Eyedox

FIREWIRE (DTVLink/IEEE-1394) DISH NETWORK
Can't wait for the new JVC TU-PVR9000 for DISH network ....
it will have 120 GB hard drive for PVR, HDTV recording, FIREWIRE (IEEE-1394/DTVLink), caller ID, and should be available by First Quarter 2003.

Also, the ECHOSTAR (DISH NETWORK) PVR921 also for DISH Network ... coming out 2Q03 which will have a 200+ GB hard drive, DVI and FIREWIRE (IEEE-1394/DTVLink), & 2 tuners.

Figure 1 GB/hour for standard recording and 6 GB/hour for HDTV recording ... both boxes will also be able to EXPORT a recorded show to a D-VHS VCR from Mits or JVC!

DirecTV sucks and will ONLY allow DVI interface which will NOT let you record, ever. BOYCOTT DIRECTV ... tell them you have a RIGHT to timeshift your shows. Mitsubishi and JVC are the only ones who have got it right. Show them you care.

antennaman

You may be wanting to wait when you hear the price? Do you know what they are going to ask for one? I heard $1900

57U

Perhaps (sounds high), but if you recall, the JVC D-VHS machine was $2k about 1 year ago and it's now available for under $750.

I would guess that the Scientific Atlanta Cable HDDVR (SA8000HD) which will come out "soon" is going to be under $1k. The SA8000 (non HD) is about $600.

The Sony Cocoon HDDVR, which is currently only available in Japan is about $1k.

The Motorola cable HDDVR should also be way under $1k.

One minor correction to the first post. It takes just under 9GB to record one hour of HD signals (at 19.4 Mb/s, which is normally used).

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57U - Toronto, Rogers Cable, SA8300HD, 500GB HDD & Hitachi 61UWX10B HDTV, Yamaha RX-V1 A/V Receiver, Martin Logan Speakers. Photos --> 57U's HT

SA8300HD, 250GB HDD & KDL40W3000 (Upstairs)

Please don't PM me with questions that can (and should) be asked in the forum, thanks. Personal Question? Fire away.

caprose

I have a question about the IEEE-1394. I keep seeing that the 1394 connection is for connection to a DVHS, so what I want to know is will I be able to use the 1394 connection to plug into my TV and watch programming or will I have to use a component video connection.?(I do not have DVI and I do not want it)

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thanks for playing