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The German Telekom, an Internet and Internet Television provider, used to sell landline Internet television receivers and recorders, named "Entertain" Media Receiver 100, 102, 300, 301, 303, 500.

~~Its~~ operating ~~system was~~ designed in a way that it would not boot without connecting to Telekom servers, and the ~~devicse~~ stored the television recordings on ~~its~~ internal ~~512 GB~~ hard drive in a proprietary format, and provided the user with no means of copying or moving recordings to external media such as an external flash drive or hard drive, meaning users were forced to delete recordings when running out of disk space. While the ~~device~~ featured USB ports, they had no use other than supplying electrical power.

Their operating systems were designed in a way that they would not boot without connecting to Telekom servers, and the devices stored the television recordings on their internal hard drive in a proprietary format, and provided the user with no means of copying or moving recordings to external media such as an external flash drive or hard drive, meaning users were forced to delete recordings when running out of disk space. While the devices featured USB ports, they had no use other than supplying electrical power.

In 2019, its users lost access to all recordings stored locally on the ~~device~~ when the online service ~~its~~ operating system depended on was shut down. The ~~device was~~ in service for eight years (since 2011), meaning users would lose access to up to eight years of television recordings.

In 2019, its users lost access to all recordings stored locally on the devices when the online service their operating system depended on was shut down. The devices were in service for eight years (since 2011), meaning users would lose access to up to eight years of television recordings.

<ref>[https://archive.today/2026.01.27-095619/https://web.archive.org/web/20190825100604/https://www.telekom.com/de/konzern/details/magentatv-loest-entertain-ab-558808 MagentaTV löst Entertain ab | Deutsche Telekom]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210412055921/https://www.onlinekosten.de/news/telekom-zieht-2019-beim-alten-entertain-den-stecker_214313.html Telekom zieht 2019 beim alten "Entertain" den Stecker]</ref>

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 The German Telekom, an Internet and Internet Television provider, used to sell landline Internet television receivers and recorders, named "Entertain" Media Receiver 100, 102, 300, 301, 303, 500.
-Its operating system was designed in a way that it would not boot without connecting to Telekom servers, and the devicse stored the television recordings on its internal 512 GB hard drive in a proprietary format, and provided the user with no means of copying or moving recordings to external media such as an external flash drive or hard drive, meaning users were forced to delete recordings when running out of disk space. While the device featured USB ports, they had no use other than supplying electrical power.
+Their operating systems were designed in a way that they would not boot without connecting to Telekom servers, and the devices stored the television recordings on their internal hard drive in a proprietary format, and provided the user with no means of copying or moving recordings to external media such as an external flash drive or hard drive, meaning users were forced to delete recordings when running out of disk space. While the devices featured USB ports, they had no use other than supplying electrical power.
-In 2019, its users lost access to all recordings stored locally on the device when the online service its operating system depended on was shut down. The device was in service for eight years (since 2011), meaning users would lose access to up to eight years of television recordings.
+In 2019, its users lost access to all recordings stored locally on the devices when the online service their operating system depended on was shut down. The devices were in service for eight years (since 2011), meaning users would lose access to up to eight years of television recordings.
 <ref>[https://archive.today/2026.01.27-095619/https://web.archive.org/web/20190825100604/https://www.telekom.com/de/konzern/details/magentatv-loest-entertain-ab-558808 MagentaTV löst Entertain ab | Deutsche Telekom]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210412055921/https://www.onlinekosten.de/news/telekom-zieht-2019-beim-alten-entertain-den-stecker_214313.html Telekom zieht 2019 beim alten "Entertain" den Stecker]</ref>