> On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 krepta at juno.com wrote: > > > I think Content on Demand has a future. Thats what freenet is. But TV, > > hmmm, I dunno. Advertisers really want people to watch thier stuff at > > particular times of day or night, or during special events like the Super > > Bowl. They will try hard to keep things the way they are for as long as > > possible. But I personaly would LOVE TV on Demand. Just pick a show I > > want to watch and watch it. Thats why I want TIVO or that Microsoft box > > for digital TV recording. > > Until those devices become fully user programmable I refuse to by one > because as long as they are closed black boxes they can be used to limit > what we can do with the recorded videos. I also do not think that TiVo > should only provide the hardware and not require you to also subscribe to > there service, especially since that type of information is easily > available from a number of sources.
If you want, you could get a TV-in card that is compatible with Video4Linux and a big hard drive (40-80 GB). Unless you find the right software, you wouldn't get the full range of features you'd get on a TiVo (like skipping commercials), but it'll record of the TV just fine. In fact, my VCR is on the fritz (it only records in black & white, which could probably be fixed by a good cleaning), so I'm thinking about replacing it with a TV-in card. _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
