tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post114519386620217717..comments2014-08-04T18:12:12.424-04:00Comments on Hawthorn Thistleberry: Considering HDTVHawthorn Thistleberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00358395505794303985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post-1145299834381298842006-04-17T14:50:00.000-04:002006-04-17T14:50:00.000-04:00We're going ahead with this.The D-Link thing has b...We're going ahead with this.<BR/><BR/>The D-Link thing has been ordered.<BR/><BR/>We're ordering the DISH DVR and installation. DISH is giving us a runaround; we could get the satellite dish part upgraded in two weeks if we weren't buying a DVR, but for some reason, it takes five weeks to get the same guy to do the same thing when it's a DVR. We're looking for a way around that.<BR/><BR/>The TV itself we're probably going to go pick up on Saturday. Though maybe tomorrow night, still planning. We are getting a friend who can get a delivery van to help since it probably won't fit our Prius.<BR/><BR/>So at first we'll have our existing video setup feed into a different TV. Then we'll get the new DVR and that'll be the input. The TiVo will still be there on a secondary input for a while, though, with nothing new being recorded (in fact, no video signal coming in to record), just so we can watch what's currently sitting on it waiting. When it's finally empty, it'll move to another room, probably.<BR/><BR/>It's all very exciting. Though at the same time there's a hint of sadness at the idea of our TiVo's days being numbered.Hawthorn Thistleberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358395505794303985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post-1145236969805394122006-04-16T21:22:00.000-04:002006-04-16T21:22:00.000-04:00As for those third-party media streaming devices, ...As for those third-party media streaming devices, here's <A HREF="http://espn.com.com/4520-6449_7-6243366-1.html?part=espn&subj=re_6243366-1?tag=tgg" REL="nofollow">a comparison of several options</A>. The <A HREF="http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=318" REL="nofollow">D-Link MediaLounge DSM-320</A> looks like a good match to what I'd be doing, and tops TiVo in a few areas (no finicky, time-consuming video transcoding!)Hawthorn Thistleberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358395505794303985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25614437.post-1145235566043870812006-04-16T20:59:00.000-04:002006-04-16T20:59:00.000-04:00Most of my concerns about the feature set of the D...Most of my concerns about the feature set of the DISH HD DVR were set mostly at ease by reading <A HREF="http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Dish_Network_ViP622/4505-6474_16-31778299.html" REL="nofollow">a review by C|Net</A> which reassures me that, while it may not quite have the feature set of TiVo, it has most of the features I'd miss most.<BR/><BR/>TiVo pretty much got the whole DVR thing nailed a few versions ago, except for some small refinements. The biggest improvements since then have been in other features, primarily those related to moving content (audio, video, applications) to and from my computer network. Meanwhile, the other DVRs, which started out way behind on DVR functionality, have been catching up there, while falling behind on the multimedia appliance stuff.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, those features I can mostly get by using third party devices. It's not quite as nice, but I can live with it, and it's worth it to get HD, I think.Hawthorn Thistleberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358395505794303985noreply@blogger.com