Word: replaying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much would you pay never to see another talking frog or battery-powered bunny again? To program your own all-Luke Perry channel? To add impromptu bathroom breaks to live broadcasts? Replay Networks and TiVo, creators of new digital-TV recording devices, are popping the question, working to persuade you to add yet another cube to the towering ziggurat of entertainment--cable box, VCR, DVD and video-game player--on your TV table. They say their new gadgets could just change TV itself in the process, a possibility that has the networks more than a little nervous. Lawyers have been...
...like a VCR, but there's a big difference: using a phone line, the players download program schedules that pop up on the screen, where you click on a show rather than punching in times and channels and hoping you have got it right. This feature is free with Replay, while TiVo charges $9.95 a month, $99 a year or $199 lifetime. The ReplayTV box, currently sold only online, starts at $699; TiVo, recently arrived in retail stores...
Then there's the ebbing power of ads themselves. Why should marketers shell out for tomorrow's Must-See Thursday lineup when digital VCRs like Tivo and Replay will let viewers order up any show, anytime--and effortlessly skip ads once they do? The future belongs to the customizable, one-to-one marketing software that e-commerce types are now inventing...
...ESPN SportsCenter anchor: Chess has a rich history of personal rivalry and quirky characters, and they need to publicize that aspect. Obviously, contestants should also wear those Lycra body suits, and I think the replay rule should be seriously considered. Frankly, I'm shocked it's not on pay-per-view...
...good gauge of your love for a new CD is how long it takes you to get from first cut to last. By that standard, and from this angle, Kim Richey's third album, Glimmer, is a winner: we kept pushing the replay button on so many songs that it was only the prod of journalistic responsibility that got us to the end of the album in time to write about it. This is a country voice--as singer and songwriter--worth spending time with; a mind worth creeping into and curling up in for an extended stay...