Digital Video Recorder
What we have in mind is a DVR that we can hook-up to our home Comcast HD cable, record shows/movies, then use an HDMI cable to watch on the road. Don't need the TiVo features, just something that woul...
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rk911 wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
I would look specifically to a TIVO box. They are designed to do just what you are describing.
don't TiVo boxes require a subscription to function?
TiVo boxes require the subscription to display the Program Guide, receive its updates, and utilize it for programming.
If you're willing to enter all programs to record manually (date/time and channel), it will record and playback -- but it will give you trouble when using it to display live TV via passthrough to your TV set. You may need to put the TiVo output on a second input to your set, and switch to it only when you want to either program a recording or watch a playback.
Manual recording will probably work fine for off-air TV, but it would be a mess to try and manually program the hundreds of Cable channels.
There are loads of old TiVos available that are still quite viable for off-air recording. Good luck finding one for your enjoyment.
