ReplayTV 2020 Digital Video Recorder
ReplayTV - Almost there!... Just a few improvements needed.
I love the ReplayTV idea!  I have been following the development of ReplayTV with some interest as I would like to buy a unit but at present the ReplayTV system schedule access is just too limited. Unfortunately the system seems to have been designed primarily for a US only environment  while in my opinion it could have been just as easily designed to be able  to be used anywhere on the planet where a satellite or cable channel could  be received and fed into the unit.  Here are the items that could be fixed  to get ReplayTV ready for the global market.<br />  1. Internet Dial Up:  Rather that only dialing up a Replay services number to get downloads the  units should be able to connect to a local Internet Service Provider as  well and download data over the internet. To do this the unit would have to  be able accept a local phone number, a user ID and password, and be able to  handle a brief login script (if needed by the ISP). Or a user could be able  to download the data from their PC via an internet connect and then upload  the data file to the Replay unit.<br />2. Channel Reassignment: Persons  living in different parts of the world may have cable/satellite channel  numbers for TV contents. i.e. A program may be on channel 35 in one area  and channel 25 in another for the same content. A simple re-assignment  feature would allow the user to re-map their local channels to that of a  ReplayTV program schedule.<br />3. TIME ZONE Offset: A basic feature to  allow for compensation between different time zones so that users can  adjust their unit to be able to record at the right time.<br />  OR.....<br />4. A work around - develop a separate PC program that could download the  ReplayTV data via the internet, convert it for local user time and channel  re-assignment. Once this is done the Replay unit could be directed to dial  the PC modem and download the data as if it had dialed direct to the Replay  service. It would be a minor inconvenience for perhaps once or twice per  month to do the PC download and transfer to the ReplayTV locally but it  would solve the &quot;global market&quot; problem without major  re-engineering of the ReplayTV units.  The PC program could even  eventually allow the user to edit their own local and other  channel  schedules (this would be great). In this way a user could quickly set up  schedules for recurring network shows and other one time events.<br />I would  love to see ReplayTV take its place as a world product. It is great idea  that just needs some polishing. Now-a-days each product made should be able  to make it on the world stage rather than be limited to just one market  place. Maybe in version 3... Replay 2030?ce or twice per  month to do the PC download and transfer to the ReplayTV locally but it  would solve the &quot;global market&quot; problem without major  re-engineering of the ReplayTV units.   The PC program could even  eventually allow the user to edit their own local and other  channel  schedules (this would be great). In this way a user could quickly set up  schedules for recurring network shows and other one time events.<br />I would  love to see ReplayTV take its place as a world product. It is great idea  that just needs some polishing. Now-a-days each product made should be able  to make it on the world stage rather than be limited to just one market  place. Maybe in version 3... Replay 2030?