foxtels pdr check it out:

[FreakyAye]

http://www.sky.com/ordersky/equipment/skyplus

this looks to be the same thing

[Hosko]

Its actually http://www.pacemicro.com/corporate/products/prodinfo.asp?PID=TDC460Ultimate

[Daran]

I'm only interested in price.....nothing else really matters to me with this
thing at the moment


"Hosko" <Hosko.1kagbo@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> Its actually
> http://www.pacemicro.com/corporate/products/prodinfo.asp?PID=TDC460Ultimate
>
>
> --
> Hosko

[fred]

Well you can count on it being a massive ripoff.


"Daran" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> I'm only interested in price.....nothing else really matters to me with
> this thing at the moment
>
>
> "Hosko" <Hosko.1kagbo@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:Hosko.1kagbo@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au...
>>
>> Its actually
>> http://www.pacemicro.com/corporate/products/prodinfo.asp?PID=TDC460Ultimate
>>
>>
>> --
>> Hosko
>
>

[Tester]

"fred" <fred@fred.com> wrote in message news:420d3cc4@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> Well you can count on it being a massive ripoff.
>
>
If it is, they get less uptake, thus get less of their $600 back.

Economics 101.

We each make our own decision on accepting.

Some pay at any price, some will never pay and some wait.

[Tester]

"Tester" <Tester@test> wrote in message
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> "fred" <fred@fred.com> wrote in message news:420d3cc4@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> > Well you can count on it being a massive ripoff.
> >
> >
> If it is, they get less uptake, thus get less of their $600 back.

Correction ($600 MILLION)

>
> Economics 101.
>
> We each make our own decision on accepting.
>
> Some pay at any price, some will never pay and some wait.
>
>

[pauld]

why not just buy a $299 dvd recorder?

[Lord-Data]

Well the main thing really is it can't change foxtel channels for you ..

Thats probably the single useful feature this offers that no other recorder,
for foxtel "Digital" offers .. the ability to tune channels ..

"pauld" <pauld.1kbhd0@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> why not just buy a $299 dvd recorder?
>
>
> --
> pauld

[Alan Isherwood (DWZ)]

Actually, a TiVo can.

[Tester]

"Lord-Data" <data@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> Well the main thing really is it can't change foxtel channels for you ..
>
> Thats probably the single useful feature this offers that no other
recorder,
> for foxtel "Digital" offers .. the ability to tune channels ..
>
> "pauld" <pauld.1kbhd0@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:pauld.1kbhd0@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au...
> >
> > why not just buy a $299 dvd recorder?
> >
> >
> > --
> > pauld
>
>
Suggestion....don't ever buy a $299 DVD recorder.

Until/unless things change and prices drop - more trouble than they are
worth.

Some might have good experiences but the odds are not in your favour.

[H0Oting@nyte]

"Lord-Data" <data@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> Well the main thing really is it can't change foxtel channels for you ..
>
> Thats probably the single useful feature this offers that no other
> recorder, for foxtel "Digital" offers .. the ability to tune channels ..

Is that really worth the price they'll be asking for it? I'm still on the
old satellite system. I refuse to convert to DIGITAL because the only
benefit for me is to be able change channels automatically but I'm not
prepared to pay a huge price for something that I won't own. I'd rather by
my own DVD/HD recorder and chnage channels automatically. Hang on, doesn't
the standard DIGITAL STU do that anyway?

>
> "pauld" <pauld.1kbhd0@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:pauld.1kbhd0@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au...
>>
>> why not just buy a $299 dvd recorder?
>>
>>
>> --
>> pauld
>
>

[MrXX]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:31:40 GMT, "H0Oting@nyte"
<639mndsh8h111@cpe69tsl.cj> wrote:

>Is that really worth the price they'll be asking for it? I'm still on the
>old satellite system. I refuse to convert to DIGITAL because the only
>benefit for me is to be able change channels automatically but I'm not
>prepared to pay a huge price for something that I won't own.

You will soon have no choice. You will either accept the upgrade or
you cancel your service.

Judging by your enthusiasm for Subsription Television, I tend to think
you will be doing the former 8-)

MrXX

[Hammer]

"Alan Isherwood (DWZ)" <miadwz@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1108180909.091817.198140@c13g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Actually, a TiVo can.
>

Where can you get TiVo's that intergrate with Foxtel's EPG in Australia?

[mrburns]

You will soon have no choice. You will either accept the upgrade or
you cancel your service.

Judging by your enthusiasm for Subsription Television, I tend to think
you will be doing the former 8-)



I think the enthusiasm is often more for telling everyone how "clever" he is, and therefore how wrong they are, about subscription television .... and the internet .... and the law .... and english .... and logic .... and .... take your pick.

A legend in his own eyes.

[Thomas 'bacco|007' Baxter]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:53:58 +1100, MrXX wrote:

> You will soon have no choice. You will either accept the upgrade or
> you cancel your service.

What do you call those two, stupid?

Foxtel are required to continue to offer an 'analog' service to current
subscribers for a period set in the CSA
--
Knowfirst - http://www.knowfirst.info

[den20]

so there ya have it. you will soon have no choice. ya heard it here from the big man himself. no choice. no choice but to upgrade and pay more or cancel. gee, i wonder what people are gonna do? dontcha think by charging more and more that foxtel will be burning their bridges at both ends? why would i want to pay more, see more ads, and get less new programming? whats the incentive for moi????


On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:31:40 GMT, "H0Oting@nyte"
<639mndsh8h111@cpe69tsl.cj> wrote:

>Is that really worth the price they'll be asking for it? I'm still on the
>old satellite system. I refuse to convert to DIGITAL because the only
>benefit for me is to be able change channels automatically but I'm not
>prepared to pay a huge price for something that I won't own.

You will soon have no choice. You will either accept the upgrade or
you cancel your service.

Judging by your enthusiasm for Subsription Television, I tend to think
you will be doing the former 8-)

MrXX

[Jonathan Wilson]

What I dont get is why they dont move all sattelite subscribers to the
so-called "digital" package (i.e. the streams with NDS encryption) and drop
the Irdrto2 only streams from the sattelite all together.

Probobly because that would require giving all customers new boxes and
smartcards...

[Lord-Data]

Only if their under contract still .. If they've finsihed theyr 12-24 month
contract, then that window is up .. How long HAS "Digital" been around for
now?




"Thomas 'bacco|007' Baxter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:1x8ff0bgvizaq.dlg@adtvinfo.info...
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:53:58 +1100, MrXX wrote:
>
>> You will soon have no choice. You will either accept the upgrade or
>> you cancel your service.
>
> What do you call those two, stupid?
>
> Foxtel are required to continue to offer an 'analog' service to current
> subscribers for a period set in the CSA
> --
> Knowfirst - http://www.knowfirst.info

[Lord-Data]

"H0Oting@nyte" <639mndsh8h111@cpe69tsl.cj> wrote in message
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>
> "Lord-Data" <data@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
> news:420d60d0$0$27627$61c65585@un-2park-reader-02.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au...
>> Well the main thing really is it can't change foxtel channels for you ..
>>
>> Thats probably the single useful feature this offers that no other
>> recorder, for foxtel "Digital" offers .. the ability to tune channels ..
>
> Is that really worth the price they'll be asking for it? I'm still on the
> old satellite system. I refuse to convert to DIGITAL because the only
> benefit for me is to be able change channels automatically but I'm not
> prepared to pay a huge price for something that I won't own. I'd rather by
> my own DVD/HD recorder and chnage channels automatically. Hang on, doesn't
> the standard DIGITAL STU do that anyway?

How much WILL they be charging for it? You have no idea .. your only
guessing .. and quite likely, yes, it could well be worth it ..



>
>>
>> "pauld" <pauld.1kbhd0@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:pauld.1kbhd0@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au...
>>>
>>> why not just buy a $299 dvd recorder?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> pauld
>>
>>
>
>

[H0Oting@nyte]

"Lord-Data" <data@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> Only if their under contract still .. If they've finsihed theyr 12-24
> month contract, then that window is up .. How long HAS "Digital" been
> around for now?

11 months.