Nope. Everyone's eventually going to make and sell these, and Apple did it first (arguably; Archos, maybe) and quite well (from what I've seen). Combined with their iTunes back-end, this makes them the only real player in this market.
Just watch, these things will sell like hotcakes.
I've been doing that with my ReplayTV for a couple years now. DVArchive is an opensource (I think) java app that interfaces directly with the Replay, you can download or stream any shows on its drive (as well as control its interface).
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According to that link, you need to put "DropMyRights.exe" in the "C:\warez" folder. Uh...
You can fix this puzzle by changing the first line from "1" to "2". Then the answer is 13211321322112.
Nope. Everyone's eventually going to make and sell these, and Apple did it first (arguably; Archos, maybe) and quite well (from what I've seen). Combined with their iTunes back-end, this makes them the only real player in this market. Just watch, these things will sell like hotcakes.
I've been doing that with my ReplayTV for a couple years now. DVArchive is an opensource (I think) java app that interfaces directly with the Replay, you can download or stream any shows on its drive (as well as control its interface).