Dell XPS 410 Gets CableCARD
As a heavy user of my own PVR, I’ve been hankering to convert to a system with CableCARD support. It’s just plain silly to pay the $6.00/month for a cable receiver, and then futz around with the IR blaster (which inevitably gets out of synch right when I’m ready to start recording). No, I’d rather [...]
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I ditched DirecTV for, well, let’s just say "reasons." I’m now ready to ditch my cable company. And who comes to the rescue? Why, Dish Network, that’s who! They’ve added the ability to connect external storage to their DVR, the ViP622 HD model (for a fee, $39.99), and they’ve enabled updates over Ethernet, so an [...]
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TiVo is bringing out the HD Series 3 "Lite," and at a target price of $299, hopes it will appeal to a wider range of consumers. Specs follow: BCM740x DVR CPU with integrated MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 decoders, 1x dual MPEG-2 encoder, 2x Samsung S5H1411-based tuners, 128Mb DDR SDRAM, and a 160Gb SATA HD (down [...]
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The Black Box DVR is a personal video recorder which features a tethered camera, and can utilize a miniSD card up to 4GB. At 2.28 square inches, how small can you go? Site says it sells for $995. check specs
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