This is the future: Branded PVRs and "must pay for" schedule service are both out of bussiness, they just don't know it yet. Cable companies and satellite companies will supply the PVR in their own box. Case in point. My Huges 508 unit just installed by Dish Network, has no guide fee. The same guide that you use to choose channels sets the PVR timer up to 7 days ahead, a one button operation. The minimum programing package was 21.95 for 50 channels for one year, like a cell phone contract. The whole shebang was 200.00 installed including the satellite on the roof. I can dub the digital recordings to the VCR before I erase them, and there is a jog button to jump the commercials. I never had to leave the house to buy any thing. Why would any one pay for a service that is free? Napster changed the way people think I guess.
-Strat
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This is the future: Branded PVRs and "must pay for" schedule service are both out of bussiness, they just don't know it yet. Cable companies and satellite companies will supply the PVR in their own box. Case in point. My Huges 508 unit just installed by Dish Network, has no guide fee. The same guide that you use to choose channels sets the PVR timer up to 7 days ahead, a one button operation. The minimum programing package was 21.95 for 50 channels for one year, like a cell phone contract. The whole shebang was 200.00 installed including the satellite on the roof. I can dub the digital recordings to the VCR before I erase them, and there is a jog button to jump the commercials. I never had to leave the house to buy any thing. Why would any one pay for a service that is free? Napster changed the way people think I guess. -Strat