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To: Andre Williamson who wrote (1580)	3/25/2005 4:30:33 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) of 2093

here's a photo of an Extender: winsupersite.com as i said, this stuff seems strictly bleeding edge for the time being. but these technologies can ramp very fast as we've seen with MP3 players and DVD players. ? So unless you're happy hooking up your Media Extender wirelessly with a multi-purpose PC that seems the most logical way to do it--and in a couple years they could easily come with built-in WiFi (just as Tivo probably will). that's the point--most people who would buy a Tivo have a PC anyway (don't you?). so if it's an MCE PC, they just go buy one of these extenders they way they would buy a DVD player. perhaps the functionality is eventually built into TVs themselves. i agree that the "dedicated box" market is very small. but once these extenders are widely available, then it seems Tivo is the more top-heavy one--after all, Tivo doesn't make it easy to run multiple TVs off a single box. they want you to have a box for each TV (complete with extra subscriptions). right now, i have two DVRs on separate TVs, which seems a waste. i look forward to the day when a centralized MCE hub eliminates this need. no wonder Tivo only has a million subscribers outside the DirecTV. Pay for a lifetime subscription, then no subscription fees yeah, right--$300 for the lifetime of the box, not the buyer. i don't think that'll fly for many more years.

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