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To: La Traguhs who wrote (5992)3/31/1999 7:02:00 AM
From: CPAMarty  Respond to of 9256
 
the Tivo and Relay product offerings still use tape as the
removable recording medium, with the HDD as a sort of cache? Is that how it
works?
LT

I will have defer that question to someone more technically inclined - i am up to my eyeballs in tax returns and business valuations (of privately held companies). Wouldn't it make sense that the first digital VCRs will make use old technology because of cost considerations?



To: La Traguhs who wrote (5992)3/31/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: Z Analyzer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 9256
 
<<Now as I understand it, the Tivo and Relay product offerings still use tape as the removable recording medium, with the HDD as a sort of cache? Is that how it works? >>
No, the disk is definitely the storage medium, not just cache. I believe the digital VCRs provide a way to connect to and transfer to a tape VCR but that tape is not integral. Obviously for cost reasons. I suspect someone will offfer the combination as the segment grows. -Z


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