Posted by chrisv on 06/23/06 12:41

JEDIDIAH wrote:

>On 2006-06-21, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> The monthly service fee supports features the VCR doesn't have.
>>
>> You don't get that $100 price unless you commit to the service for
>> some period of time, guy.
>
> Actually, you can get that price in a number of ways that
>imply a contractual commitment. It could just be for the underlying
>cable service and you might not even pay anything for the Tivo (or
>other non-tivo pvr).

Well, I remain unconvinced. My SVHS machine stays, for now.

>This argument worked much better when everyone and their
>brother's cat didn't have a PVR solution of some sort and when
>the naked hardware cost $500.

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