>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/10/05 10:21 PM >>> > True, but in their defense, this is the first release, and I > beleive that those things will improve. I think it would be > better already if the company had ever turned a profit; > right now I think they're probably in a position of having > limited resources (money, manpower) and getting profitable > has to take priority. I also don't think they've named a new > CEO yet.
They haven't turned a profit yet? I'm surprised. I heard recently that they sued a couple of the big networks because there was diaglog containing "tivoing" shows. They get free advertising, but they view it as copyright infringement. Ironic. > Well, yes and no. It is Linux, after all. The Series 2.5 boxes are > more locked down than the Series 1, but that doesn't stop some > people. I got the new box for $200 - $200, and honestly expected > I might Ebay it because of unhackability without a PROM mod - but the > fact is, all the stuff I hacked my Series 1 to get is available without > hacking on the Series 2.5, and then some. And they've always winked > at capacity upgrades, and still do - I'm sure they planned on it from the > beginning, they just don't want to provide warranty support to people > who mess things up doing them. Then there was the backdoors, > 30-second skip, etc. I'd say they've been pretty good to their > customers with regards to "unofficial enhancements". <snip> Agreed. Tivo is a somewhat logical progression of the VCR. Paul _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
