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  1. BillyT

    Is this a good idea?

    Please vote whether or not you think this is a good idea and if not, please state why. Recently I had a thought that the "Plug and Play" rules created by the FCC for cable television are good for the consumer. No one can doubt that the standardization provided by cable cards (thanks to Cable...
  2. BillyT

    Time Warner in talks with TIVO...

    I haven't heard any word on this in a while, but I'm hoping to hear the good news of a deal worked out soon. ;)
  3. BillyT

    My first HR10-250...

    I just got off of the retention line with DirecTV. I told them that I had read on the TIVO community board that long-time, loyal customers were now getting deals on the HR10-250 high-definition receiver for $299.00. (There is a thread up there regarding as such which is where I learned of the...
  4. BillyT

    SciFi-HD...

    Will we ever see SciFi-HD? I wonder if we'll see it when all of the MPEG4/Ka, new satellite matters sort themselves out. It is frankly the one channel I most want to see converted to HD beyond the broadcast networks. Bill T.
  5. BillyT

    Interesting PVR and XBox development...

    Some explanation: GentooX is a version of Linux that can be installed and run on a modified XBox. MythTV is an open source Linux project which turns a Linux PC into a free PVR provided you have a video capture card, etc in the PC.. As refurbished XBoxes can be had for around $119.00 from...