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03-10-2003, 06:52 PM	#1
actionad HDTVoice Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 11	DVRs Has anyone used a DVR with HDTV? How well does it work? Also, does anyone know if you have to be a subscriber to say ReplayTV or Tivo to use the digital recorder or will the hardware work without a subscription?

03-10-2003, 07:14 PM	#2
LeeS P.M. Shift Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Happy Valley, OR Posts: 2,925	I subscribe to DISH network and the HD PVR's are not out yet. Dish PVR's work with just the normal subscription, nothing extra, unless they change when the HD PVR's hit the market. I don't know about Direct PVR's or the HD VHS units. Good Luck, Lee Last edited by LeeS : 03-10-2003 at 07:17 PM.

03-10-2003, 07:19 PM	#3
57U Runner/Cyclist/X-C Skier Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 17,068	There are a couple of HDDVRs that the Cable companies are testing internally, but have not been launched as yet. You should be able to rent or buy them from the cable companies, same as other STBs, only more money. They will be using the IPG that the cable company uses. These will be "integrated" units. They will contain the cable tuners (actually several tuners) to allow recording of one channel while watching another, or "pausing live TV", etc. Stand-alone HDDVRs are also coming to market soon, but they will perform differently. These will require firewire connections. __________________ 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. Last edited by 57U : 03-10-2003 at 07:23 PM.

03-11-2003, 10:23 AM

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Re: DVRs

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Originally posted by actionad
Has anyone used a DVR with HDTV? How well does it work? Also, does anyone know if you have to be a subscriber to say ReplayTV or Tivo to use the digital recorder or will the hardware work without a subscription?

There is currently no DVR on the market that can record HD. Current Replaytv units require a subscription for them to work at all, not sure about Tivo but I imagine they would work similarly.

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