'm glad TiVo is playing it safe and not implementing features that piss off the networks (automatic commercial skip, sharing of recorded shows, etc). The ReplayTV had some great features that TiVo lacked, but it got the networks on their bad side.
Well, TiVo is just now implimenting their new set of features (Called HMO I think, Home Media Option) for their Series 2 players. Not only does it let you play mp3's and pictures on your TV, but it allows you to send shows to OTHER TiVos. But only inside your current household using some kind of encryption technique. In other words, they're being very careful about this feature.
Actually, a lot of appartment complexes contract out to sattelite service providers to distribute a feed to all it's appartments. There should be no pirating going on... it'd be easilly caught if someone actually tried to order real cable.
I lived in an appartment complex where this one company serviced every appartment with 'cable' (the feed was comming from their sattelite dish). It worked out okay.. except they didn't even carry all the local channels, which I know is illegal these days. This was also the beginning of cable modem days... and DSL wasn't around yet. Talk about getting ticked off at your apartment complex. Moved out for that reason.
I know since then, however, they changed over to real cable (Comcast).
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'm glad TiVo is playing it safe and not implementing features that piss off the networks (automatic commercial skip, sharing of recorded shows, etc). The ReplayTV had some great features that TiVo lacked, but it got the networks on their bad side. Well, TiVo is just now implimenting their new set of features (Called HMO I think, Home Media Option) for their Series 2 players. Not only does it let you play mp3's and pictures on your TV, but it allows you to send shows to OTHER TiVos. But only inside your current household using some kind of encryption technique. In other words, they're being very careful about this feature.
Actually, a lot of appartment complexes contract out to sattelite service providers to distribute a feed to all it's appartments. There should be no pirating going on... it'd be easilly caught if someone actually tried to order real cable.
I lived in an appartment complex where this one company serviced every appartment with 'cable' (the feed was comming from their sattelite dish). It worked out okay.. except they didn't even carry all the local channels, which I know is illegal these days. This was also the beginning of cable modem days... and DSL wasn't around yet. Talk about getting ticked off at your apartment complex. Moved out for that reason.
I know since then, however, they changed over to real cable (Comcast).