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CableLabs loosens up tru2way licensing {Engadget HD}
May 8th 2008 5:08PM Hi Steve,
Reticence... ??? Wow you are wild. Do you actually use that word in everyday speak? Be honest, did you open the thesaurus on that one?
I guess using the word reluctance or unwillingness would be too hard to use in that sentence, huh? Whew...
I'm not asking for 4th grade, but come one Steve, I had to Google it to find out what the hell it meant and even then I ask why bother using such a term that's clearly way down on the list or words that we all use in our lives. Too funny. Thanks, Steve Jr.
Poll: Who makes the best HD DVR? {Engadget HD}
Mar 20th 2008 7:33PM Dearest Ben,
As an owner of 2 TIVO HD's and 1 Series3 and 2 Series2's the reason why they BETTER NOT "refresh" the UI is because of this... IT EFFIN WORKS!!!
Why mess with something that works just fine? It records a show I set to find and I can find it to watch and what else does it need to do? I know those menus so well that I often am ahead of the speed of the unit anyway. The only way it will get "refreshed" is if the logo changes to Miscrosoft... the quintessential KING of "refreshing" things to the point you can't find a goddamn thing and it takes countless hours of learning curve to get something done that should have taken a tenth of the time like it used to take. So Ben, please spare me your thoughts on TIVO refreshing the UI... what they need to concentrate on is functionality... not the way the menu structure works or looks like. I heard you bitch about things before such as why the grid does not show you with a red dot or shade the show red to know it's set to record... that's the kind of stuff you need to fire up the EHD TIVO troops about. Now that I have moved on with HD DVD being done, it's now time to concentrate on getting TIVO to get their shit together.
Thanks for your time,
Steve
Analyst says consumers didn't end format war {Engadget HD}
Feb 23rd 2008 10:37AM You don't say.... DUH !!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Buy's not shy about Blu-ray's victory {Engadget HD}
Feb 21st 2008 1:40AM Starting at $399... OH GEE thanks that's such a bargain.
GFY... GFY... GFY !!! Thank you.
Engadget HD Podcast 072 - 02.14.2008 {Engadget HD}
Feb 16th 2008 7:14PM Big typos fixed in this... ignore the one above.
I wish we could edit our original posts.
Dearest Ben,
This should be my last post, but I just got to the end of this podcast and would like to say that I would buy a thousand dollar TIVO that does HD, in fact our Series3 is now just over 1 year and cost $1,500 bucks because we got it from Weakness.com and we got their top beefed up version at that time was the 750 gig drive (now you can get TB) and it cost us $250 bucks to buy 2 cable cards because Service Electric in Wilkes-Barre, PA did not offer to just pay monthly fee (they do now because I added two more stock sized TIVO HD units just before Christmas to the fleet and they use M-cards to boot... nice). That was one purchase that turned out to be the best thing we could have done because that thing is a work horse it's recording shit all the time. I actually wish TIVO had a unit with 3 or 4 tuners... actually 4 tuners would work because then 2 M-cards on a way beefed up TIVO HD unit would be perfect... 2 or 3 tuners recording and 1 tuner allowing live viewing. Ahhh some day. Thanks, Steve
Engadget HD Podcast 072 - 02.14.2008 {Engadget HD}
Feb 16th 2008 5:08PM Dearest Ben,
This should be my last post, but I just got to the end of this podcast and would like to say that I would buy a thousand dollar TV that does HUD, in fact our just over 1 year old Series3 cost us $1,500 bucks because we got it from Weakness.com and we got their top beefed up version at that time was the 750 gig drive (now you can get TB) and it cost us $250 bucks to buy 2 cable cards because Service Electric in Wilkes-Barre, PA did not offer to just pay monthly fee (they do now because I added two more stock sized TIVO HD units just before Christmas to the fleet and they use M-cards to boot... nice). That was one purchase that turned out to be the best thing we could have done because that thing is a work horse it's recording shit all the time. I actually wish TIVO had a unit with 3 or 4 tuners... actually 4 tuners would work because then 2 M-cards on a way beefed up TIVO HD unit would be perfect... 2 or 3 tuners recording and 1 tuner allowing live viewing. Ahhh some day. Thanks, Steve
Engadget HD Podcast 072 - 02.14.2008 {Engadget HD}
Feb 16th 2008 4:58PM Hello again,
Regarding audio versus video... here is the bottom line... $5,000 bucks is not enough to do both in any way that would do either justice, so the video has to be the primary concern. It comes down to this, are you doing a surround sound system or are you trying to do a Home Theater? If it's a surround sound system then $5,000 bucks would cover it with easily the majority going towards video and while I'm here nobody should be buying any TV that will be the primary TV under 50 inches... 42 is simply too small for a primary TV role.
If it's Home Theater you are chasing then the biggest possible and don't be surprised to keep a $10,000 budget in mind and if you are slightly under then it's a bonus, but one thing to keep in mind when you consider the audio is this: Obsolescence in audio is very very slow. Do not cheap out your audio, if you can't do it right then don't try to do Home Theater, just do surround sound and attempt Home Theater later when you have more coin to do it and do it slow and build it up over time. My suggestion is to have enough money to buy a good receiver (I have a Yamaha RX-V2500) and get a good center and subwoofer. I currently have Polk's for centers but I'm very close to getting the Klipsch RC-64 and I love my SVS cylinder subwoofer.
Thanks.
Engadget HD Podcast 072 - 02.14.2008 {Engadget HD}
Feb 16th 2008 4:28PM Hello,
As an owner of 3 HD-A2 units I am now moving from denial to acceptance stage of the end of the HD-DVD format. I can go and on about this that and other thing as to why BD is not a better picture than RED, and all that crap... the bottom line is is the content was not there fast enough from the Red studios... period. Like I said, what does it matter now, it's over and that's that. To answer the poll question here is the point I am at, I will switch over to Blu-Ray when the time is right and when is the time right? When they get players working the right way and they are under $200... PERIOD!!! I know I will succumb to having to go Blue, but not until they get their shit together and I will not be beta tester for them... I was willing to do that with RED, but there is no way I am doing that with Blue and SONY and all the other jerk-offs can GFY. I am now considering myself in the masses and as such I will wait and most likely it will not be this year. Ben... if you recall way back when I had to jump your shit regarding shopping at Wal-Mart... you can now OFFICIALLY consider me an EngadgetHD member that is now in the Wal-Mart CHEAP ASS crowd when it comes to Blu-Ray. No cheap player running 100% out of the box = no buy by me.
Thank you,
Steve Jr. a former HD-DVD fanboy
Engadget HD Podcast 059 - 11.28.2007 {Engadget HD}
Nov 29th 2007 4:53AM Ben.... Ben... Ben... you MUST watch NFL LIVE? Who watches LIVE TV anymore?
That's what you keep busting my stones about when I complain that I can't surf the channels anymore. See you do need to watch TV live and I love to surf the channels and TIVO making me press that UP/DOWN channel button every single time SUCKS!!! I actually record the NFL shows and let them buffer up at least 30 minutes to 45 minutes and then it's great to fly through the commercials and by the time I get to the end it's nearly LIVE at that point.
Engadget HD Podcast 059 - 11.28.2007 {Engadget HD}
Nov 29th 2007 4:29AM Let it out guys... let it out... TIVO ranting... it's a good thing.
It's better than Blu-Ray rules.... or HD-DVD rules.... or BD is GREAT... or BD SUCKS!!! This TIVO ranting is a nice change of pace. Do we have any ears over at TIVO that visit here or that anyone in Engadget or EHD knows? What about a guest visitor from TIVO corporate to address some of this ranting?
I have bitched about that Guide not showing a show scheduled to record since day one. Why can't it color the block light red or put the stupid little red ball to indicate it's scheduled to be recorded?
My current rant is about the price change for multi-unit accounts. I currently have THREE series2's and one series3, but am in the process of abandoning the series2 except for the one in the kitchen. The newest unit (a TIVO HD) just arrived a couple days ago and is the next to go online soon. BTW, your TVIO HD versus Series3 was much appreciated in knowing the differences... especially with the Cable Card... and at $125 a pop which is what Service Electric Cable here in the Kingston, PA charges for each card. Not to mention, they make you pay for it in total up front... they so suck!!!
