Hello,
True, the Replay's can go a bit higher in storage. But they are much more
expensive (in the 1000's of dollars for the really high capacity ones) and I
think the best interface is the Tivo's. (and not because I have a Tivo. I
look at what was available before I bought)
The Tivo doesn't have the 30 sec skip feature. You can learn how to use
the FF function to get around that, but having the 30 sec feature would be
nice.
People have figured out how to add an ethernet card to the Tivo. So now
you can get the TV listings through a LAN. Also you can now program your
Tivo via the Web and also people have figured out a way to pull the recorded
shows through the added ethernet card.
Pretty nifty stuff.
David
>
> As long as we are on it...
>
> The new ReplayTV's can go up to 320 hours of storage. They plug into your
> broadband connection (required) and you can send recorded shows to friends
> who also have ReplayTV's.
>
> They will also automatically filter out commercials, if you want. :-)
>
> To keep it on topic, Couch Fire was the greatest Newton program ever!!!
> Getting a ReplayTV made losing Couch Fire much less painful.
>
> Loren
>
> On 10/24/01 2:45 PM, "SlashDevNull" <SlashDevNull_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Buy the cheapest, lowest capacity Tivo you can.
>>
>> Upgrade it with Maxtor 5400 rpm hard drives. The 7200 RPMs run too hot.
>>
>> I have upgraded mine to 160 Hours using a 80 gig and a 40 gig.
>>
>> Tivo has been REALLY good about people upgrading things.
>>
>> Their stance is that they don't care how you modify the Tivo or the linux
>> OS underneath as long as you don't mess with the subscription parts. And
>> everyone in the Tivo community agrees with that stance.
>>
>> And the really unusual thing about the Tivo is that the less TV you watch,
>> the better the Tivo is.
>>
>> David
>
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