No, this is what did not catch on with the JVC recorder

Posted by John C. - Aussie (A) on August 15, 2002 at 15:26:17

In Reply to: are you forgetting Tivo? posted by SamM on August 15, 2002 at 08:10:01:

Their model HM-HDS1EU , illustrated at
http://www.jvc-australia.com/frame_hddvid.asp
had such a hard drive system inside but has been withdrawn from sale, reportedly due to lack of interest. I would suspect the high price (divide by 2 to get USD) did not help + many people are incapable of programming a normal VHS so organising a hard drive would be far too daunting.

Now the US market is significantly larger so there might be a large enough base to support TiVo enthusiasts, just as laserdiscs thrived in a limited way in the US but not here much at all. However DVD has taken off here because it is relatively cheap and easy to use (although some of the menus drive me nuts).

I'm not sure about how useful or appealing I would find a TiVo system anyway after having quite a lot of bad experience with hard discs dying in computers. Sure they are now cheap, but how good is their longer term reliability? If your hard drive crashes with 10 movies on board you have lost the lot!

Yes, tape is a messy medium just like cassetes but it is portable between players and friends. And I disagree about tapes not lasting. We have 20 year old ones that are high quality - but they were good ones at the start. Their is a lot of cheap rubbish around if you are not too concerned about what it might do to recorder heads.

All that aside I share concern about moves to prevent copying.

Interesting times

John

Peace at AA

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Topic - Home recording trends - VCR's dying - John C. - Aussie 23:22:20 08/14/02 (14)

Digital VCR - sbrians 11:12:38 08/16/02 (1)

most recent D-VHS incarnation - Mart 13:03:46 08/16/02 (0)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - House de Kris 19:32:39 08/15/02 (3)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - John C. - Aussie 01:48:24 08/16/02 (2)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - House de Kris 08:39:31 08/16/02 (1)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - John C. - Aussie 14:32:35 08/16/02 (0)

are you forgetting Tivo? - SamM 08:10:01 08/15/02 (5)

No, this is what did not catch on with the JVC recorder - John C. - Aussie 15:26:17 08/15/02 (4)

Re: No, this is what did not catch on with the JVC recorder - SamM 07:55:24 08/16/02 (3)

So which hard drives have you found the most reliable? - John C. - Aussie 14:41:23 08/16/02 (2)

Re: So which hard drives have you found the most reliable? - SamM 10:45:20 08/18/02 (1)

Thanks Sam, I do ... - John C. - Aussie 16:34:45 08/18/02 (0)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - phlogiston 02:42:54 08/15/02 (1)

Re: Home recording trends - VCR's dying - Estes 06:05:48 08/15/02 (0)

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No, this is what did not catch on with the JVC recorder - John C. - Aussie 15:26:17 08/15/02 (4)

Re: No, this is what did not catch on with the JVC recorder - SamM 07:55:24 08/16/02 (3)

So which hard drives have you found the most reliable? - John C. - Aussie 14:41:23 08/16/02 (2)

Re: So which hard drives have you found the most reliable? - SamM 10:45:20 08/18/02 (1)

Thanks Sam, I do ... - John C. - Aussie 16:34:45 08/18/02 (0)

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