I'm looking for recommendations for a Digital Video Recorder for Australian Free to Air TV that also gets information from an EPG of some type. [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2008 - 6 answers

Are the Comcast DVR woes over? Would anyone, today, say that the Comcast DVR with Tivo service works well? I'm moving house and want to set up a new TV and internet package with a Tivo-based DVR. Should I keep what I have or go with something new? Boston area in case it matters to the service. [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2008 - 12 answers

DVR watching in a different room. Our DirectTV DVR is in the basement family room, but I would like to watch shows that I've recorded late at night while I'm laying in bed on the second floor. [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 4 answers

How can I edit a .DVR file from a CCTV surveillance camera? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 3 answers

Appletv for Windows Media Center? [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2008 - 12 answers

Looking for a more reliable recording solution than straight to DVD. Will this work or should I be looking at something else? [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2008 - 3 answers

MacPro for a Windows User: Please help me plan my new MacPro that can ease me from my Windowsean ways and meet my eccentric needs about dual-booting and hardware disk mirroring. [more inside]
posted on Mar 17, 2008 - 15 answers

I need to find a remote access client for a generic standalone DVR system. I have it installed on one computer but it's not clear what company it comes from and I can't find the software (more inside). [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 3 answers

What are the best DVR options for 2008? [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 20 answers

What's the best TIVO for me? [more inside]
posted on Feb 29, 2008 - 12 answers

can I go directly from my earphone plug on my digital voice recorder to the microphone port on my Mac laptop? [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 4 answers

What is the best system to watch over-the-air digital TV with a Mac-compatible solution, and utilize the Mac as a DVR? [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 31 answers

I have a TV/VCR combo. If I get a DVR through the cable company, can I record to VHS tapes from the DVR playback? [more inside]
posted on Feb 4, 2008 - 4 answers

Just switched from cable to DirecTV (7 HD channels on cable just wasn't cutting it), and we have a Mac Mini we'd like to use as a DVR. Possible? Practical?
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 6 answers

Two hd tv's, digital cable and a Series 2 Tivo. what to do? [more inside]
posted on Dec 14, 2007 - 7 answers

My VCR died. I want to replace it with a digital recorder ... [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm planning on building a PVR and need advice on TV card, PC and the PVR software. [more inside]
posted on Oct 18, 2007 - 14 answers

I've a Scientific American Explorer 8300 DVR with Cox cable. I don't have a stand alone dvd writer but would like to be able to keep certain shows. I know many people attach their DVR's to computers and download the videos off, and I'm fairly tech sufficient... but I can't seem to find any recent info about this device and how I can (if I can) download the recorded content. Thanks!
posted on Jul 5, 2007 - 6 answers

Help me help my dad. One of those cheapest-best-multimedia-experience questions. Details inside. (Oh, btw, kinda long.) [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2007 - 6 answers

Do good what-to-watch TV blogs or webpages exist? [more inside]
posted on May 28, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm building a media center PC for my living room and I'm trying to plan out the hardware/software I'll need. So I have several questions. [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2007 - 4 answers

I'd like to use my computer (an 867MHz G4 Mac) to record European soccer (to me, football) matches from digital cable when they are shown live on US cable channels like Fox Soccer Network and ESPN. [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2007 - 6 answers

what kind of solutions are there to watching tv shows "on demand." i have to watch my budget and the $1.99 charges are uneasy. i know torrenting is a possibility, but i've been becoming more and more wary of torrenting. i use an imac running os x 10.4 - are there any solutions to be found there? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2007 - 15 answers

I just bought a new HDTV. Why am I getting HBO? [more inside]
posted on Apr 11, 2007 - 7 answers

Is closed circuit HDTV a possibility? [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2007 - 7 answers

Simplest home DIY home DVR setup? [more inside]
posted on Mar 2, 2007 - 16 answers

Scenario: the Cable line in my house comes into the living room. My desktop is in my bedroom, on the other side of the house, nowhere near that coaxial line... I'd love my desktop to act as a DVR, recording tv from that cable line. Is there some sort of solution other than running coaxial across the house to get me a cable line in my bedroom? [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2007 - 6 answers

I'd like a DVR with no required subscription service. [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2007 - 15 answers

I have Dish Network and my DVR has a USB port on the back. Is there a way to transfer programming from the DVR to my laptop? What is needed to make this happen?
posted on Jan 24, 2007 - 4 answers

Can I record video from my ATI DVR straight to my iPod? [more inside]
posted on Jan 15, 2007 - 2 answers

I want to have files on my PC or Mac show up on my Tivo's browser sorted into groups, not all as one flat list like they seem to do by default. [more inside]
posted on Jan 5, 2007 - 2 answers

Can I hack my Comcast DVR for more storage and connection to my network? [more inside]
posted on Dec 6, 2006 - 4 answers

I currently have a standard definition TV, Time Warner Digital Cable, and a Series 2 Tivo. I'm considering the move to HDTV. How should I proceed? [more inside]
posted on Nov 24, 2006 - 13 answers

How do I keep cable companies from outsourcing my TiVo? [more inside]
posted on Oct 29, 2006 - 17 answers

What is the best way to save my HD recordings from my DVR box so I can view it later on? [more inside]
posted on Oct 10, 2006 - 3 answers

I'm thinking of biting the bullet and upgrading my Dishnetwork equipment to this Should I? Current Dish customers (and anyone else with insight) please read on! [more inside]
posted on Sep 21, 2006 - 7 answers

How can I build a machine (PVR?) that downloads torrents automatically via RSS and allows me to access them in a Tivo/DVR/PVR like interface on my television? [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2006 - 10 answers

Is there a way to record something from a DVR to a dv8 cam? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2006 - 1 answers

Need help connecting my DirecTV DVR and my new laptop with Windows XP Media Center. [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2006 - 7 answers

Some strange problem with my cable TV. I was connecting a new Sylvania DVR/VCR unit in my bedroom. I used to have a Sony DVD/VCR in that same place and the cable reception used to be just fine. First thing I noticed after attaching the new unit is that the signal quality is very poor. But anyway then I come down to living room which has the Comcast's digital set top box connected to the wall outlet. I noticed there was no signal on TV and box was displaying a 'this channel would be available soon' message. Usually that means some kind of bad or no connection. Before I went up to the bedroom everything was running fine. Did plugging in the DVR/VCR unit blow the cable circuit ? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2006 - 4 answers

How do I copy videos FROM my PC TO my TiVo???? I see plenty of ways to copy video the other way, including TiVo's own TivoToGo, but what I'd like to do is copy videos I have on my computer (in various formats) TO the TiVo. Is this possible? [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2006 - 6 answers

I'm interested in finally getting a DVR, and I'm trying to decide between Tivo and ReplayTV. Are there any differences I should be aware of? [more inside]
posted on Nov 10, 2005 - 11 answers

Say I had a DVR (this one, actually). It is provided by my cable provider. And say I had something stored on there (like all of last season's West Wing and some episodes of Wire In The Blood) that I wanted to put somewhere else (like maybe on my PC or a portable harddrive). Doable? [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2005 - 12 answers

How can I record several channels of video at high quality, and for a short period of time? [more inside]
posted on Aug 23, 2005 - 6 answers

DVR possibilities? Are there smaller companies that make computers ready to go like a tivo, only not a tivo? [more inside]
posted on Jul 23, 2005 - 22 answers

What would be the easiest way to record the output of a security monitor to My PC? [more inside]
posted on Jul 7, 2005 - 3 answers

I'm *this* close to throwing away my Bell/ExpressVu satellite/PVR setup. What are alternative ways to feed my TV addiction in western Canada? [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2005 - 2 answers

DVRFilter: I just picked up a TiVo TCD540040 and am [predictably] madly in love with it. I also have a 250GB EIDE drive laying around, and can figure no better use than upgrading this baby. I have read this great tutorial, but I have a problem -- my PC/Linux box died a great death a number of months ago, and now I have only my PowerBook (as well as a FireWire disk enclosure I could put the drive into). Have I any options for getting the TiVo to recognize the extra 250GB drive, without hunting down a friend with a PC and a spare drive bay?
posted on Jan 9, 2005 - 5 answers

Please help me purchase a reasonably priced, low-end digital voice recorder [m.i.]
posted on Dec 9, 2004 - 8 answers

This is going to be extreme narrowcasting, but: People have reported that the Toshiba RDXS32 DVR/DVD recorder has a serious flaw when making DVDs -- namely, the black level is too low and everything looks washed out, making the discs only playable on that particular machine. The unit is on sale from Amazon, which I take to be an inventory reduction, meaning that these are those flawed machines ... but other reviews say the problem didn't affect them, suggesting maybe the problem was fixed along the way. Anyone know for sure? Or, does anyone want to suggest another standalone DVR w/ HDD that competes with this one in features and price ($370)?
posted on Dec 6, 2004 - 0 answers