Ngiyazi, kuzwakala kuhle kakhulu ukuba yiqiniso. Kakhulu kangangokuthi angizange ngikholelwe ekuqaleni futhi ungakwazi ukubheja kuneminye imikhawulo kodwa lapho kulungile isihloko. Abahlinzeki abakhulu bethelevishini bazokuvumela ukuba uweqe ngokuzenzekelayo izentengiso! Futhi, kuneminye imikhawulo kodwa ake sibuke i-Auto Hop nokuthi ingashintsha kanjani ukuthi ubukela kanjani i-TV.
Njengamanje, ama-MSO amaningi avumela ababukeli ukuba baqhubekele phambili ngokuthengiswa kokurekhoda kwabo noma basebenzise inkinobho yokweqa yesibili-30 ukuze bagxume phambili. Dish uye wanquma ukuhamba ngesinyathelo esisodwa uma kuziwa enkonzweni yabo ye- Primetime Anytime . Uma ukhumbuza kusukela lapho isimiso se-Hopper siqalisiwe, i-Primetime Anytime ikuvumela ukuba urekhode wonke amanethiwekhi amane okusakazwa nsuku zonke ngesikhathi samahora okubuka kuqala. I-Hopper igcina ngokuzenzakalelayo lokhu okuqoshiwe izinsuku ezingu-8.
Ngenkathi usengakwazi ukuphumula ngezikhangiso usebenzisa ukweqa kwe-30 wesibili noma inkinobho yakho esheshayo, iDish usanda kumemezela ukutholakala kwe-Auto Hop. Lesi sici, esasanda kunikwe amandla, sivumela ababhalisile ukuthi baweqe ngokuzenzakalelayo amathengi ngesikhathi sokubuka kwabo kwi-Primetime Anytimetime uma nje bebukela emva komhlaka-1 ekuseni ngosuku olulandelayo. Ngenkathi lokhu kungakubeka ngemuva kwekhasi lapho uxoxa ngemibukiso emsebenzini ngosuku olulandelayo, umqondo wokudonsa izentengiso ngokuzenzakalelayo unesizathu sokwephuza konke ukubukela kwami kwe- TV okungenani usuku!
Kumele kuqashelwe ngokushesha ukuthi i-Auto Hop isebenza kuphela kumarekhodi we-Primetime Anytimetime futhi ayitholakali kwezinye izinhlelo ezirekhodiwe noma i-TV ebukhoma . Noma kunjalo, lokhu kuyisinyathelo esikhulu sokuhamba phambili kwetheknoloji ye-DVR. Iphakamisa imibuzo emibili, noma kunjalo.
Okokuqala, umuntu kufanele azibuze ukuthi izisakazo zizosabela kanjani. Angikwazi ukucabanga ngendlela abazokwamukela ngayo lokhu kuthuthukiswa. U-Nielsen, inkampani elandela ukubuka kokukhangisa futhi ibonise izilinganiso, empeleni ithatha i-DVR ukubuka ku-akhawunti manje. (Inkampani ngokuvamile isebenzisa izinombolo ezingu-+3, ukubukwa kwe-DVR kokulandela izinsuku ezintathu ngemuva kokubonisa.) Uma izikhangisi zingabhekwa ngabasebenzisi ababhalisile, lokhu kuzokhipha izinombolo uma kuziwa ekubukeni kwesikhangiso. Umbuzo kuphela wukuthi kungakanani.
Okwesibili, kuzoba nesifiso sokubona inani lababhalisile empeleni bavula isevisi. Kutholakale kuleli phuzu ukuthi ngisho nabasebenzisi be-DVR babukela okuningi i-TV ebukhoma futhi bangavamile ukuhamba phambili ngokuthengisa. Uma leyo mkhuba iqhubeka, abasakazwayo bangakhathazeki kakhulu. Kuzoba nesifiso sokubona uma amanye ama-MSO enikeza izici ezinjengalezi kodwa angeke kube lula kumazinkampani zekhebula ngaphandle kokunikeza i-hardware entsha kubhalisile. (I- Cable DVRs idinga i- tuner yesiteshi ngasinye esibhaliwe kanti i-Hopper isebenzisa isingeniso esisodwa ukurekhoda wonke amanethiwekhi amane okusakazwa.) Ngokucabangela abaningi abakunikeli ngisho nokweqa kwamasekhondi angu-30, ngizomangala ukukubona nganoma yisiphi isikhathi maduzane.
Nakuba ngingabaza kakhulu ukuthi sizobona i-Auto Hop idlulisela kwabanye abahlinzeki nganoma yisiphi isikhathi maduzane, kuhle ukubona i-MSO iqhubekela phambili ngobuchwepheshe obuhle futhi hhayi nje ukuhlinzeka nge-tuner ngaphezulu noma i-hard drive enkulu ku-DVR yabo. Nakuba i-Hopper inikezela kokubili lezi zinto ngaphezu komncintiswaneni, uma ubhekene nokukwazi ukudonsa amandla kanye nezakhiwo zendlu yonke ama-Joper STBs anikezelayo kanye nabangane, ngokuqinisekile ukuhamba phambili njengoba abanye behlala bekhona.