Time Warner Says If We Can't Do A Networked DVR, No One Can
from the sue-sue-sue! dept
Back in March when Cablevision first announced plans to create a centralized DVR, we mentioned that Time Warner had tried to do something quite similar three years ago... only to have the concept neutered after a bunch of television executives threatened Time Warner with lawsuits. So, it wasn't surprising at all for those same execs to get pissed off and then sue Cablevision over the plan -- even though it seems to only make their content more valuable. However, a new player has jumped into the fray and sued Cablevision: Time Warner. It's obviously the TV side of Time Warner, but it certainly is interesting to see how the company's opinion seems to depend on whether or not they're the ones offering the network-based DVR.
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Doh! by Demig0d on May 31st, 2006 @ 3:47pm
Hypocrites.
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by Anonymous Coward on May 31st, 2006 @ 3:47pm
Tooools!!
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Geeez by Colorado Computer Guy on May 31st, 2006 @ 3:52pm
Unbelievable! ...Well, maybe not. ;)
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by Anonymous Coward on May 31st, 2006 @ 3:56pm
Just another case of the right hand not knowing who the left hand is jacking off.
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Some IT Bastard by Anonymous Coward on May 31st, 2006 @ 3:59pm
Time Warner, they're so gooooood....they hire me to fix their stuff.
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networked dvr by mike on May 31st, 2006 @ 5:59pm
by the time those losers stop suing each other the market will be saturated with a third party product thats better and has no connection to big media. as usual, doom on them.
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boycott Time Warner and AOL by Anonymous Coward on May 31st, 2006 @ 7:21pm
Scumbags
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Re: networked dvr by Anonymous Coward on May 31st, 2006 @ 7:23pm
The funny part is that Motorola already manufacturers a DVR digital set top box and remote boxes that do just this. It is up to you to purchase it and tell your cable company to shove their box up their collective arses.
No, I don't know about your provider, but Mediacom doesn't want people having BYO CPE on their network. They filed an injunction against my having my own, legally, purchased gear. After I provided a signed affidavit from my sales person at Motorola, they backed down and registered my equipment on their network. All of it is working great. Oh, and I told one of their execs in court that I have been long using Myth TV as my network DVR and a bunch of hacked X boxes to playback on. Man you should have seen how red he got. I love it!!!
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Its all temporary. by Andrew Pollack on May 31st, 2006 @ 7:50pm
The market is moving quickly toward the time when the idea of a personal dvr isn't really that necessary. It may be useful, but when I can watch what I want, when I'm ready to watch it, free with commercials or a buck and hour without -- at that point I won't care where the content lives.
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by Anonymous Coward on May 31st, 2006 @ 7:58pm
Look at it this way, Time Warner had their lawyers all prepped to go to court to battle for DVR's, and it never happened. Now, they are just getting value out of all that prep work.
Gotta like the productivity of that one.
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Time Warner's DVR by tucson on May 31st, 2006 @ 10:07pm
LOL......all of those big schmucks can take a leap.
I've built MythTV PVR's and they rock compaired to
what these guys are offering!
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