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What are some of TIVO’s competitors? Do any of these competitors sell their TV recording product without requiring a subscription in order to use their product?

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What are some of TIVO’s competitors? Do any of these competitors sell their TV recording product without requiring a subscription in order to use their product?
I am very close to buying a TIVO, but I would like to know about TIVO’s competitors before I actually purchase a TV recording device.
Solution:
There are numerous DVRs on the [...]

Prepaid wireless internet

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I’m about to purchase a Blackjack or similar phone, unlocked, on ebay. There is no customer service when you do it this way, so I’m asking the experts here. I will put a T-Mobile prepaid sim card in the phone to make phone calls and ActiveSync my email. But I would like to access the [...]

are lame and audacity still used?

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I am going through the 4 year old CDs of a deceased relative (thanks for being sorry) and I’m trying to organize them.  He listened to music much more than I do.  I like to work in quiet.   He also liked gentoo, audacity, and lame.  I use ubuntu and I don’t know much about music.  [...]

Windows Media Player 12 – Play Speed settings

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Windows 7 comes with Media Player 12. How can we get the “Play speed settings” or any other “enhancements” anchored to the bottom of the player just like it was in older versions?
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I have been working with WMP for some years in Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and now Windows 7. What you want [...]

capture photo and print

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I need to find a simple way to snap a picture from a camera and print it with very few steps ex. children sitting on santa’s lap. we take a picture and give it to the children right on the spot, everything I find is is bulky video capture and will not do a simple [...]

Free Ripping converting software

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My ripping needs are fairly simple.  I need to be able to take a file in .WAV format and turn it into an MP3 file.
Windows Media does it, almost.  That is, if you have a CD with tracks on it, Windows Media will convert them to .MP3.  But it is limited to converting tracks on [...]

Best hosting option for pseudo streaming flv or preferably mp4 video

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Best hosting option for pseudo streaming flv or preferably mp4 video
Im working on designing my first website.  It will be a family site with photos and videos.  Ive converted a bunch of old VHS tape home movies and want to put them on my website for extended family all over the country to view.
Currently Im [...]