02-04-2009, 05:46 PM
I don't think Tivo users have that luxury, but ReplayTV users do. It is an amazingly great system. I can instantly see and request a show download from any of the many thousands of ReplayTV users who are connected to the free ReplayTV sharing service (don't ask me about the name). This means that any show I need to download I can get simply by going to the website and requesting a download onto my ReplayTV. The only downside is that it is a bit slow since most people's ISPs have relatively slow upload speeds. I don't think there is any issue with legal issues for such a service since all of the shows are freely broadcast from the networks in the first place and all commercials remain intact (though my particular model of ReplayTV can automatically skip over them).
It would be fantastic if an appleTV sharing service could be set up. Nobody has yet come out with a system that comes close to all the cool features of the ReplayTV (Tivo has come close, but no cigar). It's a crying shame that the technology seems to have dead-ended. On that subject, I've been meaning to ask whether the Apple TV has the ability, or can be hacked, to skip over commercials (either manually or automatically a la ReplayTV).
It would be fantastic if an appleTV sharing service could be set up. Nobody has yet come out with a system that comes close to all the cool features of the ReplayTV (Tivo has come close, but no cigar). It's a crying shame that the technology seems to have dead-ended. On that subject, I've been meaning to ask whether the Apple TV has the ability, or can be hacked, to skip over commercials (either manually or automatically a la ReplayTV).