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Technology Stocks : Concurrent Computer (CCUR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Christiaan McDonald who wrote (14836)	12/10/2000 1:06:56 PM
From: Don Hand	Respond to of 21142

My view as a consumer. Saturday I received my digital set top from AT&T Broadband in Atlanta. It's a Motorola diskless but I don't know the model (DCT2000 or DCT5000). It came with a Universal remote control and a remote control paper guide. No other materials. One of the channels walk you through using the remote. For six months I will pay the same for a ton of channels and many HBO's and many Showtime's. I was receiving one Showtime and one TMC on a SFA 8600x. The assumption is that I pay a lot more after six months. No contract. And I am sure that I can upgrade with a newer model if and when I want. Last night I successfully recorded a Movie from Showtime on my tape VCR. I can keep the tape or reuse it. Based on that success, I could tape any TV show or Movie if I think of it in advance. I did not try taping a PPV show. And I have reviewed my VCR and STB connections enough to see if I can record on different channels sequentially. As of now, I don't know how. And I cannot program the VCR away from home. So for Christmas do I want a Tivo? (I think I did a similar report last year.) In Atlanta, to the embarrassment of locally based SFA and CCUR, AT&T picked Motorola and they have signed Diva for VOD. I have seen press releases that indicate SEAC and nCube plan to build a PVC but I have not seen anything from Diva. (CCUR appears to have at least a 6 month lead). TiVo is available in Atlanta. I could buy a Tivo which allows me to replay on demand, a live event. Recording content still must be in advance. I assume that I can record shows on different channels sequentially with TiVo. I can record zillions of hours on TiVo (up to the size of disk in my model). I don't know if I can upgrade TiVo with a larger disk later if they become available. I assume that I cannot pop out the disk like a tape or an iomega jaz disk. Therefore I could not record and save all those old Superman reruns playing this weekend on the TVLand channel. I could have recorded 6 hours while I slept and popped the tape. And I would not be able to pick up the live Supreme court ruling since it is random. If Diva does not provide PVC then it is a choice between Tape, STB with disk rental, or a Tivo purchase. I am assuming that I still need a diskless and perhaps an older 8600x STB with a TiVo. Great Ceasars Ghost I am exhausted. I think I will keep my tape VCR and diskless STB and wait for PVC. Watch and record what I want and when I want it. Unless they take the recording ability away. I will have to pay for content from PVC unless Diva does not offer PVC. Can CCUR sell servers for PVC in a Diva market?