Re: "Smallville" is off my DVR :(

Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>  Mark Nobles <cmn-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> > >  "Wouter Valentijn" <liam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Anim8rFSK wrote:
> > > > > "Wouter Valentijn" <liam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Forge wrote:
> > > > >>> ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> > > > >>>> FOX bastards win.  They put a THIRD edition of American Idol
on
> > > > >>>> Thursday.  Already recording Survivor; DVR will only do 2
things,
> > > > >>>> so Smallville is gone.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Ucch, you have GOT to be KIDDING me. Survivor and THREE
American
> > > > >>> Idols over Smallville? I happen to think Svl is crap but I'd
watch
> > > > >>> old reruns of Charmed before I'd waste even one kilobyte of my
hard
> > > > >>> drive on a "reality" (read: make **** up as you go along)
show.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> What Forge said.
> > > > >> I can't believe it either.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not the only one that uses the DVR.
> > > > 
> > > > Wiseguy. :-)
> > > > 
> > > > Wouldn't you really rather watch Smallville?
> > > 
> > > Yeah, but, again, not entirely in my control.
> > > 
> > > > Or Star Trek (unremastered tos of course)
> > > 
> > > Well, I have those on DVD.  :)
> > > 
> > > > Or Buffy.
> > > 
> > > Again, have all 5 seasons on DVD.  :)
> > > 
> > > > Or... maybe read some light literature by Max Brooks or something
like 
> > > > that.
> > > > 
> > > > Or get an extra recording device (I have four permanently
available,
> > > > one 
> > > > harddisk recorder and three VHS-machines).
> > > 
> > > We really really need DVRs with more than 2 tuners.
> > 
> > Or real video on demand so you can watch what you want when you want.
> > You'd check your schedule just to see when something becomes
available.
> 
> For that I'd need a connection that was better than dial up, which COX 
> high speed cable service doesn't provide.

By the time they get around to having everything on demand, they'll
have fiber to the back of your TV. In fact, you may not even need a TV
- it'll be fiber direct to your eyeball.