Need advice on DVR

I recorded roughly 50+ hours of the broadcast Olympics on our home worx pvt, possibly more, I haven't totaled it up,
I'm going to edit it into the different events, and group then together
So we can watch a DVD of snow boarding, or bobsled or skating etc..

The high dif quality is excellent and will create excellent DVD quality

A Directv DVR is hard to beat. I can't watch any show live anymore because I am so used to recording it and zipping thru the commercials. And no having to stay up late to watch something. TV on your schedule!

Thanks folks for the input. I think we're going to hold off for now - I'm sure the technology will get better with time. We're not big TV watchers in any case... And since this is the first time we've run into this problem in many years, we probably won't be jumping into anything.

I have two no longer made DVR's that I use here but I have a few suggestions:

Here are some of the features of my DVR's
I can program a show to record, Or I can program it to record every incidence of that show at H-Hour on any day of the week, or on specific days of the week. On a specific channel.

Or I can program it to search for every "Program name" on any time/channel
Or any program containing the word "word" on any time or channel.

(Note the words in quotes are replaced by the search criteria)

The DVRs can control a sat receiver, cable box or digital converter.

Most DVRs have most of those features.

BUT here is where life gets interesting: I know TiVo can do most of this (not sure about the last item)

I have 2 of these, used to have 3 and may some day pick up a 3rd. but I still have two.

I can record a show on either unit, watch it on either unit (independent of the one it was recorded on) start watching on one, switch to the other, switch back.

Download to my computer (or stream to my computer)

This is the one I do not know if current TiVo's do
Stream back UP to the DVRs from the computer or even "Rip" a dvd to the comptuer (or other video recording) and stream it back up to teh DVR's from the computer.

All the comptuer interface is handled by a custom program which is free no less in my case. I know when TiVo first got that capability you had to pay for it.


Want to store on DVD.. i download to computer and burn a DVD.

Just be sure and rewind the DVRs before opening the drawer or ejecting it.

You may want to take a look at this thread for the HomeWorx HW-150PVR. Mine has worked great, and was able to record much of the Olympics in HD I couldn't watch when broadcast. Has coax pass-through, so can watch programs while recording another. Also, fairly inexpensive.

I've had a TiVo unit for couple of years now. Works good.

A lot depends on where your TV service comes from. Cable and satellite providers have their own DVRs. If you are getting service from an over-the-air antenna, you should look into a TIVO unit. No matter what you use, it will change the way you watch TV. We rarely watch anything besides sports live. Commercials consume about 25% of programming which means you can watch four one-hour programs in three hours by skipping the commercials. You also watch what you want, when you want and it doesn't interfere with doing other things with family or whatever that may occur at the same time of your "favorite" shows.

We use a Channel Master dvr for over air recording. You can pause, rewind and replay while watching one channel and record another.
Ed

wal mart sells them.
bumpy