http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r6589645 en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:03:33 EDT Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:03:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6589645 stet : I think the reason that they haven't caught on with the mass public is the subscription. Most people don't understand the difference between a PVR and a VCR as it is. Then tell them it's going to cost them $10/month to use it and they'll just laugh at you.
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You have to admit, the ReplayTV and TIVO units appeal to the "Tech Savvy" types, the home network types, the broadband internet types. Joe Sixpack doesn't realize what a cool unit they are, and the thought of paying "Subscription fees" is a big negative. The standalone PVR has a lot of uphill in the market to get over.... I think the market to the general public will be won by the integrated units--- the units that are built into Satellite receivers, Cable Boxes, etc.... those will introduce Joe Sixpack to the technology and make the switch from the VCR happen.
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"When the day comes that anyone can bend our country’s laws and lawmakers to serve selfish, competitive ends, that day democratic government dies" -- Preston Tucker, 1948 (Yep, it's dead.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6588516 Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:48:34 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6588330 pmilligan : I have owned a ReplayTV 4040 since December 2001. It too can share programs on a LAN or send it to other broadband capable and enabled ReplayTV units. (Not that I have tried the later.)

Thanks for the news about the change (again) in the owner of ReplayTV. I didn't realize that SonicBlue had recently filed Chapter 11. I think they bought ReplayTV in 2000 or 2001.

Anyway, here is the press release for the ReplayTV sale:

»www.replaytv.com/company/press.asp?ID=592

Pat Milligan]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6588330 Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:30:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6588279 BlueSkye : I'm looking for opinions.

Everyone I know with a PVR/DVR Tivo/Replay loves it. I often hear comments like "If I lost everything I own, the first thing I would replace would be my Tivo." (Really.)

I'm a Replay owner, and I think it's an incredible device.

So my question is (and I really am interested in getting people's opinions): Why is the installed base still less than a million? Why hasn't this technology caught fire?

I do have my own opinion, having once worked for ReplayTV, but I'm interested in hearing yours.

Anybody?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6588279 Wed, 16 Apr 2003 19:26:27 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6587681 apollo80 : ReplayTV had recently filed Chapter 11, but was bought today by Denon audio. GOOD NEWS.

I own a ReplayTV 5040 and LOVE it. The MIAA is after them because you can take anything you record on a ReplayTV and send it to any other ReplayTV model 5XXX, either on a home network or over the internet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6587681 Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:35:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6587457 KrK : ReplayTV lead the charge with the PVR that connected to your Internet connection and allowed you to schedule, program etc via web. It really is a cool unit.

Now the TIVO's are coming with the version 2 and more options and new designs are in the works in Japan. The future of this technology is bright; The biggest and largest roadblock (at least here in the U.S.A.) is the efforts of the MPAA/RIAA and similar ilk who wish to block user functionality and networking capability... but that won't stop it in Japan and elsewhere.

Darn Hollywood lawsuits killed SonicBlue... and TIVO is hemmoraging cash. Eventually maybe only foreign consumer electronic companies will produce PVR's/DVR's.
Typical example of Hollywood hurting everyone for their own misplaced and false fears... out of sheer greed.
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"When the day comes that anyone can bend our country’s laws and lawmakers to serve selfish, competitive ends, that day democratic government dies" -- Preston Tucker, 1948 (Yep, it's dead.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,6587457 Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:11:21 EDT