Nick Odgers said:
I don`t suppose it matters too much, it just seems strange that a 15 year old video recorder can record two weeks in advance, and the latest technology cannot. What about Freeview receivers that are connected to video recorders, how far in advance can you record with them? I feel sorry for older people who must be worried about the loss of analogue services. The Government probably is more concerned about the vast amount it will get for selling off these frequencies than how people will cope.
'Latest' technology is not always the best technology.
Just because something is newer doesn't mean it is more advanced.
When you get errors with digital you get horrible break-ups in picture or nasty jumps in sound on CDs. With analogue the picture and sound degrades much more gracefully if you have a poor signal.
Sky+ and current Freeview DVRs are newer than TiVo or ReplayTV but are IMHO technologically 5 years behind on metadata and software features compared to them!
The Rio EMpeg car audio player has no modern successor and is 6 years old!
Obviously modern devices have far superior hardware, but the design and the usability and software/metadata are very lacking compared to the older technologies used in TiVo and ReplayTV.
Musicians often use older equipment as the newer technology just doesn't match the sound and/or usability of the older stuff.