This one-day sale at Amazon offers three models of the TiVo Bolt DVR that allow you to record your favorite shows and watch them back on your own time. You'll even be able to rewind live TV.
These factory reconditioned models of the AirTV Local Channel Streamer can also work as a DVR and come with $25 of Sling TV credit.
The base product and a hard drive is all you need, but Tablo does offer a subscription service with serious upgrades.
Microsoft confirmed this week that its Media Center functionality won’t be present in Windows 10, but it sounds like there are plans to replace Media Center’s functionality, and the Xbox One will play a role in that. The two big functions of Media Center were as a DVD player – which Microsoft’s Gabe Aul says will be addressed later this year – and as a DVR. According to tech writer...
DVR set-top boxes are following computers in the trend to ditch locally stored content. If the cloud is where it's at, then it's definitely not "at" big bulky boxes with their laboring hard drives and high energy consumption. Comcast certainly seems to get this. In the past, I've railed plenty against the cable company and its policies, but I also have to be fair and give credit where...
DIRECTV announced a new DVR Thursday that claims to be the "Industry's most advanced HD DVR." While we haven't yet tested out the new DVR yet DIRECTV, I will say the specs are pretty impressive. As I have complained about my poor cable TV experiences I'm always a bit jealous of a DVR capable of recording more than two shows a time. DIRECTV Genie's 1 TB DVR records up to 5 HD shows at...
Vintage Buffalo is a new weekly feature here at TechnoBuffalo where we take a look at our old gadgets, why we bought them, and what made us replace them. I’m a bit of self-proclaimed gadget hoarder. While I tend to buy a lot of “new” gadgets, I have a hard time letting go of some of my older electronics that I’ve grown emotionally attached to. Are you like me and hanging on to some...
I’m a big DVR advocate as I believe it optimizes my television viewing and I spend less time in front said television. Commercials eat up a lot of time, especially during sporting events, and I am a sports junky, hence the DVR obsession. I typically watch my sporting events while running on the treadmill as it kills two birds with one stone; I get my cardio in, and I enjoy the game. I...
Most companies dream of becoming synonymous with their field. “Google it” long ago replaced “search”, “Coke” became a generic term for soda drinks and TiVo became the generic term for DVRs (Digital Video Recorders). So with that success under its belt, how is it there always seems to be a story out there about how the company is on the verge of failure? The company seems to be...