Satellite Receiver + HD DVR News

Everyone with an HDTV has some form of satellite receiver or digital cable box. You need it to not just watch HDTV shows but to record them as well. Many of the latest DVRs or PVRs come with either streaming movie services and or pay-per-view capabilities. If you are keeping up with the world of home theater and high performance AV and you subscribe to services from the likes of DirecTV, Dish Network, Comcast, Time Warner, COX and or any number of other players in the game - this is a DVR/TiVo/PVR news resource for you.

  • Consumers Have Saved More Than $500 Million from Energy-Efficient Set-Top Boxes

    The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced in a joint press release (below) the results of an indepedent audit showing that American consumers...

  • Verizon Adds Scaled-Down, Customizable FiOS Package

    Verizon has introduced a scaled-down, customizable FiOS cable TV package that, similar to Dish's Sling TV service, lets you add optional genre-oriented bundles. For $54.99 per month, you get...

  • Time Warner Cable Introduces Six-Tuner DVR to Some Markets

    To keep pace with its competition in two major markets, Time Warner Cable will roll out a six-tuner, whole-house DVR in Los Angeles and New York City. The Arris...

  • The Resurgence of the Over-the-Air DVR

    The rise of the cord-cutter has breathed new life into an old category: the over-the-air DVR. Adrienne Maxwell highlights popular new products in this category, which do a lot...

  • TiVo Debuts $50 Over-the-Air DVR

    For all you cord-cutters out there who are looking for a way to record and manage over-the-air content, TiVo has introduced the limited-edition Roamio OTA DVR, which includes a...

  • "Mohu Channels" Device Starts Shipping

    If you got in early on Mohu's Kickstart campaign, then you might be getting your Mohu Channels personal TV device soon. Mohu Channels allows you to watch your favorite...

  • Broadcast DVR From MaxLinear

    Up until now people have had to choose between DVR-less over-the-air antennas for their channel-surfing choices or cable/satellite plans that include a DVR. Now, the choice is less black-and-white...

  • AT&T To Buy DirecTV

    Hot on the heels of the Comcast/Time Warner merger AT&T is buying DirecTV for $48.5 billion. The merger would still put them at #2 behind Time Warner/Comcast. With many...

  • Netflix To Raise Prices

    That $7.99 a month you pay for Netflix is about to change. Unlike their last attempt to alter their pricing model, this one makes sense. With top-quality content like...

  • Dish Network Delivers Hopper App For PS3/PS4

    Now PS3 and PS4 can control the Dish Network Hopper via a new app. "Virtual Joey" gives users the ability to record and watch live TV on their Sony...

  • New Mohu Curve Combines Beautiful Design With the Latest HDTV Antenna Technology

    Mohu has been releasing products that are easy to use and provide users with high quality free broadcast television. Now, the company has decided to add a pleasing design...

  • FCC Rules To Make It Harder To Get Cable Channels Without A Cable Box

    In the last few years, the way television is being broadcast has changed. These changes keep coming, and the FCC has issued a rule change that will affect the...

  • Mohu's Leaf Antenna Helps Users to Save on HDTV

    Mohu is helping consumers cut the cord by offering the Leaf Antenna, a new antenna that allows users to get access to HDTV channels that are broadcast over the...

  • Toshiba Regza DBR-M190 Blu-ray Player Has A 5TB Hard Drive

    Toshiba has come up with a rather impressive device in the Toshiba Regza Blu-ray DBR-M190, which also serves as a media server and DVR. But there is also...

  • Study Shows Your Cable Box Is The Real AC Power Pig In Your AV System

    There has been a lot of effort over the years to make televisions consume less energy, but now there is a new menace, one that comes in a smaller...

  • Set-Top Boxes to Disappear

    As the world of home theater evolves, so must the technology in it. According to a panel of industry professionals, the world of set-top boxes is changing. ...

  • Court Orders Dish Network to Shut Down DVRs

    Dish Network is in trouble with the US Court of Appeals over its use of TiVo. TiVo is trying to get a full injunction against Dish Network while Dish...

  • Rovi Extends Cable Video to Tablets and Smart Phones

    Rovi, the leader in streaming media for HDTVs, Blu-ray players and beyond, now has a solution that will allow set-top box users of HDTV to stream their media from...

  • DISH Network Introduces TV Everywhere

    Wanna watch television on your smartphone? Dish Network now has a solution that can make this a reality for people with certain phones, tablets and other devices. TV Everywhere...

  • DISH Network Offers Google TV Solution

    A product no one wanted gets a solution no one asked for courtesy of DISH Network, the champions of cheap HDTV service and cable packages in the US. DISH...

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