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Neuros OSD 2.0 High-Definition developer kits shipping

Chris Davies, Sep 17th 2008 Discuss [0]

Neuros has begun shipping their high definition Neuros OSD 2.0 developer kits, an open-source DVR based on Texas Instruments' DaVinci DM 6446 chipset. Comprising all the basic hardware a developer might need to begin coding for the multiformat set-top box, the OSD 2.0 HD includes two composite and one component inputs, together with composite, component and HDMI outputs, and a total of four USB ports. Read The Full Story

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AT&T U-verse Total Home DVR upgrade adds whole-house HD

Vincent Nguyen, Sep 8th 2008 Discuss [2]

AT&T has unveiled the latest update to their U-verse IP system, Total Home DVR. The system will allow the playback of recorded content – in standard and high-definition – not only on a U-verse DVR but up to seven connected TVs. Playback can follow viewers around the house, pausing on one screen and resuming it on another, or alternatively multiple, independent viewings can be watched on separate TVs.

Check out the demonstration videos of U-verse Total Home DVR after the cut

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Sony PlayTV unboxed: underwhelming compared to initial promise

Chris Davies, Aug 20th 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony's PlayTV has almost begun to reach the hands of European gamers, and Stuff.TV is one of the first to have their opinions up. The dual-tuner add-on to the PS3 has suffered many delays and, more ominously, a couple of significant feature cuts since it was first announced a year ago: both the ability to transfer recordings to PSP, PC or MemoryStick, and the ability to record OTA HD channels. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Iomega 500Gb DVR Expander Review

Daniel Lim, Aug 13th 2008 Discuss [3]

Anyone with a Digital Video Recorder is probably not a stranger to running out of storage space and being forced to delete old programs. What you may not be aware of is that there are a few products out there claiming to make expanding that storage straightforward: essentially a plug-n-play external hard drive to add capacity to your DVR. The Apricorn DVR Xpander and Western Digital My DVR Expander are two such examples, and here we have a new kid in town, the Iomega DVR Expander.

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Sony PlayTV digital tuner for PS3 launching September 10th

Chris Davies, Jul 18th 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony's European arm has confirmed that the PlayTV free-to-air digital TV tuner and PVR add-on for the PS3 will launch in the UK on September 10th. SCEE president David Reeves told Eurogamer that the European launch would run "from September to December" and the PlayTV, in a change to the known specifications, will allow users to record programmes while simultaneously gaming. Read The Full Story

TiVo gets YouTube in latest 9.4 update

Chris Davies, Jul 17th 2008 Discuss [0]

TiVo recently began rolling out its Summer (9.4) software update to its PVR subscribers and, while the company initially kept quiet about it, they have included YouTube video playback. Available to Series 3 and TiVo HD users, the functionality will begin to show up as early as July 18th but it will take 2-3 weeks before all boxes have been updated. Check out the video of YouTube on TiVo after the cut Read The Full Story

Dish Network 722s HD PVR adds Slingbox & Slingcatcher

Chris Davies, May 19th 2008 Discuss [1]

Dish Network have announced their latest set-top box, the 722s High Definition PVR, which features the company's collaboration with Sling Technologies. The 722s basically includes a Slingbox media streamer and a Slingcatcher, to show internet-based video on your HDTV. There's also a Yahoo!-branded internet browser and a remote with a touchpad. Read The Full Story

PlayTV PS3 DVR gets €99 tag and September release

Chris Davies, May 9th 2008 Discuss [0]

According to Crave UK, Sony are looking to release their PlayTV digital TV receiver accessory for the PS3 in September this year. The tuner uses the digital terrestrial service, for instance Freeview in the UK or TDF in France, plugging into one of the console's USB ports and turning it into a PVR. Crave had some hands-on time with the system recently, and have produced a pre-release run through. Read The Full Story

Sony HDD-toting DVD recorders aim for under your BRAVIA

Chris Davies, Apr 23rd 2008 Discuss [0]

Sony has announced three new combination DVD recorder and hard-drive PVRs, boasting direct digital copying from compatible camcorders, 1080p upscaling and a choice of analogue or digital TV tuners. The RDR-HX1080 and RDR-HXD1090 both come with a 500GB hard-drive, enough for 1420 hours of recordings at the lowest quality level (or 73 hours at HQ+ maximum quality). The HXD1090 and HXD1095 both have a DVB-T digital terrestrial tuner alongside their analogue tuner. Read The Full Story

Sony deny rumored PlayTV July launch & pricing

Chris Davies, Apr 22nd 2008 Discuss [0]

TV addicts looking for PVR functionality on their PS3 will have to wait a while longer for Sony's PlayTV device, is the official statement from the company. PlayTV, which is a twin-tuner accessory compatible with over-the-air digital TV - such as the Freeview system in the UK - was first announced at the Leipzig games show in Germany last year. Amazon.co.uk recently put up a pre-order page for the gadget, pricing it at £59.99 ($118.82) for a July 31st launch; however, that has since been taken down. Read The Full Story

DVico TVIX Trash can shaped DVR almost as useful as R2-D2

James Allan Brady, Jan 28th 2008 Discuss [0]

It’s an HD network multimedia play that is also a PVR and HDTV Tuner. It can playback HD (and I assume SD is no problem either) content from its hard drive, USB ports, or from any computer connected to it via the local area network. Read The Full Story

TiVo service enters Canada

Satsuki Then, Nov 26th 2007 Discuss [0]

Canadian can finally enjoy the famous TiVo service as TiVo announces its availability in Canada. Tivo Series 2DT is the only device that will be sold during the launch giving Canadian consumer up to 80 hours of recording time. The set top box sells for $199 at some stores such as Best Buys and Future Shop. As for the subscription rates, TiVo said it should be close to what US consumers are paying. TiVo service goes live in Canada [via electronista]