Posts by ashVID

FYI... no film ever gets 90%... only a couple a year get the 80% for the first week or two. Most are 70%... that goes down FAST on most movies and by the 6th week is down to 30%. Ever wonder why there are 20 screen movies theaters that...

I love my ReplayTV too but you are just in denial if you think the arrival of cable PVRs will enlighten people and want them to get a Replay. Myself and many others in this very forum would dump our replay and go for the cable box. Local...

5160 = 160gb 5040 = 40gb Xbox = 200gb Laptop = 40gb External Firewire = 200gb 2nd PC = 40gb Main PC = 120gb system plus 2X200gb raid Total = 1200 GB Amazing....geez... to think that in 1990 I bought a 100 MEGAbyte drive for...

If you guys can monitor your temps, you may be concerned. It is a full 20 to 25 degrees hotter than my Maxtor and WD drives... in a replayTV box it may just be too hot. Like I said, and others, thing is virtually silent... ash =o)

THey should play off DVD, they will play off CD BUUUUUT only a Samsung drive will read CD-Rs and those are few and far between. I have one and it reads anything except cheap DVD+Rs ash =o)

The Sony wont come close..., remember it has to travel upright! ash =o)

I put one of these in my Xbox and it is SUPER quiet. Without a doubt, THE quietest drive I have ever used. THe bad news is that it is FLAMING HOT. After researching this is "normal" so I will be putting in anothe...

Will it play native RTV files? I just put a 200gb Seagate drive (only $99 from Compusa) in my Xbox, be great to us it an not DVarchive! I used to have a PcBioXx/OpenXbox chip but I just got a newer unit and went with a TSOP (onboard bios...

Glad to see it has been resolved. Pretty fair dont you think? Those who were legitmately confused and called to confirm get free service. Not sure they are going to blanketly give EVERYONE free service but those with a legit gripe will...

Let me state ONE MORE TIME that this deal started and was perpetuated on the internet, not thru advertising or in-store pricing, where was the baot & switch??? In fact, the prices for the first several hours were still $499 though it...