Both features were axed in an effort to avoid the sort of industry lawsuits that helped land Replay's previous owner, Sonicblue, in bankruptcy court. But viewers who want to nix commercials are still partially in luck; Replay has added a new suite of features called ShowNav, which not only makes it very easy to access a recorded show at any point but also restores much of the functionality of automatic commercial advance. And while Internet video sharing is gone, ReplayTV's video-streaming technology lets owners of multiple ReplayTV boxes share programs between units on the same home network in real time.
Programs paused on one unit can resume from the same location on another, and conflicting recording schedules can be easily reassigned to other Replay devices on the network.
The latter feature is great because it effectively covers for the fact that no standalone DVR--including TiVo--has dual-tuner functionality, which would ordinarily prevent you from watching one live program while recording another.
Aside from their different recording capacities, all of the models in the series have identical feature sets and require the same service fees for use. Basic functions on the ReplayTV series DVRs--time-shifted recording, pausing, and rewinding live TV and searching through program listings--work just fine. Yes, TiVo delivers a cleaner interface and slightly greater ease of use, but Replay has an edge over TiVo's standalone Series2 models when it comes to picture quality, primarily because of its progressive-scan component-video output.
The ShowNav features also worked well. A simple click of the Forward or Reverse button lets you hit the beginning or end of the next commercial break in the direction chosen. We were able to bypass entire commercial blocks and leapfrog through a show, from break to break, in seconds. The feature is a welcome addition for ad-weary couch potatoes, though it's less reliable on channels that lack discernible black intervals between commercial breaks.
The Jump Anywhere feature lets you leap a specific number of minutes into the recording; just key in the number of minutes and click QuickSkip forward or Instant Replay backward. For people who'd rather skip ads manually, the second QuickSkip button is still alive and well. Replay's home-networking enhancements were extremely impressive. From a in the bedroom, we could easily browse and play back all the programs stored in the living-room unit, and vice versa.
And because playback is via instantaneous streaming--unlike the delayed "download and buffer" method employed by TiVo DVRs--programs can be paused in one room and seamlessly resumed from that same point in another. The same smart networking allows linked units to offload conflicting recording requests to one another. The series also includes some overdue refinements to Replay's standard features, such as the ability to record only first-run episodes, bypassing reruns.
Unfortunately, there's no native support for wireless networking, but a separately purchased Replay owners who are comfortable hacking things should also check out the free, open-source, Java-based DVArchive software, which allows users to view and copy Replay-based programs on their PC.
It's surprisingly polished for a homebrew application and a worthwhile alternative to TiVo To Go. Replay's Internet-programming feature remains shortsighted, passing recording instructions from the Web to your DVR at infrequent daily intervals. Furthermore, we were disappointed that Replay hasn't added network music sharing to its bag of tricks; TiVo's Home Media feature set uses a better-implemented remote Internet-programming feature and a well-designed system to stream PC-based MP3s.
Score Breakdown Design 7 Features 7 Performance 7. Press OK and sit back and enjoy. Replay TV is very easy to use. Simply select the TV guide for the programme that you want to see again. Take the guide into your own hands with up to 20 TV channels to choose from. Watch the content you love as many times as you want and its completely FREE. What is Replay TV and will I get charged extra for using it? In Replay TV why can't I get all the channels and why are some channels blocked?
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