<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 6, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Mike Angstadt wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Well I might risk $450 for the "smaller feature set". Going to look into it at least. </BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR> The smaller featured one might make a good frontend, but looks like it doesn't include tuners.<BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yeah, and if their "guide" service includes a cost then it is just another TiVo. My interest would be in the hardware alone I suspect, and I need a lot more info, for example VIA makes a lot of chips, precisely which one of them are they using ? </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As I said I sent them questions. I got an automatic response from some outfit called "Centuric", who I suspect has been contracted to provide help desk services, probably not from California :-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'll see if I get more info.</DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><DIV> <BR> Also, despite the article talking about CableCard support, according to this press release:<BR> <A href="http://www.vwbinc.com/press/011706pr.html">http://www.vwbinc.com/press/011706pr.html</A><BR> It looks like the MediaReady 6000 is the first of their products to actually include CableCard support. And that one isn't listed in their products yet, so not sure what the price would be.<BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>And would it include some monthly charge as well ?? I don't know what their business model is but you can bet it is not to provide Myth hardware for cheap :-)<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>