easysurfer
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Well, I went ahead and purchased another OTA DVR:
Amazon.com: Digital Stream DPH1000R HDTV Recorder with Digital Tuner and 250 GB HDD (Black): Electronics
The DVR should arrive by Tuesday.
I already had some buyer's remorse as I clicked the "make purchase" selection.
My need to buy came about last night as my DTVPal DVR goofed up again, on two recordings. While trying to record a program on NBC, the program (not commercials) was muted. Earlier, when taping the season premiere of "Criminal Minds", the DVR taped in "blind mode" (that is with a narrator's voice which is totally distracting while watching the program).
I considered four choices:
1) Just ignore the DTVPal goof ups. It's only OTA TV. So what that I miss a program here or there.
2) Buy the DVR (the choice I made) from Amazon. It lacks some functions of my DTVPal, and some functions are better. Hopefully, it'll be reliable and I'll get used to it. The thing I'll miss most is to just press the "Pause" button to pause LiveTV and quick skip commercials.
3) Upgrade an old PC with Windows Media Center 2005 and buy a tuner+remote, RAM
4) Buy a used PC witn Win7 and WMC included, and buy a tuner + remote.
As they say..To be continued... . I'll have a better idea if I made the right choice when I play with the purchased DVR a bit.
Amazon.com: Digital Stream DPH1000R HDTV Recorder with Digital Tuner and 250 GB HDD (Black): Electronics
The DVR should arrive by Tuesday.
I already had some buyer's remorse as I clicked the "make purchase" selection.
My need to buy came about last night as my DTVPal DVR goofed up again, on two recordings. While trying to record a program on NBC, the program (not commercials) was muted. Earlier, when taping the season premiere of "Criminal Minds", the DVR taped in "blind mode" (that is with a narrator's voice which is totally distracting while watching the program).
I considered four choices:
1) Just ignore the DTVPal goof ups. It's only OTA TV. So what that I miss a program here or there.
2) Buy the DVR (the choice I made) from Amazon. It lacks some functions of my DTVPal, and some functions are better. Hopefully, it'll be reliable and I'll get used to it. The thing I'll miss most is to just press the "Pause" button to pause LiveTV and quick skip commercials.
3) Upgrade an old PC with Windows Media Center 2005 and buy a tuner+remote, RAM
4) Buy a used PC witn Win7 and WMC included, and buy a tuner + remote.
As they say..To be continued... . I'll have a better idea if I made the right choice when I play with the purchased DVR a bit.