TAG | Do Foxtel’s “four tuners” make the iQ2 four times foxier? |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Saturday, 20 September 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 Delaney continued: “FOXTEL’s Four Tuners provide another great advantage for iQ2 subscribers allowing them to watch their favourite programs on their time, minimise recording clashes, and reduce family program viewing arguments. Featured Whitepaper
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Foxtel explained the iQ2’s feature set: “The ability to pause and rewind live television, record two programs at the same time while watching a third live channel or watch a pre-recorded program from the FOXTEL planner, as well as access to Series Link programs so they can record an entire season with a single button press. “Using Foxtel’s Online Guide through the internet or a 3G mobile phone to set up the Remote Record functionality to record their favourite programs when away from home. “Future-proofing as FOXTEL is able to provide software updates to the unit enabling subscribers to access the latest functionality and new technology over time. “A massive 320GB disk drive [part of which is reserved to store Box Office HD On Demand movies], allowing subscribers to typically record approximately 30 hours of High Definition (HD) programming or 90 hours of standard definition programming (SD). “The capability to display High Definition images in either 720p or 1080i resolution, delivered to the iQ2 using advanced MPEG4 compression.” It will certainly be interesting to see what new functionality and technology Foxtel delivers in the future, as it battles against the TiVO, other PDRs on the market (from Topfield and others) and the Windows Media Centre, something that will be getting its own upgrade come the release of Windows 7, now mooted to arrive in mid 2009. Foxtel also competes with those who choose to legally download TV shows and movies from services such as BigPond and iTunes, as well as all those illegal downloads from BitTorrent services. We’ll probably see Xbox 360 offer a legal TV and video download service in the not-too-distant future, too, especially now that Apple has made its move with iTunes in Australia. But with the latest upgrade, Foxtel’s claim to be the best pay television service in Australia with the best personal digital recorder is accurate. If you love watching TV, and are happy to pay for it, Foxtel could well be for ye! Me? I’m sticking to free-to-air TV, which is enough for me and blissfully free. |
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