But it says consumers considering buying the $899 device and attracted by the free broadband offer – a key part of its appeal – need not worry it will be wound back.

No.…

We want a freeview decoder, and a PVR. From what I had originally heard I thought Tivo was the answer. It seems not (Telecom tie in, expensive, not enough disk space). So is a cheap freeview decoder, and some XXX GB PVR the answer ?

Pay close attention to our…

Wow!! I didn't have to log in to post this! I don't know what got fixed, but very big thanks for getting it fixed.

It was a long overdue update to the latest version of CactusLab's SuperModel CMS. That enabled various fixes and features for the forums. The cookies issue…

I can download movies from Blockbuster and because my ISP has a tie-in with TiVO this is unmetered so doesn't get counted in my cap. The movies cost slightly more that I could get from the video store but I guess I don't have to drive there. Despite…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHyL8sD7XfQ&feature=related

There are some nice features (Suggestions for one) on the…

So true – anyone trying to sell you a 'gold' one because it gives better picture quality probably has their other hand in your wallet ....

Television has gotten so bad that giving it up was almost an issue of self-defence.

My three-point plan for not being such a Debbie Downer about television:

1. Get thee to a decent DVD rental shop.
2. Get The Wire. (You could also get probably ten other really fantastic TV…

It's Telecom that has to make this work, and TiVo in New Zealand has gone from being a Freeview DVR with an added facility for on-demand IPTV programming, to an IPTV receiver that's also a Freeview DVR.

Does that actually make sense?b

Fair enough.

DVR: Digital Video Recorder, aka PVR.…

Remember this: if Goebbels could come back to life and witness the degree to which capitalism was able to assert itself over the minds of the masses through television he wouldn't stop wanking for a billion years.

That's quite a novel Godwin...

Quite!

I'm glad I'm not alone!

I get very tempted to just give up and go to the library for another book.

Do!

Is there anywhere on-line that gives a simple breakdown of what is available now and what is coming up, and the implications? Or is it all just…

Oh, also meant to say that I voted for Kakapo.

I attended one of Auckland Zoo's kakapo evenings this week so was utterly biased in my own voting...

Does that actually make sense?

I think I might have stopped watching television subconsciously to avoid having to learn new dazzling acronyms and gatherings of letters.

Does anyone else find themselves lost in all this?

I'm reminded of Rip Torn's line in the Larry Sanders Show:

"My television goes up…

There's an occasional problem with audio distortion which I'm told only cropped up after it was compressed by Vimeo.

Umm... I doubt it. The audio for that is basically entirely unmastered. Nevertheless, props to them for the first ep, and best of luck for future episodes.

In the US that just means they don't have a UHF aerial ... (or if they have cable they've got the cable/broadcast setting in their TV set wrongly)

And finally, don't forget to vote in the Forest & Bird Bird of the Year poll.

This whole exercise seems gloriously pointless to me, but what the heck, the saddleback got my vote. They are glossy, bold and noisy, and so rampant in the Karori sanctuary that they've even been venturing…

It's Telecom that has to make this work, and TiVo in New Zealand has gone from being a Freeview DVR with an added facility for on-demand IPTV programming, to an IPTV receiver that's also a Freeview DVR.

Does that actually make sense?

I think I might have stopped watching television…

while the TiVo on-demand programming is delivered via IP, it isn't internet content.

This is the main point to me – this isn't "walled garden internet content". It's paid-for TV programming that just happens to be delivered over IP technology.

Am I to take it that you are so enraptured of this Tivo device that you are now in favour of two-tier internet? (Uncapped data transfer for "premium" Tivo users at the expense of everyone else.) OH NOES sa Telecom, we never saw that coming.

It's certainly an implication, but…

What a deep and profoundly reflective thinker Mr Jennings is...

I've found him to be quite thoughtful in the past, but he presents terribly in that interview — like a man under a lot of pressure.

It's a shame he can't acknowledge the shortcomings in the dioxin documentary, but I…

You're now putting up at least one mp3 especially for me every Friday, right Russell? :)

Actually, kinda, yeah.

Do you know if Telstra Clear will ever offer some kind of PVR deal? I can't see anything on their site.

I spoke to an annoying wee Telstra salesman who said that he expected a PVR to hit Telstra's market around November. Though given I've seen nothing about this since…

the edgy, fragile version of 'Wild Horses' performed in duet by Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams

You're now putting up at least one mp3 especially for me every Friday, right Russell? :)

I hope Telecom's got some fairly good competition advice on this, cos it looks to me like there's at least a question here as to whether they're entering into a competition-squishing, market power abusing agreement.

The problems with the TV3 newsroom are because NZers are "a bunch of poofters" and, of course,... yawn... "political correctness".

What a deep and profoundly reflective thinker Mr Jennings is...

And then merrily send them over to a Telecom store or website to buy it? Methinks... unlikely.

Yeah, it sounded like an exclusive deal with Telecom to me.
Perhaps they don't expect to have deals with the other ISPs by November or they are playing hard ball with them.

the cost of buying in to the technology is closer…

Ms Minicola said she hoped other telcos would follow Telecom's lead and offer no-limits broadband deals that allowed movie downloads.

And then merrily send them over to a Telecom store or website to buy it? Methinks... unlikely.

Of course this is probably the fault of our internet connection, but I'm in the middle of one of NZ's larger cities with a 'fast as your line can go' broadband plan, so I'm not sure there's much more I can do about the line in...

Same problem. Mine was…

Trippy. Maybe I could set up a script to load random (and even contradictory) versions of the post every 10 minutes, so that depending on when they arrive, readers may be debating entirely different points.

Think of it as an interactive indictment of the ephemerality of topicality in digressionary digital…

I recently had…

Aargh editing dilemma.... I could make this post look like I hadn't failed to read Giovanni's, which would make me look better to later readers, but would spoil the narrative... also I'd have to think of something intelligent to say instead...

Trippy. Maybe I could set up a script to…

You know how you have to be careful around open CMS windows and watch that you don't accidentally delete stuff when you're pasting in additional content?

You were saying?

I've been trying out the Panasonic BluRay recorder/DVR, which does have a viable YouTube application (in VieraCast) – but is let…

What, what, what? The suspense is killing me! Your 15 minute window for finishing that sentence might be running out.

I have limitless editing time, much in the manner of a god.

That now reads:

Which is a shame. I've been trying out the Panasonic BluRay recorder/DVR, which does have…

Can I take it by the title there is supposed to be TiVo-related content in the post?
Apart from Susan Boyle, obviously.

Aarrrggh. Fixed now.

You know how you have to be careful around open CMS windows and watch that you don't accidentally delete stuff when you're pasting in additional…

Which is a shame. I've been trying out the Panasonic BluRay recorder/DVR, which does have a viable YouTube application (in VieraCast) – but is let down somewhat by

What, what, what? The suspense is killing me! Your 15 minute window for finishing that sentence might be running out.

Forest & Bird Bird of the Year

I voted for the Ruru (morepork) as we were out a French Bay in the evening last month, & they were out in force. Wonderful to be sitting listening to the lap of the wavelets & the Ruru's calling.

What the TiVo deal signifies

Is this some sort of fill in your own story gig? You're on the cutting edge of this internetty thing Mr Brown!

Apart from Susan Boyle, obviously.

I'm asking you 'cos you know about these things.