Hi all,
With advance thanks, I need to know if there is a DVD recorder that has the following functionality:
Have a HD (80 Gig or better)
Record onto DVD R (plus and minus)
record onto DVD RW (plus and minus)
Read above discs
Support MP3 and Jpeg play
Play back MPEG4 , DivX
Have G-code
Read CD-R , CD-RW
I have had a Pioneer 810H with TIVO for nearly two years now and I love it, If I did not have it I would buy that Toshiba. I would consider buying it anyhow , as a second unit, except that by the end of this year or early next year they should be coming out with units that accept cablecards. What is a Cablecard ?? Glad that you asked. A Cablecard is the size of a PCMCIA card. It is effect the cable box that does the unsrambling of the cable signal , and lets the pay channels plus digital channels work.All in that little card.My Pioneer and this Toshiba are analog or Standard Defintion machines . To work with Digital cable or Hi-Def and for ease of set up and use , a Cablecard DVR with TIVO will not be available till later this year or next year.
Quote:TiVo on Thursday announced that it plans to introduce a new digital video recorder (DVR) with built-in CableCard technology.
CableCard is an industry standard for security cards that are distributed by content service providers and can be inserted into a digital video-ready TV or DVR. The cards store cable user and channel unscrambling information. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has mandated CableCard support in all cable boxes from mid-2005, a deadline that may be extended.
The TiVo HD digital cable ready DVR will also support reception and recording of high-definition content, TiVo's CEO Mike Ramsey said at a press conference Thursday in Las Vegas during the International Consumer Electronics Show.
The CableCard box will be released in early 2006, Ramsey said, but he did not provide further details or price information.
