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On the weekend I helped a friend set up her new TV. It amazes me how far TV technology has advanced the last 12 months (when I purchased mine). What really impressed me is that the TV came with a widget called ROVI which contained all the guide information for OTA, cable (analog or digital) and satellite. Browsing the guide in 1080x1920 was sweet compared to the PVR guides. Also, the TV could read just about every file format under the sun via a eHDD connected to the USB2 slot.
So here we have a digital signal + guide + storage device. Just wondering who will be the first to release a TV that can use the guide to schedule and store TV programming on an eHDD. For OTA it would be amazing. Bye-bye HTPC. For cable and satellite not so sure it would be allowed. But we can dream right?
So here we have a digital signal + guide + storage device. Just wondering who will be the first to release a TV that can use the guide to schedule and store TV programming on an eHDD. For OTA it would be amazing. Bye-bye HTPC. For cable and satellite not so sure it would be allowed. But we can dream right?