Well that is a very short sighted tactic! On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Alexander Hollins < [email protected]> wrote:
> Without ads or fees and needing to remember to record anything, those > with TiVo's reportedly run into 2 issues, there are more things on at > the same time than they can record or the stations go over time and > the TiVo cuts off the end of the show. > > actually, stations specifically changed up times to screw with dvrs, > because, you knowskipping commercials bad > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:31 PM, John Berry<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:22 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> We are going to find many people watching what they want, for free, in > >> very low definition, over the internet. > > > > > > That tells me you know nothing about watching TV online. > > The HDTV 350MB (per 42 mins=1H minus ads) xvid avi's are of a generally > > decent quality mostly better than standard definition TV and can look > quite > > Ok on a 60" HDTV. > > > > The 720P x264 mkv's are generally close to the original HDTV transmission > > (depending on what has to be compressed), these run at 1.1GB (for each 42 > > mins). > > These sizes are such that by downloading from usenet you can start > > downloading and watch right away, it will download faster than you can > watch > > even on a 5MBit/s connection. > > > > Without ads or fees and needing to remember to record anything, those > with > > TiVo's reportedly run into 2 issues, there are more things on at the same > > time than they can record or the stations go over time and the TiVo cuts > off > > the end of the show. > > > > All up the stations need to smarten up their act IMO. > > > > > >
