RE: Some DVD bargains if you're interested, including DVDR!

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Too late, it's been done.

I definately remember seeing one in T3 within the last few months....

Paul G.



>From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Some DVD bargains if you're interested, including
>DVDR!
>Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 21:28:59 +0100
>
>That's a bloody good idea!
>
>Hmmm - should I talk to SonicBlue tomorrow? Or should I have a chat
with
>the Comet category manager and get him to :-)
>
>M.
>
>	-----Original Message-----
>	From: Calum Morrell [mailto:calum@xxxxxxx]
>	Sent: Sun 07/07/2002 21:22
>	To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>	Cc:
>	Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Some DVD bargains if you're interested,
including
>DVDR!
>
>
>
>	* drochaid laughs at the shortsighted twillops
>
>	surely the argument on whether PVR or DVD-* is preferable is
irrelevant?
>
>	what we should be asking [IMHO of course] is when are they going to
stop
>pissing about and give us a PVR with built in DVD-* ?
>
>	options to record to HD or DVD on an overview and per program basis
...
>options to move a program on HD to DVD and vice versa
>
>	the technologies are highly compatible, and really shouldn't be seen
as
>competitors
>
>	now .. who wants to be first to say I'm talking bollocks?
>
>	On 7 Jul 2002 at 21:09, Kenneth Watt wrote:
>
>	>
>	> Yes and no Mark.
>	>
>	> The advantage in a œnormalconsumer™s eyes is that the DVDR
format
>is
>	> portable to other locations, a PVR by its nature is not and when
>	> discussing the likes of TiVo with people that are not as tech
>	> orientated as we are this is the one thing that kills the
argument in
>	> their favour. Personally, I can live with a PVR and indeed do,
but
>	> when some relative asks me to record something it™s a pain in
the ass
>	> to do it and the quality, even from S-VHS is not brilliant, but
then
>	> I can™t use S-VHS cassettes because the vast majority of people
I
>	> know do not have a VHS deck capable of playing them back.
>	>
>	> However, most of them do have a DVD deck that is fairly recent,
so
>	> suits me, suits them. ;)
>	>
>	> Remember also that most consumers know what a VHS deck is, they
know
>	> what a DVD deck is but many have not got the first clue what a
PVR
>	> is.
>	>
>	> K.
>	>
>	> -----Original Message-----
>	> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
>	> Sent: 07 July 2002 20:56
>	> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>	> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Some DVD bargains if you're interested,
>	> including DVDR!
>	>
>	> LOL - No :-)
>	>
>	>
>	>
>	> Seriously, though - do we think DVD-(some recordable format) is
going
>	> to beat PVR technology?
>	>
>	>
>	>
>	> Personally, I think that PVR will win in the consumer space.)
>	>
>	>
>	>
>	> (Jason - please comment here, particularly if you disagree - I'd
far
>	> rather have someone eloquent and opinionated arguing against me
than
>	> 100 yes-men !)
>	>
>	>
>	>
>	> M.
>	>
>	>     -----Original Message-----
>	>     From: Jason Lee [mailto:jasonjlee@xxxxxxx]
>	>     Sent: Sun 07/07/2002 18:55
>	>     To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>	>     Cc:
>	>     Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Some DVD bargains if you're interested,
>	>     including DVDR!
>	>
>	> >Philips are being *very* aggressive about it and if you look
around
>	> at
>	> > DVDR VCR replacement machines it would appear that they lead
the
>	> field
>	> > as it stands and now we have the second generation of those
machines
>	> > which look to be a hell of a lot better than the first ones.
>	> Although
>	> > that's always the way with new technology isn't it?
>	>
>	> Yeah, and would we change that for the world? :)
>	>
>	> J
>	>
>	>
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