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When I first started considering sattelite (Dish network), I was very interested in the JVC D VHS VCR. Now I see that it is being discontinued, and instead the dish manufactureres are pushing Tivo instead.
Any ideas as to why this is?
Is it specifically to keep you from making long lasting recordings of programs?
Tivo is far less useful (being non-portable, finite storage, etc.) than a DVCR- so why phase it out?Insights appreciated
Oh, maybe because DVD-R (recordable) has been "promised"
before the end of the year.
From people I have talked to, it seems they make more money (through subscription fees, etc.) is you have a Tivo or Replay TV.
They want consumers to be dependant upon them, rather than promoting the D VCR'sdg
Thats true too, my friend just purchased a Replay unit with 20hrs recording time. I don't know why he bought it (just has to spend money all the time I guess), he knows
that DVD-R is around the corner. Philips,Panasonic and Sony all had prototypes on display a couple of months ago.
The really crazy thing is that he has had that JVC satellite/D-VHS unit for over a year now and yet he bought
the Replay unit. He's a videonut.
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