PVR's

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 04:55:56PM -0500, Merv Curley wrote:
> Marc Lijour  just mentioned some hardware that I am interested in knowing 
> more about.  Personal Video recorders.  I missed the presentation at Tlug 
> that Marc mentioned.
> 
> I just installed a Home theater system and am now interested in recording 
> prog's from my Hi-def cable box.  I gather the Rogers PVR can only record 
> to its hard drive, no DVD transfer, maybe it is only a low res recorder 
> also.  The many PVR's that are available at twice the price have DVD 
> capability but can't handle the hi-def signal,  only an NTSC analog one.  

Rogers has a hi-def PVR which I belive is the only such device available
in canada from any of the providers.  I highly doubt it will let you get
the recordings off it though.

> Can anyone point me to a source of information on the subject?  I think it 
> might require a lot of work to discuss it and besides it is well off-topic, 
> not that it matters a lot from what I see. :-)
> 
> What I have found so far has not been helpful.

I would love to know if it is possible with any available hardware to
get HD from cable, or if only the digital box can do that at this time.
I know you can do it off the air, although I think city tv is the only
available channel so far in toronto.

Len Sorensen
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