Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | reply to jgkolt
Re: slingbox functionality
Something tells me this will never be offered by incumbents on a fully functional level, because of grumpy men in suits flinging broadcast copyright lawsuits....
Be it the Cablevision head-end DVR, or via Homezone. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
 ·AT&T Southwest
| Texas McMansions -- good-to-go... |
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tsu9
join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL | Good god, those are enormous & fugly. |
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SCCutler
join:2001-02-22
Dallas, TX | reply to ronpin
So what, exactly, is the box you show here?
There is a set-up just like that at the end of my street, two cabinets, brand spankin' new.
Is that a Good Thing? |
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footballdude
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO
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said by Karl Bode  :Something tells me this will never be offered by incumbents on a fully functional level, because of grumpy men in suits flinging broadcast copyright lawsuits.... If there's money to be made, the 'grumpy's of the world will get the boot. Threats of lawsuits don't work against someone with a legion of lawyers and a desire to squash you.
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If Darwin was right and evolution really works, why are there so many stupid people out there? |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | They worked against Time Warner Cable. They will likely work against Cablevision. What users will ultimately get is some restrictive laden place-shifting technology that's only a far-echo of what Slingbox offers... |
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Harddrive
Premium
join:2000-09-20
Norwich, CT | reply to SCCutler
i would say that you are gonna get fiber. |
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jerrym1863
join:2006-04-15
Smithville, TX | reply to ronpin
that be what they call a vrad box...for FTTN fiber to the node, which is the FX box on the left... |
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