{"id":213,"date":"2006-10-02T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-03T07:43:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-05-25T23:34:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T06:34:32","slug":"the-high-def-holy-grail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/archive\/2006\/10\/the-high-def-holy-grail","title":{"rendered":"The High-Def Holy Grail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh happy day.  <em>Happy, happy day.<\/em> Tonight, I dropped $799 on the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tivo.com\/2.0.boxdetails.asp?box=series3HDDVR\" target=\"_blank\">Series 3 Tivo<\/a> and I couldn&#8217;t be happier.  See scientific diagram below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/inline\/tvchart.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"320\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yes, there are similar products like Media Center PCs, cable company PVRs, and Myth TV, but if you&#8217;re willing to spend the extra cash, nothing beats a Tivo.  This thing is spectacular and after only a few hours with it, I couldn&#8217;t imagine going back.  If ever there was an interface worth $800 a pop, this is it. For more info\/motivation, check out the New York Times&#8217; David Pogue&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/09\/21\/technology\/21pogue.html?ex=1316491200&#038;en=13c270db423a9864&#038;ei=5090&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\" target=\"_blank\">text<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/nytimes.feedroom.com\/?fr_story=463f34cc2ad9ed6c38528de6db8eb677edc3406c\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a> review.<\/p>\n<div class=\"update\"><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Oh this is just too great:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wake up this morning.<\/li>\n<li>Read Kottke&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kottke.org\/06\/10\/eyes-on-the-prize\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;don&#8217;t you dare miss this&#8221; review of Eyes on the Prize<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Search for Eyes on the Prize on <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.tivo.com\/tivo-tco\/search.do?searchFor=eyes+on+the+prize&#038;dispatch=simplesearch&#038;searchCategory=&#038;x=0&#038;y=0\" target=\"_blank\">Tivo Central&#8217;s web site<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hit record.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And we&#8217;re done.  Didn&#8217;t even touch the TV.  Now all I need is a contextual menu plug-in with &#8220;Find this item on Tivo&#8221;.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh happy day. Happy, happy day. Tonight, I dropped $799 on the new Series 3 Tivo and I couldn&#8217;t be happier. See scientific diagram below: Yes, there are similar products like Media Center PCs, cable company PVRs, and Myth TV, but if you&#8217;re willing to spend the extra cash, nothing beats a Tivo. This thing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeindustries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}