Recently my house was struck by lightning and one of my TiVo boxes got zapped (among other things). I had decided to try replacing it with a generic DVR from Time Warner Cable. Boy, was that a mistake ...

DVR definitely makes life easier. Gone are the days of manually taping one show at a time onto clunky VHS casettes. With DVR, you don't have to pick a favorite show, you don't even have to be home to ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I reported in October that Charter Spectrum had introduced a new device called Xumo, which can replace your existing cable box — ...

<p>Digital Video Recorder technology is about to get a giant boost in the marketplace, and it's not because of Tivo. Comcast has announced its intentions to <a href ...

The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a blow to the television networks when it declined to hear a case about a digital video recorder technology, opening the gate for wider use of DVR systems. The ...

Remember how annoyed you were after you cut the cord when you realized that you were going to lose your DVR? And remember how upset you got when you found out you would need a separate OTA antenna for ...

TWC customers running two boxes for DVR and HDTV functionality need wait no longer; the 8000-HD STB is rolling out. Cable customers running two boxes for digital video recorder and HDTV functionality ...

Well, a TivoHD would fit the bill. It replaces the cable box if you rent CableCards from your cable company. If you choose not to rent those cards, you can still use it to tune/record unencrypted ...

CIMM's Set-Top-Box Data Lexicon is a compilation of terms and definitions associated with Set-Top Box data and its measurement. This Word-A-Week column highlights a term and definition from the ...