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Old 11-07-2006, 11:14 PM   #1
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What is the Best DVR?
I'm going to buy a Digital Video Recorder. What is the best DVR on the market today?
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Old 11-08-2006, 07:46 PM   #2
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The TiVo still seems to hold the "best DVR" title.

But... is cost a consideration? If cost is a consideration, then you may be able to get a much better deal from your cable or satellite TV service provider.

Almost all satellite and cable TV companies rent DVR's to their subscribers at rates lower than standard TiVo service.

The best of both worlds is DirecTV, which rents their subscribers actual TiVo DVR's.
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Old 11-08-2006, 11:05 PM   #3
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TiVo rocks!
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Old 11-14-2006, 01:15 AM   #4
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I actually don't have TiVo in my area, and it isn't available. We wound up getting our DVR through our cable company at a better rate than we would have if we got it elsewhere. It works great and I love it! If TiVo is in your area, many people I know swear by it. Sorry I don't have a recommendation for anything else.
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Old 11-14-2006, 07:12 AM   #5
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I actually don't have TiVo in my area, and it isn't available.
TiVo Service is now available in Canada. TiVo does not sell boxes in Canada, so Canadian residents must purchase boxes in the US and import them. If the DVR becomes defective, TiVo will not ship a warranty replacement box into Canada, and will only ship to a US address.

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We wound up getting our DVR through our cable company at a better rate than we would have if we got it elsewhere. It works great and I love it!
Is this the DVR that your cable company gave you?

I wonder who actually makes that unit?
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Old 11-14-2006, 05:23 PM   #6
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TiVo rocks!
Totally!! I cannot imagine my living room without this brilliant piece of machine. :p

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I wonder who actually makes that unit?
Good question! I had performed a search on Google, nothing much came up. I guess we need to dig deeper to find who its mysterious manufacturer is.
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Old 11-16-2006, 01:42 PM   #7
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Bruno has just added a new FAQ answer, What is a DVR?

Bruno included a lot of good information about choosing the best DVR in this FAQ answer. It's a good read!
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Old 11-23-2006, 07:25 PM   #8
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I too swear by my DVR! I love it. however I wish I could get even more on it. I have mine through my cable service and it is a monthly fee. I don't know what we did without it. I still have my VCR and watch programs from on it but it is not the same. When my DVR gets full and I don't want to erase those programs on it I will have to record them onto my VCR. But I would advise anyone who is getting cable or satelitte to definitely get the DVR service it is well worth it.
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Old 11-24-2006, 04:16 PM   #9
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A friend of mine has one of these...
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He loves it... I wish he would let me use it for a while
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