there's a way to set things up so that you can automatically remove commercials (I'll send the link from home) before burning to DVD or whatnot. That sounds like it may be an important feature to you.
Actually, less than you might think. Bear in mind, this is the house that recorded 1200 VHS videotapes off the air, and the vast majority of those are ads-intact. So I'm really, really used to just skimming forward through the ads.
That said, the ability to burn DVDs at all matters to us, and the Comcast box won't do that. So we need to decide how much we care.
The interesting thing about the Comcast approach, though, is that it's zero-commitment. We can do it now, use it for a year or two, and change our minds after that without feeling like we've wasted any money. That's appealing...
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Date: 2006-09-30 04:24 am (UTC)Actually, less than you might think. Bear in mind, this is the house that recorded 1200 VHS videotapes off the air, and the vast majority of those are ads-intact. So I'm really, really used to just skimming forward through the ads.
That said, the ability to burn DVDs at all matters to us, and the Comcast box won't do that. So we need to decide how much we care.
The interesting thing about the Comcast approach, though, is that it's zero-commitment. We can do it now, use it for a year or two, and change our minds after that without feeling like we've wasted any money. That's appealing...