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Originally Posted by joglynne
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I hadn't seen that, but it's rather interesting! I don't know if you're aware of this, but Motorola manufacture the
FiOS multi-room DVR. They actually seem to manufacture most of the cable boxes in the States (not to mention the most fugly cable boxes I've seen in quite a while...), as I found out when I tried to find out whether any of the FTTC US cablecos do a multi-room DVR - but it seems like Verizon is the only one to offer it (although, admittedly, I only tried 4 or 5 of them before giving up - there just seem to be soo many!).
What I'd like to know, is: why exactly are these two companies partnering with VM to show off their fancy new stuff?
I don't understand Motorola's and VM's interest in each other, I really don't - not now we're *just* seeing the Samsung V+ start to roll out. The only way I can see it making sense for VM to roll out the Motorola DVR is if it was a separate product, complementing the V+ - a V++, if you will. Incidentally, that's actually how Verizon do it.
What I can very much understand is the affinity (sorry!) between VM and Avinity. VM are running on a platform that became prehistoric years ago running on STBs that, many of which at least, ought to be hidden away in some obscure museum where they can no longer frighten the children who grew up while they waited for the guide to respond - but VM can't afford to replace millions of boxes. Avinity have a technology which means that they won't *need* to replace the boxes to get things running smoothly again - it's a match made in heaven!
Still, I'm not sure that any of this will ever come to fruition - it's only a trade show, and this is still the same Virgin Media...
Sam