: [hearing modem noises] Ooh, what's wrong with this phone? it's making crazy noises.
Nerd 2: [contemptuously] Those "crazy noises" are computer signals.
Nerd 3: Yeah. Some guys at MIT are sending us reasons why Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk.
Nerd 1: Hah! They're outta their minds.
Freeman Dyson postulated the idea of a Dyson Sphere, which is basically a planet that was built as a shell surrounding a sun, using all the energy it radiates.
Also mentioned in the TNG episode Relics.
You are correct sir, I read what someone else wrote, but didn't actually check the release myself. When reading the actual release, it says nothing about the DVD-R, except that they've already released a box with a HD and DVD-R that doesn't have Tivo. Checking the Tivo Community, this was an eyewitness to the prototype box at the show:
"Well, the newest entry to the TiVo product family is the new Toshiba media server unit, which includes a DVD player and a TiVo in one unit. It should be available this fall in the $500-$600 price range. It has component outputs coupled with its progressive-scan DVD player so this TiVo may be one of the best PQ units yet. The DVD player functionality is integrated in the TiVo UI with a "Play DVD" option on TiVo Central (not the exact wording, but something similar). The physical looks of this unit has got to be the best looking TiVo yet as well. Otherwise though, it will be a standard 4.0 Series 2 with an 80GB HDD. An excellent purchase if someone is looking to get rid of another box, or have something very stylish on their TV instead of the current look of TiVos."
My apologies for not double checking the info. A combo DVD-R+Tivo is a great idea, but I guess one they are afraid to explore.
Toshiba DVD-R + Tivo box
Remote scheduling, intra-tivo video sharing, and MP3/JPG display on Series2 Boxes
Is Pachelbel's Canon in D Major, a quite popular wedding theme.
/
Here is page full of midi versions for those who are interested:
http://www.ray.hutchings.dial.pipex.com/pachelbel
Congrats the the happy couple.
Yes, I read the article. I'm saying the motivation for writing this article was due to the Advertising sector's lack of enthusiam for a device that can skip ads.
However, you know that the PVRs that are being developed by the cable companies (Time Warner for one) have advertising capabilities built it? Hell, even when looking at the damn program guide they stream ads on the top, bottom, and left hand side. That's why the hope these non-Tivo ones go through, they're probably working with companies developing them to get advertising in from the beginning.
At least Tivo is working with advertising agencies to a certain degree with their Hotline2Hollywood program. In return for allowing your viewing habits to be aggregated and watching an advertisement, you can give feedback on what you think of the ad and the show being advertised. I signed up so I could help Tivo, but I also used it to let ABC know what I thought of the shows they were previewing through the program. This was an advertising experience I actually enjoyed.
Another week, another article proclaiming the death of TiVo. Notice how it's posted by a magazine focused on advertising? Of course they want TiVo to fail, it provides the means for skipping all their boring advertisements.
Will TiVo fail? Possibly. Will it become useless? No. Due to their open architecture, people can and already have hacked the TV guide info, and if/when the day comes they go under, hackers will be able to take up the call and keep the service going.
I hope that day doesn't come, since this well designed hardware and software.
Superman by a mile... Batman is a highly skilled human, while Superman is a endowed with superhuman strength, speed, intelligence, etc...
Now, Superman vs the Flash, who would win that race?
Here's a link to the video preview of the new cut from the DVD, along with an interview from Peter Jackson explaining why this is not a director's cut:
LOTR:SE QT Preview
Note, it's the same 4 minute preview from the original DVD for those of you who own it.
Lots of people posted in a previous Ask Slashdot that if you use a computer, PRIO vision could be for you.
From the FAQ:
"It's a new technology, and a method for testing and prescribing occupational glasses for patients who have symptoms of eyestrain when working at a computer."
If I have an obscure Taiwan motherboard, this place almost always has a link to find the latest BIOS for it:
http://www.wimsbios.com/
I'm sure it's old hat for most people here, but some people will probably need it to find their latest bios to use this guide.
Neilsen FAQ
Bob Poniatowski (aka TivoPony), TiVo's PR rep, posted here about how this doesn't monitor non-neilsen homes.
(Ripped from the post)
"'Every TiVo' is a gross overstatement. There is software we can enable if you're a Nielsen household. This software allows the Nielsen box to query the TiVo and find out what is currently being displayed onscreen. But you not only have to be a Nielsen family, meaning you opt-in to data collecting per their privacy policy, you also have to opt-in to data collection from TiVo, per our privacy policy. And, as I understand it, Nielsen comes out and does some serious wiring in your house. So it's not stealthy at all - the Nielsen households involved are well aware of what is happening. As far as how and what Nielsen measures or counts...you'd have to ask them! Again, this is only for Nielsen households - not 'every TiVo recorder'."
Ripped from the specs:
"The GoBook MAX exceeds military specs for drop, water resistance, dust and vibration. The GoBook MAX thrives in the most severe environments imaginable. Freezing cold. Searing heat. Pouring rain. Intrinsically safe,(Class 1, Division 2, Group D) the GoBook MAX enables operators to safely work in HazMat environments; on flightlines, near hazardous chemicals or explosive materials. With Itronix' innovative CRMA(TM) wireless communications, radios can be swapped or upgraded within each unit. Backed by a limited lifetime warranty and comprehensive services package, the Itronix GoBook MAX sets a new standard for ultra-rugged, wireless computing."
Specs
Website
MaximumPC review
This reminds of one of my favorite Simpsons lines:
Nerd: "I've invented a program to download porn up to a million times faster from the internet."
Marge: "Does anyone really need that much porno?"
Homer: "Uuuuuhhhuh... one million times..."
- How to convert a LiteOn LTR-24103 to LTR-32123S
The process is very simple. Just download this firmware upgrade. It should prompt to flash the firmware. Note: There are no test results from this upgrade and no way to go back to the original drive state (if you know of a procedure let us know..)
http://www.jalfrezi.com
Whenever I need to lookup a quick command spec, he's got it there for me.
As for Javascript:
http://developer.irt.org/script/script.htm
Always has answers to many different aspects of JS.
For those of you who want to be "franchise sluts" but don't want to pay twice, go take a Kia for a test drive and get the theatrical copy for free!
KIA Partners With The Lord Of The Rings
"Individuals who test-drive the new Kia Sorento or any Kia model between August and October, 2002 will receive by mail a free copy of the "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" home video or DVD courtesy of Kia."
I know.. tell him you'll go double or nothing on Starcraft 2 vs Duke Nukem 4 Ever.. you can't lose!
Really? While I haven't used them personally, my friend in the UK ordered a 525, and he got it a week later and it worked great. Please post some of the others here so people will be able to shop and compare.