Deal of the Day from Solid Signal
OTA set-top receiver with built-in DVR and HDMI output HERE
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I have one - it works pretty well. Major downside is that you only get about a day's EPG - whatever's in the data stream the TV station is sending, so you need to set up your recordings almost daily. Even when you select a show to record from the guide, it's stored as a time-based recording, so if the show moves, the recording won't follow it. Sometimes screws up recording the same thing every week.
I use a 128gb USB stick to record on - the USB doesn't seem strong enough to reliably use an external USB hard drive. And the uncompressed HD data from a 1080p TV station seems to run about 12gb per hour, but I usually offload it to a computer pretty quickly.
For ~$30 it's a cheap toy. But I wouldn't use it as my main DVR.
Also - the one listed may not be the latest model. Mine is a STB-II. This one just says it's an STB.
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I use a 128gb USB stick to record on - the USB doesn't seem strong enough to reliably use an external USB hard drive. And the uncompressed HD data from a 1080p TV station seems to run about 12gb per hour, but I usually offload it to a computer pretty quickly.
For ~$30 it's a cheap toy. But I wouldn't use it as my main DVR.
Also - the one listed may not be the latest model. Mine is a STB-II. This one just says it's an STB.
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