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Butch
08-20-2003, 06:50 PM
My cable company is going to start to offer DVR service (35 hours) for $6.95 a month. I was just about to buy a TiVo, so this will save me beaucoup $s . . . probably won't offer quite the same features . . . but the price difference between paying for the hardware of a TiVo and the monthly service fee makes it a no brainer!
Cubsfan
08-20-2003, 07:31 PM
What cable company, and what area? I've heard that Comcast has been doing some beta trials with this stuff.
Butch
08-20-2003, 07:45 PM
Originally posted by Cubsfan
What cable company, and what area? I've heard that Comcast has been doing some beta trials with this stuff.

Time Warner Cable in Manhattan
www.twcnyc.com
Joshua
08-21-2003, 07:23 AM
Excellent, maybe Cablevision will follow suit since they are neighbors! :) (hopefully)
avlena
08-21-2003, 12:17 PM
aahh, but DirecTV already has it! :D
cheapie
08-22-2003, 05:43 PM
Originally posted by avlena
aahh, but DirecTV already has it! :D

doesn't it cost a lot of money though?
look_ma
08-24-2003, 04:47 PM
DVR? digital video recorder? I thought those things were called PVR's, Personal Video recorders.
avlena
08-25-2003, 07:19 AM
Originally posted by cheapbast@rd


doesn't it cost a lot of money though?

i guess... to buy the box it's ~$200 i believe, though if you know someone who works there u can get it for $99. the service is only $4.99 a month.

look-ma:
the DVR's are Digital Video Recorders like TiVo that enable you to record and manipulate live TV, such as pause for commercials, rewind to watch a part you missed, etc. everyone i've talked to says it'll will pretty much change your life!