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- Great! Now I can buy another Tivo without FUD
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Now that the new version of MCE is out, I feel confortable buying my 2nd Tivo (I was waiting to see if MCE might now be a better choice).
As a techie, MCE sounds nice, but as a consumer, I just can't see the logic of this kludge Tivo wannabe.
Why should I tie up my $3,000 PC (or even buy a new $600 PC) just to have a PVR?
For $100, (or more with larger disks) Tivo provides an idio-proof, super-easy to use appliance that is plug and forget.
In order for MCE to displace the dedicated-function appliance, it must be faster, cheaper, better.
MCE doesn't really give me anything better than a Tivo and in spite of the enhancements, it is still klunkier and harder to work with than Tivo.
What I really want is a decent file server app so I can serve-up video, photos, files, and music from one application on my PC instead of loading proprietary "peer to peer" server apps such as Apples Itunes for music, Tivo's for photos/music, etc. etc.
The real solution needed is a network attached hard disk that has built-in firmware with Tivo, Itunes, and other "clients" so it is plug-and-plug expandable storage for these appliances without having to tie up my PC and leave it runnning 24 x 7 - Posted by: spiv Posted on: 10/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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