Windows 2000 Advanced Server with 25 Client Licenses [add $3295]
VersaRails for Non-Dell 4-Post Rack [add $129]
Dell Remote Assistant Card Version 3 without Modem [add $499]
73GB 10K RPM Ultra 160 SCSI Hard Drive [add $550]
Intel Pro 1000XT Gigabit NIC-Copper [add $189]
Total cost - $6,459.00
But maybe you wanted Linux - $3,323.00
I won't really get into the who SCSI/IDE debate, suffice to say Apple announced a Fibre Raid with 400MB through put, it you really want it. Shipping in Q4 with 1.48 TB of space in a 3U, all hot swappable. The Apple prices are spot on for all the features they bring. IMHO of course.
Yes, there are several programs that do this. SwapDV is probably the most prominent tool, Replayer is another, and a third is ReplayPC.
SwapDV lets you pull shows from your ReplayTV and can even show up on your UPnP network as another Replay box to stream shows from, acting as a nice backup. Users can also burn the MPEGs to CDs and DVDs or swap them with P2P clients. Gnutella integration is coming also from what I understand.
As a ReplayTV 4000 owner and operator of Planet Replay a content 'borrowing' site, Im appalled by all of this. But one has to wonder - SB made sharing only possible through the use of unique internet IDs and their servers to translate and initiate the P2P. If the P2P didn't require their server, there would not be any way for them to track what we do as easily as they can now.
I'm glad SB is not just rolling over though. Just like Diamond Rio and the MP3 player suit, the Digital PVR suit needs to hit courts and law set, good or bad. People keep referring back to the Sony timeshifting case, but the problem list that was analog, this is digital. It needs to go to court and get settled, but having SB collect evidence for the plantiffs is just ridiculus.
Thats funny cause I am in an Apple marketing deptarment and tomorrow Im going to a HS to find out just those questions you asked. Why don't people consider Macs. Did you know its really not a money issue. Knowing why people don't consider a Macintosh helps us better market to those people. We're failing to even be a consideration with a huge portion of the market. I have my own opinions on the matter and Im sure many others do as well.
I like to use Alan Smithee or Leonard Shelby. They are good fictious names I can easily use on the web site. Sometimes we mix match each others names, anything to stay interesting but still below the radar. I'd be more woried what product Alan Smithee was the manager for.;)
Whats up with that 4 score... kharma whore! hehe:)
I have PC 133 in my Mac now. Oh yes, they have this wonderful card (yes I know you'd have to pay for it) called the Acard 6880-M. It ran me about 159 for the card and I bought 2 ata133 Maxtors and lemme tell you... these things are fast. I get about 160 throughput in benchmarks. Its a hardware based raid card, so it works in OS 9 and OS X perfectly. I only wish they'd fix the rom so it would sleep and spin down the disks. I have 220 gig across 4 drives and its pretty sweet. Even if they move to 133, I'd still move this card over for the RAID aspects.
You make some great points, and my initial post was a bit misleading on my part in regards to Napster. But I will point out some things.
It is faster to time shift and send a show via VCR and snail mail. Thats a fact for 90% of us ReplayTV users. Im currently receiving a show now thats 1.5 GB for 1/2 hour. With cable modem upload speeds and being able to send more than one show at a time it will take over 4 days for me to receive this file. I can't even pull down 2 shows at once (a bit silly, you can send many at 128k up, but only receive one at 1.5m down). Ive had my RTV for 3 months now and have received exactly 2 shows.
I'd also like to theorize a bit for the future. Even when broadband gets faster (say 2-3 years), TV still has the upper hand by only broadcasting in HDTV. Now that 1.5GB file is 15GB and we're all back to waiting 4-7 days for the episode of Sex and the City.
Commercial Advance is great when it works, its my favorite feature. But its such a pain in the butt when it doesn't. Ive had it skip portions of a show without my knowledge.
There have been some great responses to my post, thanks to everyone, its been an interesting read.
I was interviewed for this article last week and I was sorely disappointed to read how sensationalistic is was towards sharing shows with the ReplayTV 4000 likening us to Napster. Napster traded what was known copyrighted material, bought by home users and illegally copied and sent to others. RTV on the other hand is basically a digital VCR, or timeshifting device. It is currently legal to timeshift, send to friends, and receive shows this way. No different than user a standard VCR and even slower depending on file size. The biggest complainers should be advertisers who pay big money to be on Friends. But really,I don't agree with that either. They take a chance that I will see there ad anyways. There is nothing preventing me with regular TV to just leave the room or turn off the TV when ads come on.
Check out my site Planet Replay for more information on Replay show sharing.
What does Tivo have to do with this? If you didnt set it up to record, it doesnt record. Tivo doesnt read your mind from the future. I just started watching Alias and its nice to be able to find older episodes of Alias on Planet Replay to get up to speed.
Lest us not forget the site that lets all of us ReplayTV 4000 users find new 'friends' to share shows with. With over 100 members and 1200 shows, its not a bad place to start to find that lost episode of The Tick.
There's a decent place Ive been using to find and share shows with other users. Its not a bad site, over 90 users and 900 shows.... great if you missed that last episode of Alias or Buffy.
Well actually...... its $1299 for the entry level "New iMac" and $1799 for the tricked out one (DVD-R), though with BTO it could go up (add $300 for 768 MB memory, the only option). The entry level "iMac G3" will be $799 still.
Actually, the entry level iMac is $799, the new iMac starts @ $1299 - $1799. A computer in the Mac world that came with a DVD burner and LCD screen ran about $3100 today, tomorrow its $1800. A bit better, no?
Actually, it runs on intel just fine. Remember its based on NeXTStep which ran quite nicely on standard PCs. And as far as "porting apps' goes, Cocoa apps has the advantage of just needing a quick recomplie for any other cpu hardware.
Will it ever get released? who knows. I certainly dont, and I work there.
PowerFile is a 200 CD/DVD jukebox over FireWire. Hell they even sell a re-writeable version. Not sure how it would work on a PC, but on the Mac its AppleScriptable and along with iTunes 2 you could load this puppy up and have it rip all weekend. I have one of these at work for archiving and I will bitch about its ease of use, though with some tweaks to their provided scripts, it worked fine.
Anyone know how this could work on PC/Linux? They have a M$ SDK here which includes visual basic samples.
Thank you for pre-ordering the ReplayTV 4000. A customer service
representative will be contacting you shortly to confirm the specific
details of your pre-order. In order to expedite the shipment of your
ReplayTV 4000 model DVR, you are encouraged to call us toll-free at
1-877-ReplayTV (1-877-737-5298) to verify your desired shipping method
and
other details.
Our Sales department can be reached Monday through Friday, 5:00AM to
5:30PM
(PST).
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
SONICblue Customer Care
I immediately called and waited about 20 minutes on hold. The main options for shipping ran $22 (ground) $55 (2nd day) and$80 for Next day, though he mentioned that they ship friday so next day would be Mon at the earliest. CA residents need to pay taxes.
Your comments aren't entirely correct either. iPod knows which Mac is its 'home' Mac and will only auto sync with it. When you move it to a new one you can change its 'home' or manually move songs *through iTunes only*. It just doesnt automatically over write the MP3s.
Copying files in Hard Disk mode will not only be unrecognizable to the iPod, but iTunes as well.
"Manually managing your files" is only done via iTunes 2 similar to what you can currently do with USB MP3 players.
Needs to be hax0r3d - Macs only (so far)
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Ive seen some speculations here, so just to point out a few things. iPod uses HFS+ and will most likely only be able to read HFS plus as well as iTunes databases. The music files are 'hidden", and can not be seen in hard disk mode (except via command line). It wont ship with any PC or Linux drivers, so the people that want one should start thinking of good hacks now.... how to read and write HFS+, write to iTunes databases, and the file folder structures.
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My E3 photos. Note, there are more than just E3 photos there, but some 60+ of the show.
Well the dell *looked* good, but lets see:
Windows 2000 Advanced Server with 25 Client Licenses [add $3295]
VersaRails for Non-Dell 4-Post Rack [add $129]
Dell Remote Assistant Card Version 3 without Modem [add $499]
73GB 10K RPM Ultra 160 SCSI Hard Drive [add $550]
Intel Pro 1000XT Gigabit NIC-Copper [add $189]
Total cost - $6,459.00
But maybe you wanted Linux - $3,323.00
I won't really get into the who SCSI/IDE debate, suffice to say Apple announced a Fibre Raid with 400MB through put, it you really want it. Shipping in Q4 with 1.48 TB of space in a 3U, all hot swappable. The Apple prices are spot on for all the features they bring. IMHO of course.
Yes, there are several programs that do this. SwapDV is probably the most prominent tool, Replayer is another, and a third is ReplayPC.
SwapDV lets you pull shows from your ReplayTV and can even show up on your UPnP network as another Replay box to stream shows from, acting as a nice backup. Users can also burn the MPEGs to CDs and DVDs or swap them with P2P clients. Gnutella integration is coming also from what I understand.
As a ReplayTV 4000 owner and operator of Planet Replay a content 'borrowing' site, Im appalled by all of this. But one has to wonder - SB made sharing only possible through the use of unique internet IDs and their servers to translate and initiate the P2P. If the P2P didn't require their server, there would not be any way for them to track what we do as easily as they can now.
I'm glad SB is not just rolling over though. Just like Diamond Rio and the MP3 player suit, the Digital PVR suit needs to hit courts and law set, good or bad. People keep referring back to the Sony timeshifting case, but the problem list that was analog, this is digital. It needs to go to court and get settled, but having SB collect evidence for the plantiffs is just ridiculus.
Thats funny cause I am in an Apple marketing deptarment and tomorrow Im going to a HS to find out just those questions you asked. Why don't people consider Macs. Did you know its really not a money issue. Knowing why people don't consider a Macintosh helps us better market to those people. We're failing to even be a consideration with a huge portion of the market. I have my own opinions on the matter and Im sure many others do as well.
I like to use Alan Smithee or Leonard Shelby. They are good fictious names I can easily use on the web site. Sometimes we mix match each others names, anything to stay interesting but still below the radar. I'd be more woried what product Alan Smithee was the manager for. ;)
:)
Whats up with that 4 score... kharma whore! hehe
I have PC 133 in my Mac now. Oh yes, they have this wonderful card (yes I know you'd have to pay for it) called the Acard 6880-M. It ran me about 159 for the card and I bought 2 ata133 Maxtors and lemme tell you... these things are fast. I get about 160 throughput in benchmarks. Its a hardware based raid card, so it works in OS 9 and OS X perfectly. I only wish they'd fix the rom so it would sleep and spin down the disks. I have 220 gig across 4 drives and its pretty sweet. Even if they move to 133, I'd still move this card over for the RAID aspects.
You make some great points, and my initial post was a bit misleading on my part in regards to Napster. But I will point out some things.
It is faster to time shift and send a show via VCR and snail mail. Thats a fact for 90% of us ReplayTV users. Im currently receiving a show now thats 1.5 GB for 1/2 hour. With cable modem upload speeds and being able to send more than one show at a time it will take over 4 days for me to receive this file. I can't even pull down 2 shows at once (a bit silly, you can send many at 128k up, but only receive one at 1.5m down). Ive had my RTV for 3 months now and have received exactly 2 shows.
I'd also like to theorize a bit for the future. Even when broadband gets faster (say 2-3 years), TV still has the upper hand by only broadcasting in HDTV. Now that 1.5GB file is 15GB and we're all back to waiting 4-7 days for the episode of Sex and the City.
Commercial Advance is great when it works, its my favorite feature. But its such a pain in the butt when it doesn't. Ive had it skip portions of a show without my knowledge.
There have been some great responses to my post, thanks to everyone, its been an interesting read.
the Pikachu
I was interviewed for this article last week and I was sorely disappointed to read how sensationalistic is was towards sharing shows with the ReplayTV 4000 likening us to Napster. Napster traded what was known copyrighted material, bought by home users and illegally copied and sent to others. RTV on the other hand is basically a digital VCR, or timeshifting device. It is currently legal to timeshift, send to friends, and receive shows this way. No different than user a standard VCR and even slower depending on file size. The biggest complainers should be advertisers who pay big money to be on Friends. But really,I don't agree with that either. They take a chance that I will see there ad anyways. There is nothing preventing me with regular TV to just leave the room or turn off the TV when ads come on.
Check out my site Planet Replay for more information on Replay show sharing.
What does Tivo have to do with this? If you didnt set it up to record, it doesnt record. Tivo doesnt read your mind from the future. I just started watching Alias and its nice to be able to find older episodes of Alias on Planet Replay to get up to speed.
Lest us not forget the site that lets all of us ReplayTV 4000 users find new 'friends' to share shows with. With over 100 members and 1200 shows, its not a bad place to start to find that lost episode of The Tick.
Planet Replay
There's a decent place Ive been using to find and share shows with other users. Its not a bad site, over 90 users and 900 shows.... great if you missed that last episode of Alias or Buffy.
Planet Replay
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/escaflo
Im just a kharma whore.
Planet Replay is a ReplayTV 4000 show sharing site. Currently its small, but has over 500 shows listed already. Not bad for its first few weeks.
Well actually...... its $1299 for the entry level "New iMac" and $1799 for the tricked out one (DVD-R), though with BTO it could go up (add $300 for 768 MB memory, the only option). The entry level "iMac G3" will be $799 still.
US Dollars, btw.
Actually, the entry level iMac is $799, the new iMac starts @ $1299 - $1799. A computer in the Mac world that came with a DVD burner and LCD screen ran about $3100 today, tomorrow its $1800. A bit better, no?
Thought I'd try my hand
Remove tadpole eye
Try not to drop new one
Tadpole sees perfect
Please mod me up five points.
:)
Actually, it runs on intel just fine. Remember its based on NeXTStep which ran quite nicely on standard PCs. And as far as "porting apps' goes, Cocoa apps has the advantage of just needing a quick recomplie for any other cpu hardware.
Will it ever get released? who knows. I certainly dont, and I work there.
No thanks. they've got their own bandwidth concerns.
PowerFile is a 200 CD/DVD jukebox over FireWire. Hell they even sell a re-writeable version. Not sure how it would work on a PC, but on the Mac its AppleScriptable and along with iTunes 2 you could load this puppy up and have it rip all weekend. I have one of these at work for archiving and I will bitch about its ease of use, though with some tweaks to their provided scripts, it worked fine.
Anyone know how this could work on PC/Linux? They have a M$ SDK here which includes visual basic samples.
From the email they sent me:
Dear SONICblue customer,
Thank you for pre-ordering the ReplayTV 4000. A customer service representative will be contacting you shortly to confirm the specific details of your pre-order. In order to expedite the shipment of your ReplayTV 4000 model DVR, you are encouraged to call us toll-free at 1-877-ReplayTV (1-877-737-5298) to verify your desired shipping method and other details.
Our Sales department can be reached Monday through Friday, 5:00AM to 5:30PM (PST).
Thank you and Happy Holidays!
SONICblue Customer Care
I immediately called and waited about 20 minutes on hold. The main options for shipping ran $22 (ground) $55 (2nd day) and$80 for Next day, though he mentioned that they ship friday so next day would be Mon at the earliest. CA residents need to pay taxes.
Your comments aren't entirely correct either. iPod knows which Mac is its 'home' Mac and will only auto sync with it. When you move it to a new one you can change its 'home' or manually move songs *through iTunes only*. It just doesnt automatically over write the MP3s.
Copying files in Hard Disk mode will not only be unrecognizable to the iPod, but iTunes as well.
"Manually managing your files" is only done via iTunes 2 similar to what you can currently do with USB MP3 players.
Ive seen some speculations here, so just to point out a few things. iPod uses HFS+ and will most likely only be able to read HFS plus as well as iTunes databases. The music files are 'hidden", and can not be seen in hard disk mode (except via command line). It wont ship with any PC or Linux drivers, so the people that want one should start thinking of good hacks now.... how to read and write HFS+, write to iTunes databases, and the file folder structures.
FreeAmp Plugin? Elrod?