DVR - Digital Video Recorders that are Network Aware

 

Made polular by ReplayTV and TiVo, DVR’s are by far the most powerful of the networked AV components. They allow real time pausing of live television signals and can record hours of television programming on an internal hard drive. They will often incorporate the features of Digital Jukeboxes and sometimes interactive DVD players and photo galleries. The networked component of a Personal video recorder may simply make your content more ‘Internet enabled’ or can allow multiple digital video recorders to communicate with each other.

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Availability: Now starting at $699 (us)

Hard Drive: 40Gb++

Connectivity: 10/100Mbps Ethernet

The ReplayTV is the only retail device available that combines PVRand picture gallery functionality. In addition, the Replay4000 series truly takes advantage of your existing broadband internet connection. Whether locally or over the internet, ReplayTV 4000 units can be configured to communicate with each other. Videos and music can be browsed, copied or streamed between devices. If you forget to record something, simply have a friend with a ReplyTV 4000 send their copy to you! Oh, and I can not possibly forget the new commercial skipping feature. Don’t ask me how it works but I saw it work flawlessly at CES! The ReplayTV 4000 is also HDTV Ready with 480P progressive output

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Moxi Digital, Inc.

Availability: Soon through EchoStar, more to come.  No plans to market Retail.

Hard Drive: 80Gb

 

The Moxi Media Center(MC) represents another level of personal video recorders. Unfortunately, it will not be made available to the public through retail channels. Instead, we will need to wait for a cable or satellite dealer to offer them. Currently, only EchoStar has announced a partnership to distribute the Moxi MC.

 

What makes Moxi so special? It is the ultimate solution for your home entertainment center. It combines loads of features together into a single flexible, expandable device. Think of it as a DVD player, Digital Video Recorder (DVR), cable/satellite receiver, and MP3 jukebox rolled into one. RealNetworks RealOne will be used for the Internet streaming media provider too.

 

1394 firewire storage expandability. Just plug in a firewire drive for more storage! HDTV decoding and digital recording. Up to 4 rooms supported through remote MCx slave device. 802.11a, 802.11b and HPNA support. Full MP3 Jukebox type functionality. Network accessible storage for copying MP3’s, JPG’s and videos to and from your PC. Built in Satellite and Digital cable decoder. Versions with built in cable modem and router with firewall!