Ricor PVRs To Hit Russia 80
BlackShirt writes "Mediacenter acts as a digital video recorder, i.e. it enables the viewer to plan his/her future television broadcast recordings. 'Live' broadcasts can also be recorded. Program recordings are stored in the video archive, and the user can playback, delete or unable deleting of recordings (here are some screenshots). I personally like their advertisements more than their product. (Shopping-tv style, wife doesn't allow to watch football, so disapponted husband knocks on his neighbors' door, as they turn their fabulous Ricor TV box from pause to play.)" It looks like this is being marketed to Russian cable companies as an all-in-one portal, since they also include electronic ordering capabilities and "near video on demand"; I wish American PVRs had all these features by default (ethernet, USB, microphone, camera inputs ...)
Sky Digital? (Score:1, Flamebait)
tivo (Score:2, Funny)
In Soviet Russia (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In Soviet Russia (Score:2, Interesting)
How trusting are people that the government won't
turn those built-in microphones and cameras on?
And if you add a IC-R3.... (Score:1)
Re:In Soviet Russia (Score:1)
No kidding (Score:5, Interesting)
It's just assinine.
He's probably talking about ReplayTV... (Score:3, Interesting)
a PVR originally made by SonicBlue, now owned by digital networks, part of the company that owns Denon and Marantz. There 50x0 series (5040, 5060, and 5080) had two nifty features - commercial advance, which allows people to skip commercials while they are watching as if the were not even there, and internet programing sharing, where you can send another replayTV user a program
RePlay was sued over both these features, and the new model, the 55xx series, won't have either. It was stupid because the MPAA
how about TVtuners? (Score:2)
I think **AAs are not ready for doing a fair bus
Hum (Score:2)
Re:No kidding (Score:1)
Re:No kidding (Score:1)
Features... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Features... (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Features... (Score:3, Informative)
It doesn't require a subscription-based service and works with XMLTV if you don't have
MythTV Kicks Ass. (Score:2)
- Watch live TV
- download XML programming scheduals
- schedual tools make it easy to find what you want to record
- MythWeb extention allows you view schedual and flag programs for capture from remote web browser
- MP3, Ogg rip and playback with visuals
- Xmame frontend (and generic emulator frontend)
- Weather center
- mplayer frontend
- image browser
It can be some work getting it all working, but DAMN it's cool. I would like to see the developers integrate a nuplevideo converter t
Re:MythTV Kicks Ass. (Score:1)
Inputs (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Inputs (Score:1)
Reece,
Re:Inputs (Score:1)
My IR blaster hooks up to the back of my Replay, and the little IR nodule/lens sticks to the front of my cable box over the IR port.
You tell the Replay/Tivo you are using it, it asks you what kind of cable box you have, then it will tell the cable box to change channels while you are steering the Replay/Tivo around and picking shit to watch and record.
build your own (Score:2, Informative)
A router/pvr/fileserver should sell well in the US if properly advertised.
Re:build your own (Score:2)
Re:build your own (Score:4, Informative)
Re:build your own (Score:3, Informative)
Re:build your own (Score:2)
Anyone who says something like that has not actually tried to do it...
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=73411&cid=660
medical-men-horse-lovers-etc??? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:medical-men-horse-lovers-etc??? (Score:1)
Re:medical-men-horse-lovers-etc??? (Score:1)
The article mentions several times that one of their key demographics is horse-lovers, along with married women over 20, etc. Why? I have no clue. One of their marketers is on crack.
Re:medical-men-horse-lovers-etc??? (Score:1)
In Tsarist Russia the horse mounts...oh never mind...
Untitled Document (Score:2)
American... Russian.... (Score:5, Funny)
Amercian PVRS
Russian PVRS
ALL MADE IN TAWAIIN
</ruskie accent>
damn you lameness filter, sometimes you need to yell.
Re:American... Russian.... (Score:2)
Ricer PVRs? (Score:5, Funny)
Nope. Mutated whales. (Score:2)
Nope. I had an image of flaming, glowing PVRs reigning down from the sky onto unsuspecting Russians, and some evil mutated whale with a piece of Mir's reactor in its head laughing insanely.
Re:Ricer PVRs? (Score:1)
http://www.engrish.com
English eh... (Score:1)
I could be mistaken, but.. (Score:5, Interesting)
"It looks like this is being marketed to Russian cable companies as an all-in-one portal, since they also include electronic ordering capabilities and "near video on demand";"
Any PVR has that functionality when combined with a proper/integrated tuner and PPV channels. If I know I am watching movies Friday night, I will pick some PPV movies to record during the day. With most providers you have the same movie with staggered timeslots where the movie starts every 15-60 minutes. I assume PPV overseas is similar.
"I wish American PVRs had all these features by default (ethernet, USB, microphone, camera inputs
I think this unit gives up more than it gains in functionality by only having one tuner. I don't see anything in their product description about recording one show on 'live' tv while watching another 'live' show. I don't consider it a true media center until you've got the ability to record one show and watch another one. This doesn't sound like a big deal to the uninitiated, but nothing is more lame than having a PVR and the associated freedoms, then get forced watching something your roomie wanted to record because you can't change channels. The hardware cost for a second tuner is not much at all, well worth the extra $20-30..
Most american units have USB ports on them. I think that about covers the gambit of devices you would be attaching (camera, ethernet, keyboard, etc). I see the 'nifty' factor in being able to babble off how many types of ports something has, but I've noticed the people who own things with lots of ports tend to not own anything to connect to them. The different types of ports also run up the costs of manufacture for features that aren't needed or used. Much like all those funky ports on 8-bit Nintendos and other game systems of yesteryear's 'future expansion slot' thingys that nothing ever connected to. You have a PC, hook your stuff up to it. You have a PVR, use it to watch television.
One nifty feature UTV has is the ability to record a whole timeslot hitting record at any time before the slot expires. That's handy when you are just randomly watching stuff on TV, find something, only get to watch the first 15 minutes before the phone rings and you have to leave. Just hit record and the whole thing is recorded from the beginning.
I am guessing this will be a good hack unit. I don't care about that stuff with PVRs like most folks on here seem to do. From my experiences with modifying these types of devices, I become the only person in the house who can operate them. I'll stick to devices other people in the house don't depend on to modify..
I don't mean to sound rude here, but beyond Russia getting a PVR I don't see how any part of this is news, unless it's a slow news day, especially when I have a unit I spent $40 on almost two years ago and it has way more features minus integrated DVD. I'm not crazy about all-in-one systems either. You try to hack it, break it, you are out a DVD player and a PVR. Same goes for just daily usage, break the tuner time to buy a new DVD player too.
Always buy your components separately and avoid bundles if you want quality. Typically, the parts in multi-function devices are purchased from the lowest bidders. I'd rather be wise, save my money, read some reviews and buy a separate DVD player, PVR, tuner, amp, speakers, etc. You spend a little more but end up with a superior result and the ability to replace parts. Think you are too broke for that logic? You won't be thinking it when your DVD player dies and you have to get a whole new unit. Also, where's the component video connectors for HDTV? Is that dvd player progressive scan?
I apologize, I always post like 20 paragraph messages in regards to home video links. I'm very anti-hype after seeing so many new products all to find they are crap later on.
Re:I could be mistaken, but.. (Score:2)
Re:I could be mistaken, but.. (Score:2)
Nope. See the earlier reply about the Pinnacle DC-10, and my Winfast TV2000 Deluxe doesn't do it automatically with the included software. Some Panasonic DVR's with built-in DVD-RAM or DVD-R drives also do not record live TV at all (though others do). It's not a feature you can just take for granted. Most P/DVR's do do it, but not all.
"It looks like this is being marketed to Russian cable companies as an
Re:I could be mistaken, but.. (Score:2)
It's a shame (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's a shame (Score:1)
"i'm bewildered enough to write this stuff down so stake it just slightly serious"
Mic is on (Score:1)
Re:Mic is on (Score:2)
Jeezzz.
No.. speakers work as Microphones.. (Score:2)
Re:No.. speakers work as Microphones.. (Score:2)
Re:No.. speakers work as Microphones.. (Score:2)
Re:No.. speakers work as Microphones.. (Score:2)
The reason is... (Score:4, Insightful)
This is bad for software/music/video companies, but good for the consumer. Unlike their American cousins, Russian PVRs don't need to be crippled just to appease some content cartel. Hence all the extra features.
Re:The reason is... (Score:2)
going to go see them. Just because foreign films don't get released in Hicksville USA doesn't mean they're not being made or doing well in their own countries.
Stop being so insular.
Re:The reason is... (Score:2)
Actually, larger companies will buy original software rather than bootlegs - they may install it on more than one machine though.
Video is something else. Russian dubbing is some of the worst I have ever seen. Usually between one and two voices reading all bad translations of all the parts with little attempt to lip synch it. However most Russian are happy with the VCDs tha
Re:The reason is... (Score:2)
translation of the script over the top of the soundtrack at roughly the same time that the
characters speak. The funny thing is they still leave the *original* soundtrack underneath so
you can occasionally hear the english (or whatever language) being spoken.
Re:The reason is... (Score:2)
What makes me laugh though are the ones where one voice reads both male and female parts. Seeing some starlet in a moment of ecstasy whilst hearing a montonic male voice saying "Da, Da" is entertaining by itself.
Not for men... (Score:2)
"Channel audience is middle class well-off families.
The channel covers themes which appeal to 3 main target audiences:
Married women (over 20).
Students, school leavers.
People fascinated by the world of horses."
Better call it DVR. (Score:2)
"Personal Video Recorder" and its acronym "PVR" are now trademarked by TiVo in the U.S. [cableworld.com]
Features... (Score:3, Insightful)
Oh the joys of living in any country without an MPAA/RIAA... Ummm, except France.
Anyhow, my PVR happens to have Ethernet, USB, Firewire, etc. It's just a PC with a TV-card.
It's unfortunate if you ask me, that better software doesn't yet exist to make your PC a DVR. Sure, MythTV is there, but quality is so horrible that it uses MPEG-4 and still needs a bitrate of 2000+ just for a watchable picture.... Might as well just be using MPEG2/MJPEG. The only Linux app I've found that does good quality recording from the TV card, and great quality MPEG-1/MPEG-4 encoding is MPlayer, and, unfortunately, it isn't really optomized for TV-encoding, so I can't do anything else with my Athlon XP 2000 while it is recording. It would be nice if a package like NVrec made an 'mencoderec' program to compliment 'ffmpegrec' and 'nuppelrec', and hence have the power and quality of mplayer with NVrec's TV recording specific modifications.
MythTV has many other drawbacks I could mention as well.
What is there to use? They all seems to have quite a number of their own serious drawbacks.