Didn't Cablevision in NY just announce some type of remote DVR capability? You press a record button on the remote, and the actual recording takes place in Cablevision's office, on their equipment. If this really isn't a "consumer device', maybe DirecTV is planning a similar offering. I could imagine an entire rack of these devices available for an entire serving area. I record my stuff to their servers, and can still watch when I want. The screen is probably used for diagnotic testing on the box and feeds. Much cheaper to share storage across a group of users than dedicating a certain amount per box. As storage grows, so does my capacity without having to upgrade my DVR.
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Kevin @ Apr 4th 2006 1:29PM
Didn't Cablevision in NY just announce some type of remote DVR capability? You press a record button on the remote, and the actual recording takes place in Cablevision's office, on their equipment. If this really isn't a "consumer device', maybe DirecTV is planning a similar offering. I could imagine an entire rack of these devices available for an entire serving area. I record my stuff to their servers, and can still watch when I want. The screen is probably used for diagnotic testing on the box and feeds. Much cheaper to share storage across a group of users than dedicating a certain amount per box. As storage grows, so does my capacity without having to upgrade my DVR.