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Posted by GMAN on 10/23/06 07:03
In article <1o6c9iyc4kfk5.hw4u7kpm2foa$.dlg@40tude.net>, Karl S <karlsch@-no-spam-ak.net> wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:07:57 GMT, Citizen Bob wrote:
>
>> You might want to take a look at the Polaroid DRM-2001G at WalMart for
>> $219. You get a 90-day no questions asked evaluation period. I have
>> one and I like it thus far. There are a couple quirks but I have
>> learned to live with them.
>
>This looks like something I might want to buy. Walmart Web site says it is
>available online only. I don't see anything about the evaluation period,
>just a 90 day warranty for defects.
>
Nice thing with that Polaroid that Bob has is that you can easily replace the
drive with a 500 gigabyte drive or anything inbetween. It has a built in
formatting utility.
I beleive you have to use Western Digital drives though.
>I would mainly use the HDD for time shifting. It also looks like you can
>start watching a program live, pause it for up to 60 minutes, and come back
>and start watching it again and fast forward through the commercials-it
>appears to have a 30 second advance.
>
>I don't need the sophisticated features of TIVO, so paying their montly fee
>doesn't appeal to me. The Polaroid might be more suitable.
>
>Karl
>
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