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Switched On: New world recorder
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. When it comes to time-shifting television viewing, the conversation these days usually involves premium streaming services -- namely, Netflix and Hulu Plus. But consumers routinely shell out more than they do for either of these services -- in fact, sometimes more than for both of them combined -- simply to have more convenient access to the television from their existing cable or satellite subscriptions. Not only that, they're often willing to put up with a large, relatively noisy (and failure-prone!) box for this privilege. That box is the digital video recorder.
ReplayTV escapes the executioner's blade, guide data to continue flowing
We don't know why you're still using a ReplayTV, but if you are then we say congratulations, since you can just keep right on going. Tomorrow was supposed to be the last day guide data would be provided but as shown in this picture from satpro on AVSForum its parent company has reversed course and decided to continue EPG services. As ZatznotFunny points out, there's probably a few TiVo Series 1 owners in the UK hoping for a similar change of fortune, but wile we admire their steadfastness we're still wondering why they won't just switch to something HD.
ReplayTV guide data comes to an end July 31st
DirecTV has carried on the "resurrection" of ReplayTV for a lot longer than we thought it would since purchasing the ancient DVR brand back in '07, but everything comes to an end next month. Zatz Not Funny points out the website has been updated to inform users EPG data will cease July 31st, leaving any stragglers to either find their own sources or to schedule recordings manually. If any users are thinking this is the time to switch (and not, say, anytime in the last decade) we'd suggest SageTV as an option but, you know...
