[geeks] See Windows Vista

[Michael Parson]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 01:30:18PM -0600, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> From: Michael Parson <mparson at bl.org>
>> Date: 2007/01/10 Wed AM 09:48:21 CST
>> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>> Subject: Re: [geeks] See Windows Vista
>
>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 01:11:01AM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>> Looks like Apple's version of Tivo.
>>
>> TiVo doesn't download content off the net.
>
> Really? Where does my TiVo get the ads and other little bits it lists
> as available? I think it can, but not in any useful way controlled by
> the user (yet)...

Yeah, it gets the static ads off the net, maybe, but I was referring to
the shows that I watch on the TiVo, those all get recorded off cable,
just like a VCR did.

>> The Apple TV is more like a video iPod attached to your TV for
>> viewing (If it's on iTunes, it's on TV).
>
> Naw, video version of AirPort Express seems closer to the mark

Could be, I'm not as familiar with Apple's non-computer products, my
main point was that other than displaying video on a TV screen, they
aren't all that related.

When I put it like that, they do sound a bit more alike. ;)

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org