Comments on: Time to webify old and tired DVRs http://www.lostremote.com/2008/07/20/dvrs-are-old-and-tired/ Where TV Finds the Future Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2008/07/20/dvrs-are-old-and-tired/#comment-1094214 Anonymous Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:19:11 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/?p=5261#comment-1094214 My DTV conveter has a program guide and so did a VCR I had? Hello? Why are you behing a computer more than me? Kids. My DTV conveter has a program guide and so did a VCR I had? Hello? Why are you behing a computer more than me?

Kids.

]]> By: Alyssa http://www.lostremote.com/2008/07/20/dvrs-are-old-and-tired/#comment-1093094 Alyssa Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:35:22 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/?p=5261#comment-1093094 I miss my TiVo, where I could search online and set it to record remotely. For the current (Comcast) DVR I have to do it on the box itself. I miss my TiVo, where I could search online and set it to record remotely. For the current (Comcast) DVR I have to do it on the box itself.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.lostremote.com/2008/07/20/dvrs-are-old-and-tired/#comment-1092902 Daniel Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:39:46 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/?p=5261#comment-1092902 You forget that if Comcast and Time Warner have their way, you'll have to cough up mucho $$$$ to have the privilege of downloading large bandwidth hogging video files.. You forget that if Comcast and Time Warner have their way, you’ll have to cough up mucho $$$$ to have the privilege of downloading large bandwidth hogging video files..

]]> By: Emmett Flatus http://www.lostremote.com/2008/07/20/dvrs-are-old-and-tired/#comment-1092853 Emmett Flatus Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:05:52 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/?p=5261#comment-1092853 Evidently Bergman is unaware that to the Brits it is "The Open" and that search string might well have produced his expected results. Evidently Bergman is unaware that to the Brits it is “The Open” and that search string might well have produced his expected results.

]]> By: Spud http://www.lostremote.com/2008/07/20/dvrs-are-old-and-tired/#comment-1092829 Spud Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:54:22 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/?p=5261#comment-1092829 DVRs are NOT old and tired. They will continue to beat out the internet as a delivery medium as long as the internet delivers a crappier picture. Which is not going to be changing any time soon. DVRs are NOT old and tired. They will continue to beat out the internet as a delivery medium as long as the internet delivers a crappier picture. Which is not going to be changing any time soon.

]]> By: TIim http://www.lostremote.com/2008/07/20/dvrs-are-old-and-tired/#comment-1092748 TIim Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:11:34 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/?p=5261#comment-1092748 Here's an idea... the new digital TV standards include fields for content identification. There should be a standard (haven't re-read it, it may exist) for identifying the beginning and ending of a show, so you can record the show without worrying about things like playoffs or re-scheduling due to overtime in a ball game before the show. Then add to it, an ID3-like tagging mechanism so you can record by genre, or director, actor(s), or whatever. One way to sell it? The tagging mechanism also would function as a super-Vchip like system. Don't like the kids to see fiilms by certain directors because they're always too sexually-oriented? Simple - block anything tagged with that director. I've been waiting since the advent of DTV to hear that Tivo and the like are using the content identification stuff - but, so far nothing. Maybe the networks aren't sending it out? Anyone on the technical end of such things want to comment? Here’s an idea… the new digital TV standards include fields for content identification. There should be a standard (haven’t re-read it, it may exist) for identifying the beginning and ending of a show, so you can record the show without worrying about things like playoffs or re-scheduling due to overtime in a ball game before the show.

Then add to it, an ID3-like tagging mechanism so you can record by genre, or director, actor(s), or whatever.

One way to sell it? The tagging mechanism also would function as a super-Vchip like system. Don’t like the kids to see fiilms by certain directors because they’re always too sexually-oriented? Simple - block anything tagged with that director.

I’ve been waiting since the advent of DTV to hear that Tivo and the like are using the content identification stuff - but, so far nothing. Maybe the networks aren’t sending it out? Anyone on the technical end of such things want to comment?

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