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You all ought to realize by now, nobody is gonna buck the MPAA and allow pristine digital recording capability of HD streams. Let go of the balloon.

Sorry, I'm not impressed. Also, if they don't know the networking method 2 months before it's supposed to ship, it not gonna work right right away. I can't wait to see the uproar in March when the schedule has slipped. :p

Interpretation: The box is very easy to lock up. I've given and seen enough demo's to know if they won't give up the remote, there's a lot of things that don't work. And the fact that they aren't being shown to the public seems to indicate that March is a very optimistic schedule.

Since the ultimate goal in the satellite industry is to make money, exisiting subscribers will most likely be the lowest priority when it comes to getting the DVR boxes. New subscribers mean new revenue. Giving a new box to an existing customer will only cost them money and deny a potential...

I've read a lot of speculation about when Voom's DVR will become available. At this point, I believe it's all vapor-ware. Has anybody ever even seen their DVR solution? I know they showed some whole house solution last year that really wasn't their stand-alone DVR solution. I believe that...

It sounds like you are viewing this in the same lines as a PC system where the software has to support multiple platforms and any number of unknown components plugged in to it and has a much more memory than your standard STB. In an embedded system such as this, your available code size is...

Why do you assume that any software to support DVR will be included in releases for the current hardware? Are the current boxes field upgradable for a HDD?

I compare DVR to cell phones and ATM's. Before you used one and got used to the convenience you didn't realize what you were missing. With DVR commercials are a thing of the past. Hour long shows can be viewed in 42 minutes. 30 second skip is just about the time between plays in a football...