More room to save all those movies - and your cable company is happy too
Seagate just announced Showcase, add-on storage for DVRs. This is great news for movie hoarders like you and me, but also a big plus for the service providers.
Think about it: your cable company gives you a set-top DVR free or at a discount with their service. They’re not motivated to fill it up with lots of capacity that adds cost for them. Yet HD movies take a lot of room, and more and more consumers want to keep it all.
Showcase will let service providers give their packrat customers what they want - a way to add space to save all those HD TV shows and movies - without adding terabytes of storage as a fixed cost for every customer.
2 responses so far ↓
NerveGas // May 23, 2008 at 8:24 am
Other than form factor what’s the difference between this and any other external drive?
Pete Steege // May 23, 2008 at 8:39 am
It’s quieter and generates less heat - designed for the living room vs. sitting next to the computer. The form factor is part of that, too.
Also, it’s recognized by the DVR/set top box to which it’s attached as a valid location to store content. That why the “works with Motorola” part of the story is so important. You can probably expect other “works with” statements to follow.
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