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Posted by JEDIDIAH on 06/21/06 15:47
On 2006-06-21, Tarkus <karnevil9@atlantabraves.net> wrote:
> On 6/21/2006 6:59:40 AM, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>
>> On 2006-06-20, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 2006-06-20, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> Black Locust wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> VHS took much longer to kill off then it really should have.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh? Show me an alternative for recording, say, 8 hours of video,
>>>>> that costs anywhere near the $100 of a SVHS machine.
>>>>
>>>> Tivos are that cheap now.
>>>
>>> Plus a monthly service fee, of course.
>>
>> ...not for the same level of functionality as an SVHS deck.
>
> So you can archive an unlimited number of programs with Tivo?
That's just what I need, a whole mess of bulky magnetic
tape flaking itself into oblivion wasting a god-awful amount of
space in my house.
Tivo will do that better too. The end result with be
cheaper, more maintainable, and remarkably more compact. Then
you open up the possibility for a nice cascaded DVD jukebox
solution or just a monster harddrive.
Tape techology simply sucks.
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