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World Cup & PVRs

I've been a huge fan of World Cup Soccer ever since the early 90s and in 2002, when I had to travel the first week of the event, I knew my 30 hour TiVo wouldn't be able to save the matches until I got back. In June of 2002, I cracked the seal on my first TiVo and plopped in a Hinsdale upgrade drive. A few months later I backed both drives up to a single larger drive that I prepared myself, and about six months later I decided to start this blog talking about all the research I had to do and help stay up on the latest news from the TiVo community.

You can kind of say that World Cup is really what got me here today with PVRblog, and I'm happy to say the 2006 cup starts tomorrow. For American readers, this is the full list of channels and start times for every televised game.

It's kind of funny to realize in 2006 I have HD for most games, but I can only record about 14 hours of HD content on my proprietary, leased box from Comcast. Luckily I'm not traveling this month so I'll be able to stay on top of the games, but I must admit four years ago I had more options for storage on the more open TiVo platform.

Hopefully by 2010's Cup ample storage, open platforms, and 1080p will be the norm.

by Matt Haughey June 8, 2006 in News

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