HD DVR

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Most of the cable systems DVR's that are available do more than the Sony
pieces......Why would you want to buy one ? I am on a second generation
Scientic Atlanta piece after having the first generation. It cost me
nothing to upgrade and at the price I am paying it will take close to ten
years before the rent of the DVR will exceed the cost of buying one. Plus,
unless they have made some tremendous strides with the cable cards over the
last couple of months, there are stiill issues there as well.

Not trying to start an argument, just curious.

Mark

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From: "Doug Weil" <[email protected]>
To: "HDTV Magazine" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: HD DVR


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> Richard,
>
> Sony has two much-delayed products that fill the bill, the DHG-HDD250 and
> the DHG-HDD500. They supposedly are available now but I've heard so little
> about these boxes, I have reason to doubt you could buy one right now.
>
> Both work with a CableCard and have an OTA ATSC tuner. The big drawbacks I
> see are the price ($1000 for 60 hours capacity, or $800 for 30 hours) and
> the fact that neither has dual-tuner recording ability.
>
> But still, it's hope for doing an end-around your local cableco.
>
> Review here:
>
>
http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_DHG_HDD500 ... ml?tag=top
>
> Retailers selling them here:
>
>
http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_DHG_HDD500 ... tag=pdtl-l
> ist&q=
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Doug
> Clearly Resolved Image & Sound
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> Richard
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 23:52
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> Subject: HD DVR
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> Rodolfo,
>
> I just went through your report and find the landscape quite bleak for
> an HD DVR much less one that does both OTA and cable with a cable card.
>
> Please tell me I missed something or there is some hope on a near
horizon...
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard Fisher
> www.HDLibrary.com Published by Tech Services
> A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation
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Richard, I don't see a cableco commissioning a box that will allow you to
tune outside of their network. They are not like the DBS providers who have
limitations on local stations, and as such will provide OTA features for
that complete package look.

Sort of like AOL is to the internet, the cablecos want to be your only
gateway to the TV world.

There are chips available today that can tune pretty much anything in a
single package, but it's left to the manufacturer to enable or write
software for the particular features.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
> Richard
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 9:52 PM
> To: HDTV Magazine
> Subject: HD DVR
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>
> Rodolfo,
>
> I just went through your report and find the landscape quite bleak for
> an HD DVR much less one that does both OTA and cable with a cable card.
>
> Please tell me I missed something or there is some hope on a near
> horizon...
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard Fisher
> www.HDLibrary.com Published by Tech Services
> A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation
>
>
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Richard,

Sony has two much-delayed products that fill the bill, the DHG-HDD250 and
the DHG-HDD500. They supposedly are available now but I've heard so little
about these boxes, I have reason to doubt you could buy one right now.

Both work with a CableCard and have an OTA ATSC tuner. The big drawbacks I
see are the price ($1000 for 60 hours capacity, or $800 for 30 hours) and
the fact that neither has dual-tuner recording ability.

But still, it's hope for doing an end-around your local cableco.

Review here:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_DHG_HDD500 ... ml?tag=top

Retailers selling them here:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Sony_DHG_HDD500 ... tag=pdtl-l
ist&q=


Regards,


Doug
Clearly Resolved Image & Sound

Business: +1 (618) 234-2865
Cell: +1 (314) 495-2993

eMail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.clearlyresolved.com

Affiliated with the Imaging Science Foundation
http://www.imagingscience.com
-----Original Message-----
From: HDTV Magazine On Behalf Of
Richard
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 23:52
To: HDTV Magazine
Subject: HD DVR

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Rodolfo,

I just went through your report and find the landscape quite bleak for
an HD DVR much less one that does both OTA and cable with a cable card.

Please tell me I missed something or there is some hope on a near horizon...

Thanks

Richard Fisher
www.HDLibrary.com Published by Tech Services
A division of Mastertech Repair Corporation



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