PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders

Tivo Bolt OTA is Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the new Tivo Bolt box a few weeks ago (TiVo Helps Cord-Cutters to Get Live TV). Sometime Display Daily contributor, Pete Putman, has had early access and has an extended review …

Tivo Bolt OTA is Reviewed

by Bob Raikes

We published the release on the Tivo Bolt box a few weeks ago (TiVo Introduces TiVo BOLT OTA 4K Hybrid DTT DVR). Sometime Display Daily contributor, Pete Putman, has had early access and has …

Tags:PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Terrestrial (DTT)| Tivo| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 39

TiVo Helps Cord-Cutters to Get Live TV

by Milos Pavlovic

TiVo Corp has a new box, the Bolt OTA hybrid for supporting HD and DTT content in the US. The company said that cord cutter regretters have already moved to using only internet TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Terrestrial (DTT)| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Sources Reveal Amazon is Developing a Connected DVR

by Andrew Fenn

US media sources have reported that Amazon is developing a Wi-Fi-connected DVR device codenamed “Frank” to compete with the likes of Sky Q and Tivo. Frank is said to connect with the company’s range …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Streaming Dongles| Vol 25 - Issue 32

Sense: DVRs Cost US Consumers Approximately $1.84 Billion Annually

by Andrew Fenn

Sense’s analysis of DVRs from cable and telco providers in the US shows that they consume nearly as much energy while idle as when the TV is on and their energy saving modes are …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Power Consumption| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Vol 25 - Issue 32

TiVo STBs to be Manufactured by Third Party Going Forward

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo will exit the set-top box manufacturing business, opting instead to work with a third party, it has been reported. The third party in question has not yet been named, but is described by …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Tivo| Vol 25 - Issue 19

YouView Achieves Three Million Devices Milestone in the UK

by Andrew Fenn

Hybrid digital television platform, YouView, is powering more than three million set-top boxes and digital devices across the UK, the company has announced. The threshold was apparently broken last week, seven months after the …

TiVo Files Two New Lawsuits in Fight Against Comcast

by Andrew Fenn

TiVo has filed new lawsuits in an ongoing legal battle against Comcast. The International Trade Commission recently came down on TiVo’s side, agreeing that Comcast had violated two of its patents with its Xfinity …

Tivo Introduces Bolt Vox

by Bob Raikes

We have been writing positive things about TiVo’s voice and natural language programming, so it’s no surprise that the company is announcing a new Bolt Vox DVR which now includes support for voice search. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| STBs| Tivo| Vol 24 - Issue 40

FVP-5000T Freeview Play Recorder Supports 2TB

by Bob Raikes

Humax has released a new Freeview Play Recorder, the FVP-5000T for the UK market. Features in the new FullHD box include: Integrated Wi-Fi connectivity Three digital tuners: record up to four programmes at once …

Households with Netflix now Surpass Those With a DVR

by Milos Pavlovic

New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that 82% of US TV households have a DVR, get Netflix, or use on-Demand (VOD) from a cable or Telco provider — with 30% …

Tags:PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| VOD

Panasonic Adds UHD Blu-ray Recorders

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has added to its Blu-ray series by introducing four models in Europe with recording facilities, two for cable (DVB-C MR-UBC80 and DMR-UBC90) and two for satellite (DVB-S2 DMR-UBS80 and DMR-UBS90) and each with …

Tags:Blu-ray| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| PVRs (DVRs) Personal Digital Video Recorders| Vol 24 - Issue 07