Survivor Pulls the Race Card

But the dvd-r in question has a 160 gig hard drive?
You record off tv straight onto the hard drive, just like a dvr, only difference is when the hard drive fills up you can start burning the stuff you've recorded onto dvds.
With dvr's I think you need to plug them into your computer and dump anything you want to keep onto it's hard drive, and then think about burning stuff onto dvds.
Being shit with technology (for a guy anyway) I'd much rather just have a thing that sits on my tv and does everything.

This video processing card really sounds like something I don't need, but then you're not explaining what it does so I don't know.

It's not even that I want to be able to make dvds, I was originally only looking into getting a dvr, but it's not like the extra option of making dvds would be a negative if you have twice as much hard drive space anyway.
If the pvr had twice as much hd space again then yeah, that would make sense, and I'd opt for it over the dvd-r.
But as it stands I'm still confused.
 
Ah. So the dvd-r is a set top box. And so is the dvr.

I don't have a clue why it's more expensive then.
Perhaps it is the dvr format? Perhaps the format has a larger licensing cost than the mpeg format? Dvr format is more amenable to editing, I know that. It's not compressed (or at least not AS compressed as mpeg).

You'd think you'd be able to get a dvr with a dvd-r drive...

You should start a thread. Either in General Technology or Computer Science. I'm sure there are people here who have experience with the technology that I don't have.

Hell, I don't even have a tv anymore (I do, but it's in storage and I only watch tv on my computer maybe an hour or two a week. If that.) I'm out of the loop.


Survivor still sucks.
They should have a New Guinea season where the losers are eaten by cannibal head hunters.
 
I was confused too, so I looked it up. Wiki has a page on DVRs here. DVRs are things like TiVo that allow you to pause and replay live TV and do other fancy things like that. TiVo requires a monthly subscription - $12.95/month in the US - for downloading the programme scheduling info, software updates and other stuff. And I've just read that it's not currently available in Oz, although modified boxes are, and other brands may be available in its place. I've just read also that TiVo is beta-testing pop-up ads on the service, as an alternative funding resource.

But I still don't see what makes them better than DVD recorders that have built-in hard disks. I'd guess that the better ones amongst these also offer the live-TV pause/rewind functions, as well as the ability to archive onto DVD.

But, reading further, so does TiVo:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_video_recorder#Hard_disk-based_DVRs

The two early consumer DVRs, ReplayTV and TiVo, were launched at the 1999 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Although ReplayTV won the "Best of Show" award in the video category, it was TiVo that went on to much greater commercial success. The devices have steadily developed complementary abilities, such as recording onto DVDs, commercial skip, sharing of recordings over the Internet, and programming and remote control facilities using PDAs, networked PCs, or Web browsers
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So, I'm still confused. But I expect some gadget-aware couch-potato will come along soon and enlighten us.
 
redarmy11 said:
and replay live TV and do other fancy things like that. TiVo requires a monthly subscription - $12.95/month in the US - for downloading the programme scheduling info, software updates and other stuff.
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TIVO kicks ass. It's way more than just a recorder. If your watching a show, and you like it, hit "season pass" and the TIVO will record that show each time it's on. You can pause live TV, you can set up "wish lists" for artists or shows you want to record whenever they're on. And a lot more. Also, I paid a flat fee upfront so I don't have to pay a monthly fee.

You can also get a TIVO that can record dvd's.
 
Dr Lou Natic said:
Can someone explain to me why dvrs (or pvrs) are better than dvd-rs with hard drives?
I was trying to research pvrs and found that 1000 nerds agreed pvrs are better than dvd-rs, but I can't understand why?
I saw a panasonic dvd-r with a 160 gig hard drive for $480 and a topfield pvr right next to it with 80 gig hard drive for $550.
I can't make sense of that, I'd love to have 160 gigs and the ability to put things onto a dvd so I can keep them and free up hd space for quality programs to come, but it makes me nervous that the dvd-r is cheaper?
Why would it be? Aren't they the same except the dvd-r records dvds and has an extra 80 gbs? I think they were both twin tuning and whatever else, as far as I can tell I want the panasonic, but I just wish it was more expensive to put me at ease. Help!

On topic - when that fat mexican said he was in love with that white chick and that they had a moment (where she sympathetically said "awww we love you" and he stalker faced "I love you too" back at her) it was seriously one of the greatest moments in TV history.
Almost rivalling when the exotic delicacy of "canine feces" was put in front of joe schmoe.

Sorry if you've already talked about the fat mexican, I can't read this thread properly because I'm sure it has spoilers. We're behind down under.
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I lease my DVR from the local cable company so there was no big pricey purchase and all repairs are on taken care of.
Yeah, pathetic about the Hispanic guy misreading the white girl's meaning in their pity response to him. They will have fun with that situation at the Reunion.
 
invert_nexus said:
Ah. So the dvd-r is a set top box. And so is the dvr.

I don't have a clue why it's more expensive then.
Perhaps it is the dvr format? Perhaps the format has a larger licensing cost than the mpeg format? Dvr format is more amenable to editing, I know that. It's not compressed (or at least not AS compressed as mpeg).

You'd think you'd be able to get a dvr with a dvd-r drive...

You should start a thread. Either in General Technology or Computer Science. I'm sure there are people here who have experience with the technology that I don't have.

Hell, I don't even have a tv anymore (I do, but it's in storage and I only watch tv on my computer maybe an hour or two a week. If that.) I'm out of the loop.


Survivor still sucks.
They should have a New Guinea season where the losers are eaten by cannibal head hunters.
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I have no idea how my DVR works but I do know I LOVE it. I can record 3 programs/shows simultaneously and lots of other stuff. I wuv my DVR.
I disagree that Survivor sucks but I do like your idea for a PNG season.:D
 
I hear tonight is a recap episode.:cool: I hate recap episodes. Oh well, maybe they'll show Ozzy bathing in the surf or something. Though I don't know what could have been more of a turnon than last week's challenge of pulling opposing team members off the poles! Oh Mercy did Ozzy struggle! He struggled and he kicked but was dragged, against his will:p , across the enemy finish line. THAT was sexy. The scratches were too.
 
Recap episodes are always shit.

Genji you're a disgusting pervert wanting to see straight spics get dragged against their will.
Just admit it. Just admit you are a disgusting deviant animal who aligns himself with satan.

I love the pagan barbarian girl(flicker is it?), I usually hate big dirty tats, but she's so adorable.
I'd love to see her get dragged against her will, it would give me a raging hardon. I love being wholesomely straight and white and male.
 
Dr Lou Natic said:
I love the pagan barbarian girl(flicker is it?), I usually hate big dirty tats, but she's so adorable.
I'd love to see her get dragged against her will, it would give me a raging hardon. I love being wholesomely straight and white and male.
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She is kind of hot in a slutty sort of way. But then, most of the girls on the show are, otherwise they wouldn't be on the show.
 
Dr Lou Natic said:
Recap episodes are always shit.

Genji you're a disgusting pervert wanting to see straight spics get dragged against their will.
Just admit it. Just admit you are a disgusting deviant animal who aligns himself with satan.

I love the pagan barbarian girl(flicker is it?), I usually hate big dirty tats, but she's so adorable.
I'd love to see her get dragged against her will, it would give me a raging hardon. I love being wholesomely straight and white and male.
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Yes, unlike most gay men who are very docile and simply wanting love I LUST for young straight males! Watching them struggle turns me on. That little Ozzy was a scrapper though! I'd have to pop him with a tranquilizer dart before I dragged him off. And it's true, I am aligned with SATAN!:eek:

Flicka is a slut that needs a bath. You must be aligned with Jesus to want to drag that hag into the woods.
 
madanthonywayne said:
Me too. I watched my name is earl and the office instead. Did anything interesting happen on the recap episode?
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Nothing too interesting. Adam & Candace were stranded on a submerged sandbar when heavy seas made rowing their boat impossible. (Back when they were on the White Tribe.) They were shivering and Candace wept in fear.
Stephannie got drunk on three shots of champagne and barfed all over the fire.
There were a few more things like that but it basically sucked, like all recap episodes do.
 
Genji said:
Flicka is a slut that needs a bath. You must be aligned with Jesus to want to drag that hag into the woods.
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She seems like she'd be really annoying, but good in the sack. Probably a great one night stand, and give her a fake name/number so no follow up. Wham, bam, thank you, mam.
 
madanthonywayne said:
She seems like she'd be really annoying, but good in the sack. Probably a great one night stand, and give her a fake name/number so no follow up. Wham, bam, thank you, mam.
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A friend said the same thing but his fantasy involved a pool table.:bugeye:
 
Survivor Tonight!! I hope Ozzy wasn't voted out.:( If he was I'm boycotting CBS for life!!
 
Ozzy really kicks ass. Voting him out just wouldn't be right. Flika was the smart choice, but I'll miss her.
 
madanthonywayne said:
Ozzy really kicks ass. Voting him out just wouldn't be right. Flika was the smart choice, but I'll miss her.
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:eek: :eek: Yaaaaay!!! Ozzy isn't voted out! Yaaaaay! I know, I cheat by peeking but it was bothering me all night that those skinny bikini models that only eat and pose would outlast a real trooper and provider like Ozzy. I don't know if a merger would improve his chances or not but the winning team (at least the team that wins the most) should flush the mallgirls and expose that immunity idol! For fun I hope it was Candice that got stormed on at Exile Island.
 
Ozzy was next in line, but he did such a good job at the challange and providing food, they decided to keep him.

It's stupid to get rid of strong players before the merge. When you start worrying about someone "being a threat" after the merge due to doing well at challanges, you weaken your team and end up voting more and more people out as you lose more and more challanges.

It reminds me of the time I overheard the coach of the team my son's team was playing in the little league playoffs. He said, "We're saving our good pitcher for the next game, because this team isn't very good." Guess what? He never made it to the next game!

Worrying about what happens after the merge before you get there is stupid. Keep your strong players. Then, after the merge, you will have the majority and can pick off the other team one by one.

Then, and only then, it's every man for himself.
 
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