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On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 02:44:23 -0400, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>
>>
>> You don't have to be a basher - I researched, including hands on use
>> of both, and bought TiVo.
>>
>> Both products had advantages and disadvantages then (nearly 4 years
>> ago now), and that's still true. Though TiVo has added things that
>> ReplayTV had to themselves at the time, and not much the other way.
>>
>> -MZ
>
>And of course the "additions" duplicate Replay features very crudely.
>
>While I could say Replay's much better picture and vastly better
>networking are "enough" for me, the absolute killer is the ease of
>navigation through menus and program, something intrinsic to
>functionality of the device. How Tivo people can sit there with their
>hacks going 30 sec skip,30 sec skip,30 sec skip,30 sec skip,30 sec
>skip,30 sec skip,30 sec skip, when I can hit auto or manual skip on a
>commercial or decide to go ANYWHERE INSTANTLY within a show amazes me.
>To say they are "equivalent" is like saying a daily commute in an
>Explorer and a Trailblazer are "equivalent" except that with one you
>have to drag a boat anchor every day.


RTV really screwed up when they dropped Commercial Advance. That may
be the single best feature of ther 4500s and 5000s

 

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Agreed!

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> On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 02:44:23 -0400, Tony D <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>>
>>> You don't have to be a basher - I researched, including hands on use
>>> of both, and bought TiVo.
>>>
>>> Both products had advantages and disadvantages then (nearly 4 years
>>> ago now), and that's still true. Though TiVo has added things that
>>> ReplayTV had to themselves at the time, and not much the other way.
>>>
>>> -MZ
>>
>> And of course the "additions" duplicate Replay features very crudely.
>>
>> While I could say Replay's much better picture and vastly better
>> networking are "enough" for me, the absolute killer is the ease of
>> navigation through menus and program, something intrinsic to
>> functionality of the device. How Tivo people can sit there with their
>> hacks going 30 sec skip,30 sec skip,30 sec skip,30 sec skip,30 sec
>> skip,30 sec skip,30 sec skip, when I can hit auto or manual skip on a
>> commercial or decide to go ANYWHERE INSTANTLY within a show amazes
>> me. To say they are "equivalent" is like saying a daily commute in an
>> Explorer and a Trailblazer are "equivalent" except that with one you
>> have to drag a boat anchor every day.
>
>
> RTV really screwed up when they dropped Commercial Advance. That may
> be the single best feature of ther 4500s and 5000s

 

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"BruceR" <razrbruce%NOSPAM%@gmail.com> shaped the electrons to say:
>Agreed!

IMHO ReplayTV's two killer features were SendShow/IVS and Commercial
Advance. Those two things set them apart from pretty much everyone
else.

Show|Nav isn't really the same as Commercial Advance, though I will
grant it is niftier than just 30 second skip. But the loss of the two
killer features hurt.

And TiVo, Moxi, etc, have encroached on RTV with show transfers, and
support for more media like music and photos, etc.

It is no secret that I've always been a TiVo supporter, but RTV was
always my second choice - and it is sad to see what was a real
competitor just stop competing. I never had anything against RTV and
I think competition is good. But the real competition now is from
cable DVRs with software from the likes of UCentric, Moxi, and
Microsoft.

-MZ
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