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Roger   03-18-2005 at 04:02:51 PM
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Roger wrote:
> And this new iRiver iFP-990 here:
> http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/ [...] p_990.aspx
> sez it has "Programmable FM recording".

Finally got more info from iRiver. Like the earlier model it is limited
to being programmed to record just one program. With all these fancy
mp3 players around it's a shame that just one of them doesn't have the
functionality that VCRs did 30 years ago ...

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Anonymous   03-19-2005 at 08:53:13 AM
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"Roger" <RogerBucket@PlasticSun.com> wrote

> Finally got more info from iRiver. Like the earlier model it is limited
> to being programmed to record just one program. With all these fancy
> mp3 players around it's a shame that just one of them doesn't have the
> functionality that VCRs did 30 years ago ...

You mean like the ability to blink "12:00:00" over and over?

-MT

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Anonymous   04-18-2005 at 03:48:10 PM
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On 2005-02-24 09:42:46 -0500, Adam Maloney <adam@whee.org> said:

> I've been reading this group for a couple of months now, and I've been
> watching all of the Tivo-is-dead arguments. Well, their fate was
> sealed last night...
>
> I have a long history of buying the-best-of-the-best, only to have the
> company go out of business shortly thereafter.
>
> I was a USR Courier owner. Best modems in the world. USR tanked (went
> to 3com)
>
> I had some internet services with PSI. PSI tanked in '02 and went to Cogent.
>
> I had a $250 RA Pro BBS software license. RA tanked, the BBS is dead,
> and I became an Internet engineer.
>
> If I were older I'm sure I would've bought a Betamax...
>
> I bought my TiVo last night. Their days are numbered.
>
> But, I was TiVo'ing the hell out of my cable last night. Mythbusters
> blew up a concrete mixer truck...instant replay! Ooh, do it again -
> <BLAM>, instant replay. Five, six times, because I can.
>
> I do have one complaint though - the wifey thinks CSI is higher
> priority than women's pool.

You could not be more wrong. A few weeks ago Comcast cable signed a
deal with Tivo to add the Tivo service to there new DVR boxes. Tivo is
here to stay.

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Anonymous   04-18-2005 at 04:26:50 PM
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> You could not be more wrong. A few weeks ago Comcast cable signed a
> deal with Tivo to add the Tivo service to there new DVR boxes. Tivo is
> here to stay.
>

a) he was being facetious

b) this thread is so old it's moldy!

Randy S.

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