- Digital Video Recorder from COX?
- Posted by Lonnie on August 20th, 2004
I don't see anything about recording to a VHS/DVD?? .. not good!
What is the point of recording stuff when eventually through lack of space you have to
write over it or lose it??
- Posted by Ron Hunter on August 20th, 2004
Lonnie wrote:
Buy the DVD.
- Posted by James Knott on August 20th, 2004
Lonnie wrote:
Depends on your needs. If you're just interested in recording stuff, to
watch a bit later, it's fine. It also gives you the ability to pause or
rewind shows that are currently being broadcast.
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- Posted by Ron Hunter on August 20th, 2004
James Knott wrote:
watching one of the two, (or both with PIP), or watching a previously
recorded show. Now if it would just synchronize the recording with the
actual start/stop times for each channel, some of which (like TNT) run a
few minutes ahead, or behind the real time....
Sometimes the sound and video lose sync on my box, and the sound goes
away somtimes and I have to fast forward, or rewind a bit to restore it.
Like I say, it (the one provided by Charter) has a few bugs, and some
operational quirks, but for $10 a month, it is great!
- Posted by Lonnie on August 21st, 2004
On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:39:24 -0500, Ron Hunter <rphunter@charter.net> wrote:
}Lonnie wrote:
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}> I don't see anything about recording to a VHS/DVD?? .. not good!
}>
}> What is the point of recording stuff when eventually through lack of space you have to
}> write over it or lose it??
}
}Buy the DVD.
Tivo does have a special where their taking off $100 for their various models
http://www.tivo.com/5.3.1.1.asp?article=214
a high end DVD recorder has been oin my mind for quite some time. TIme will whittle donw
the price
- Posted by Greg on August 21st, 2004
These folks are trying to stay out of the trouble Sonic Blue got into with the
ReplayTV. They got sued over copyright problems.
"Time shifting" seems to be OK but the MPAA is not happy about being able to
save/swap near DVD quality copies of their content.
If you really want to make DVDs you are better with a PC and a capture card.
Until the cable companies start using some sort of copy protection (macrovision
or similar) you can still make a VCR copy of anything your TV can show. The
digital standard already has a copyright flag in it so making copies of digital
shows will be tougher if they don't want you to. I assume the hackers have
already defeated this on a PC based recorder tho.
- Posted by Dave C. on August 21st, 2004
"Greg" <gfretwell@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040821103352.12159.00003875@mb-m01.aol.com...
It's not that difficult. You can buy Toshiba and Panasonic DVD recorders
with hard drives right now. No need to mess around with a PC at all. -Dave
