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• Time Warner readying modified fast-forward functionality for DVRs

  Published: August 13, 2007, 5:25 pm

  Tags: Ad Skipping, Ads, Adskipping, Advertisement, Advertisements, Cable, Commercial, Dvr, Hd Dvr, Hddvr, Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, Timewarner, Timewarnercable, Twc

  While Time Warner Cable (partly owned by Time Warner, parent company of AOL, which owns Engadget) won't go down as the first cable company to modify the oh-so-lovable fast-forward feature, at least the latest hamstringing won't affect those willing to pay up. Dubbed "Look Back," the newfangled DVR feature will reportedly come "without a monthly

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• DirecTV HR21 Pro gets leaked

  Published: August 31, 2007, 7:17 pm

  Tags: Cedia, Directv, Hd Dvr, Hddvr, High Definition, Highdefinition, Hr21 Pro, Hr21pro, Satellite

  Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentWe first stumbled upon a prototype of the DirecTV D-HR20P DVR at Electronic House Expo last year, but haven't heard anything about it since then. Now with CEDIA coming up, a promo image of what could be the next evolution in this design has been leaked, the HR21 Pro. The DVR will reportedly handle 100 hours of

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• DirecTV's CEDIA booth tour

  Published: September 7, 2007, 7:33 am

  Tags: Booth Tour, Boothtour, Cedia, Cedia 2007, Cedia2007, Crestron, Directv, Hd Dvr, Hddvr, Viiv

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment DirecTV's booth seemed entirely too small for the amount of people and LCD TVs that were stuffed within, but we survived long enough to catch a few shots of the newfangled HR21 Pro DVR and to hear some not-so-encouraging words about the next rollout of HD offerings. You know the deal, hop on over here for the

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• Dish Network's CEDIA booth tour

  Published: September 7, 2007, 5:02 am

  Tags: Booth Tour, Boothtour, Cedia, Cedia 2007, Cedia2007, Dish, Dish Network, Dish On Demand, Dishnetwork, Dishondemand, Hd Dvr, Hd Vod, Hddvr, Hdvod, Iptv, Movies On Demand, Moviesondemand, Video On Demand, Videoondemand, Vod

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Dish Network's booth was certainly not destitute of propaganda, but it did provide an open look at its current line of DVRs and receivers as well as giving onlookers something else to look forward to. We'd hate to leave you hangin' like that, so follow the trail on over to EngadgetHD for the full skinny,

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• Moxi's CEDIA booth tour

  Published: September 7, 2007, 4:10 am

  Tags: Booth Tour, Boothtour, Cedia, Cedia 2007, Cedia2007, Diego, Hd Dmr, Hd Dvr, Hddmr, Hddvr, Media, Media Streaming, Mediastreaming, Moxi, Multimedia, Stream, Streaming

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Yep, even the Moxi HD DMR was all set up at CEDIA, and while we've no idea if it will truly "change the way you look at TV," you can certainly give its booth a once over to see what's in store. Come along, the gallery is waiting. Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox

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• ReplayTV launches Personal HD tuner kit, plays nice with iPod / iPhone

  Published: September 19, 2007, 6:21 pm

  Tags: Atsc, Dvr, Hd Dvr, Hddvr, Iphone, Ipod, Ntsc, Personal, Replaytv, Tv Tuner, Tvtuner

  Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentWe've seen a number of USB tuners that make converting files for handheld viewing a lesson in simplicity, but ReplayTV is givin' you one more alternative. The Personal HD kit includes a USB 2.0 ATSC / NTSC hybrid tuner, an antenna, wireless remote (which fits nicely in a spare PCMCIA slot), a free year of

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• DirecTV finally rolls out hi-def SciFi Channel

  Published: October 7, 2007, 9:12 am

  Tags: Directv, Hd Dvr, Hd Rollout, Hddvr, Hdrollout, Pvr, Science Fiction, Sciencefiction, Scifi, Scifi Channel, Scifichannel

  Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Programming, Battlestar Galactica, HDTV, Stargate, EurekaAfter hitting the guide button on my HR20 DVR, my jaw hit the ground. After months of promises, DirecTV finally came through on one to deliver the SciFi Channel and many other channels in HD. Instead of grouping them together below channel 100,

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• WD's 500GB My DVR Expander drives certified for use with DISH HD DVRs

  Published: May 16, 2008, 3:20 pm

  Tags: Dish, Dish Network, Dishnetwork, External Hard Drive, External Hdd, Externalharddrive, Externalhdd, Hd Dvr, Hddvr, My Dvr Expander, Mydvrexpander, Storage, Western Digital, Westerndigital

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Storage From what we can tell, this is just marketing hoopla to get you to buy a drive "certified" for use in a particular application; in all actuality, users can connect any USB 2.0 external hard drive to their DISH Network HD DVR and expand their storage capacity for a one-time fee. Nevertheless, Western

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• TiVo's Tom Rogers speaks of "whole home model"

  Published: May 30, 2008, 12:00 pm

  Tags: D 2008, D2008, Dvr, Hd Dvr, Hddvr, Tivo, Tom Rogers, Tomrogers, Whole Home, Whole Home Dvr, Wholehome, Wholehomedvr

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment During his sit-down at D6, TiVo's head honcho Tom Rogers was grilled with a flurry of questions. Aside from a lengthy back-and-forth over the DVR's ability to skip through ads, we finally got to some real meat. First off, Mr. Rogers noted that he was "hopeful" that TiVo would be launched in the UK "soon."

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• TiVo quietly removes Series3 from its webstore

  Published: July 30, 2008, 10:35 am

  Tags: Dead, Discontinued, Dvr, Eol, Hd Dvr, Hddvr, Kill, Killed, Oos, Series 3, Series3, Tivo

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Break out the tissues -- the rumors were true. Or, at least it sure looks that way. As of right now, the only two TiVo units available on the outfit's webstore are the TiVo HD and the Series2, and even if you do a bit of digging and find the still-active Series3 page, you'll notice a glaring Out of Stock

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• TiVo HD XL DVR: 150 hours of HD recording, $599.99, available now

  Published: September 4, 2008, 1:01 am

  Tags: Cedia, Cedia 2008, Cedia2008, Dvr, Hd Dvr, Hd Xl Dvr, Hddvr, Hdxldvr, Series3, Thx, Thx Certified, Thx Certified, Thxcertified, Tivo, Tivo Hd, Tivohd

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Aw, snap. Not even 24 hours after we learned that a new DirecTV HD TiVo was on the way, in flies word from Denver that a new standalone TiVo is hitting even sooner -- like, today. The TiVo HD XL will become the flagship unit in TiVo's line by offering up 150 hours of high-def recording space, THX

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• TiVo HD XL DVR hands-on at CEDIA

  Published: September 5, 2008, 6:36 am

  Tags: Cedia, Cedia 2008, Cedia2008, Dvr, Features, Hands On, Hd Dvr, Hd Xl Dvr, Hddvr, Hdxldvr, Series3, Thx, Thx Certified, Thx Certified, Thxcertified, Tivo, Tivo Hd, Tivohd

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Well, what can we say? Here we have a TiVo HD with a subtle "XL" logo there on the bottom left, a more capacious hard drive and a Series 3 remote. That being the case, at least the one parked at CEDIA was outstandingly shiny -- seriously, check it out over at Engadget HD.Read   Permalink

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