Any "out-of-the-box" PVRs or "digital VCRs"?

[ted leslie]

i am interested in this too,
you have to also note what HD you have (want), i.e. real   1080(i/p)
or sort-of-fake  720p,
Rogers and other canadian cables companies seem to broadcast all in
1080i
I have a 1080i (CRT) TAU set and it rocks!
movies are 24p so having them at 1080i (which does 1080p at 30fps)
is more then enough to preserve the motion pictures,
its just sports that "can" look better at 720p, but I don't think
canadian cable does much in 720p for sports, as alot i have seen are at
1080i as well. My borther tells me bell expressview is 720p for most of
its stuff, but I have not confirmed that.
Not sure what "off the air" broadcasts at? is it 1080i/720p? or a
mixture?
Anyways, I think Haupauge has a HD card, not sure about linux support.
I know the 1080p sets are finally coming down in price,
the tv manufacturers hope to sluff off 720 sets to as many people as
possible , before rolling out the final 1080p sets which should be good
for tv standards for many decades to come, and will probably break down,
or fade before their resolution has become out dated (except if one
hooks it to a computer, or perhaps ps4/xbox720 might have some even
higher ers. option).
I think I am going to buy a 1080i projection unit next,
as i have seen the best sony has to offer right now for 1080p on flat
screen, and its still one model generation (i think) may two from a CRT
for quality. In about 3 more years i figure a flat panel 70" will be as
good as a 3K$  good 34" CRT is today, and being use to the 1080i CRT,
the flat screen kinda look average still.

-tl


On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 14:38 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I'd like to record HDTV off the air. I've got an HDTV tuner hooked up
> to my 19" NTSC TV.  The picture quality is stunning, even on an analog
> TV.  I'm looking at getting a real HDTV after the Superbowl, as prices
> continue to slide.
> 
>   So my question is... can I buy an HDTV VCR or a ready-to-go HDTV PVR
> that works out-of-the-box?  I'm not picky, as long as it doesn't involve
> a subscription, like TIVO.  I want to be in control of my own destiny.
> I won't be connecting to the internet with it, so even Windows is safe
> (I did say I wasn't picky<g>).  I would prefer linux with MythTV or
> whatever, but I'm getting too lazy to "enjoy the adventure" of building
> my own, and I'm willing to pay extra to have it ready to go.
> 

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