Now that you bought that shiny new High Definition TV and subscribed to (or receive an over the air) HD service, it's time to learn how to pick a High Definition Digital Recorders (DVRs) to record your favorite shows.Hi-Def DVRs are becoming popular due to their capacity to store and playback many hours of high-definition material. HD DVRs have the ability to pause and rewind live programming, record one program while watching another and to fast forward through pre-recorded material. Some DVRs are able to record over-the-air material, while others are specifically for use with cable or satellite services.
We've put together a starter list (and links) to the following units currently available for recording High Definition programming. There are others and we'll add them as we find them - also, feel free to email us with those you've found.
Cable DVRs:
Scientific Atlanta 8300HD (Comcast)
Motorola DCT6412 (Comcast)
Digeo Moxi (Charter)
TiVo Series3 (CableCard and over-the-air)
Satellite DVRs:
DISH ViP 622 & 722 DVR
DIRECTV Plus HD DVR
HDTV Tuner Cards
High quality HDTV tuner cards are capable of saving HDTV broadcasts to your computer's hard drive. HD broadcasts require lots of storage space, but this is becoming less of an issue now that high capacity hard drives are available.
HDTV Tuner cards: (Windows)
MyHD MDP-130
Telemann HiPix DTV-200
Access DTV
Hauppage WinTV-HD
pcHDTV HD-5500 (Linux)
Fusion HDTV5 Gold QAM
ATI HDTV Wonder
External USB 2.0 HDTV Tuner:
AutumnWave has released the OnAir GT, an external device that can be plugged into the USB 2.0 port. It otherwise functions similarly to an internal tuner card.
