On 8/15/07, Scott <sgrayban@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You and everyone else has missed the point here including SD.
>
> While the *spirit* of SD is in Good Faith the price they want even for a
> short time like they say is still asking for more then what the average
> person is willing to pay for that service.
>
> And as noted earlier CTPV is going to offer that same service for half
> that price., $30 a year which is more reasonable then $60 a year. TV
> Guide subscription in hard copy is $20 a year so $30 for a live XML feed
> is worth that price. See posting http://ctpvr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=320
A hard copy TV Guide is not even close to a realistic comparison...
The day you can take your TV Guide and use your finger to point at a
program listing, and your recorder records it.. Then you can bring up
a hard copy guide again.
> SD might think they will get a lot of users but I really doubt many will
> actually follow through after they think about the pricing.
I don't think $60 a year is that unreasonable. And anyway, they
haven't hammered the price yet. If they get enough subscribers, the
price will go down.
> I hoped that SD would have seen the issue and wanted to work out
> something but it seems they don't want to and that is there doing not
> anyone elses on this list.
The SD crew have used of their own free time and money to help the
community with this. And what is the thanks? A whiny bunch of spoiled
brats wanting everything handed to them for free! You disgust me!
Christian W.
Guidefeed
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