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December 2003
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Are you planning to replace your VCR with a PVR? Here's a look at some alternatives to using a VCR to record TV programs. The common name for these units is PVR (personal video recorder). To help you decide which is best for you, here are a few things to look into.   |
PC World
October 10, 2001
Tom Spring |
SnapStream Streams TV Over the Net Schedule recordings, view shows remotely through your PC... |
PC World
May 2004
Tom Mainelli |
SnapStream's Beyond TV 3 Application formerly known as Personal Video Station brings television recording features to your PC. |
PC Magazine
April 20, 2004
Konstantinos Karagiannis |
Use Your PC like a TiVo We review three devices that let your PC record TV--and one TiVo competitor. |
PC World
December 13, 2006
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ReplayTV PC Edition Software DVR offers streamlined, highly customizable interface. |
PC World
August 2006
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Apps Turn Your Computer Into a Powerful DVR With SageTV Media Center or SnapStream's Beyond TV, you can watch, record, and catalog shows on your PC. |
PC World
March 2003
Richard Baguley |
Make Your PC Into a TiVo SnapStream Personal Video Station 3 gives your computer digital recording capabilities. |
Home Toys
April 2003
Rakesh Agrawal |
PC-centric Digital Home Entertainment Existing consumer electronics devices suffer from the problems of being isolated and standalone in an increasingly networked world, of being complex to setup and use. The PC is the ideal platform to solve these problems and that will make the PC the center of home entertainment. |
PC World
October 2004
Chris Manners |
Save Radio Programs on Your PC Designed to act as a radio recorder, this $69 unit proved to be easy to install and fun to use ... with one significant limitation. |
Home Theater
December 2007
David Vaughn |
TiVo Series3 HD DVR The author loves this DVR and has nothing negative to say about its software, its performance or its looks. He's just not sure if the value proposition that the Series3 offers is enough. |
Macworld
April 2003
Jonathan Seff |
Formac Studio DV/TV Personal video-capture device records and plays television in high-quality digital format |
PC Magazine
October 20, 2008
Tim Gideon |
Pioneer XMp3 Kick your XM radio subscription up a notch with Pioneer's XMp3 portable player. |
Macworld
March 2, 2005
Anton Linecker |
Plextor ConvertX PVR Plextor's ConvertX PVR for the Mac is a great way to watch and make high-quality video recordings of TV programs, especially if your Mac has a USB 2.0 port. |
Macworld
December 2, 2005
Anton Linecker |
EvolutionTV USB 2.0 TV-recording device has great video quality, but software is still evolving |
PC World
April 2001
Richard Baguley |
Watch Personal TV on Your Pocket PC Watching TV on your PDA may sound far-fetched, but you can do it with PocketPVS, a new program included with the latest version of SnapStream PVS (Personal Video Station) software... |
Home Theater
August 27, 2005
Chris Chiarella |
Best Damned PC TV Tuner Ever? The latest dedicated TV tuner card from ATI raises the bar to true videophile levels, while their new multimedia card is a video/gaming powerhouse. |
PC World
August 2002
Stan Miastkowski |
Step by Step: Turn Your PC Into a Personal Video Recorder Here's how to create a PVR cheaply by installing an add-in card and appropriate software in your PC. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2006
Stephen Cass |
Tech TV The line between computers and TVs has become blurred. Plextor's ConvertX PX-TV402U PVR (personal video recorder) is easy to install, works as advertised, and gives viewers freedom in how they want to watch and record television. |
PC World
July 2004
Stan Miastkowski |
Convert Your PC Into a Digital Video Recorder Instead of buying a Media Center PC, upgrade your current system. |
PC Magazine
June 12, 2009
Bill Dyszel |
How to Preserve Your 15 Minutes of Fame with Windows Vista Media Center With a TV tuner and a Vista PC, you can capture a clip and show off your big moment. |
Home Theater
June 2002
Geoffrey Morrison |
SONICblue ReplayTV RTV4000 PVR ReplayTV and new owner SONICblue have pushed the PVR (personal video recorder) to the next level: the Internet. |
PC Magazine
July 24, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
TiVo HD Combining the best of the legendary simple-to-use TiVo interface with dual CableCARD readers and an affordable price, the new TiVo HD delivers the promise that the TiVo Series 3 HD made... Slingbox Pro... Archos 605 WiFi... Sprint TV... etc. |
PC World
June 2004
Tom Mainelli |
Make a Media-Savvy PC Here's how to custom-design a machine to handle TV and music with aplomb--or just make your current system more entertaining. |
PC World
December 2001 |
Home Entertainment Face-Off Can your PC replace the latest consumer electronics gadgets? To find out, we pit computers against TiVo, MP3 stereo components, and other video and audio gear... |
PC Magazine
July 28, 2004
Bill Howard |
Archos AV420 Pocket Video Recorder One portable device (virtually) does it all, recording and playing back all kinds of media, not just music. |
PC World
February 2002
Andrew Brandt |
PC, TV, and Video Recorder Digital video unit with dual-output graphics board, TV tuner, and remote makes your PC a home entertainment center... |
PC World
June 2003
Michael Gowan |
The Entertainers New media-savvy PCs aim to replace your TV, VCR, and stereo. We test six models -- plus upgrades that turn any PC into a living-room powerhouse. |
PC Magazine
November 30, 2004
Troy Dreier |
Streaming-Audio Capture Tools These six tools let you capture live audio streams to listen to whenever and wherever you want. |
PC World
June 25, 2007
Spector & Stafford |
Best Products for Streaming Audio and Video With Ease Want to watch your movies in the bedroom or listen to your albums in the kitchen? These devices do the best job of streaming PC-based video and audio all over your home. |
PC Magazine
September 15, 2004
Bill Howard |
SnapStream Firefly SnapStream Firefly is an affordable radio frequency (not infrared) remote control that turns any PC into something close to a Media Center Edition PC. If you want all the software pieces, consider a bundle with a TV tuner card. |
Linux Journal
September 1, 2007
Nicholas Petreley |
/var/opinion - The Ultimate Linux PVR The bottom line is if you want a real Personal Video Recorder, get TiVo. It will be a sad day if GPLv3 forces TiVo to fork Linux in order to continue using it. TiVo has done a remarkable job with Linux and its hardware, and it should be rewarded, not punished. |
PC Magazine
December 28, 2005
Dan Costa |
Watch As You Go Now, thanks to a new breed of palm-sized portable video recorders (PVRs), you can take your video with you. Archos AV 500... Cowon A2... Datexx Pavio PVR30T... |
Macworld
November 2000
Jim Heid |
Aladdin Tuner 3.0 If you enjoy listening to live streaming media, check out Aladdin Tuner 3.0, an update to a program previously called MacTuner... |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Bill Howard |
Your Video Thanks to media convergence - the blending of computing and consumer technologies - video buffs are reveling in the many new facets of home entertainment. |
PC Magazine
October 28, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Creative Zen Vision With a big, beautiful screen, the Zen Vision offers a compelling audiovisual experience, but it's not without its drawbacks. |
PC World
April 2001
Tom Spring |
View and Record TV on Your PC If you're a TV junkie looking to control your daily dose, ATI Technologies and Asus Computer International offer computer geeks two alternatives to the popular TiVo personal digital recorder and service.... |
Home Toys
December 2005 |
Getting Your Video Your Way Although going to a theater to "experience" a movie still has appeal, bigger-clearer Plasma and LCD screens, shrinking personal video displays, and dropping technology prices has re-defined how and where we "experience" our content. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
TiVo Doubles Your Fun A dual tuner is a great idea, but what took so long, TiVo? Although the company's outlook does look better than it did several months ago, it's still important that investors remember the risks. |
PC Magazine
January 13, 2004 |
Family-Room Toys for Grown-Ups Reviews of two media-centric computers (from ASUS and Gateway) that look more like stereo components than PCs, an SMC wireless media receiver, as well as two set-top recorders (from Gateway and TiVo) that help ensure you won't miss a minute of your favorite shows |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Archos Gmini 402 Archos has upgraded its pocket-size portable media player to include a few of the latest technologies... Cowon iAudio X5... Creative Zen Micro... iriver H10... Rio Carbon Pearl... |
PC Magazine
July 1, 2003
Bill Howard |
Build a Home Entertainment PC You don't have to spend a fortune to create a home entertainment PC. A few basic enhancements are all you need. |
Home Theater
April 2005
Adrienne Maxwell |
Humax DRT800 TiVo DVR/DVD Recorder People already love DVD and TiVo; rather than buy two separate boxes, why not just buy this unit and get DVD recording and a media server in the deal? |
PC World
April 16, 2001
Lenny Bailes |
Going Digital Tired of spinning those old LPs? Use your PC to turn your analog music into CDs or MP3s... |
Home Theater
June 2003
Mike Wood |
HD DirecTV Tuners Samsung SIR-TS160, Zenith HD-SAT520, and Sony SAT-HD200 HD DirecTV Tuners: Connect to the future of digital TV. |
PC World
July 2003
Tom Mainelli |
TiVo Streams Photos, Music Pricey software upgrade lets you access files stored on your PC. |
PC World
March 2004
Dan Tynan |
Gadget Freak: Keep the PC--I'll Take TiVo For recording TV shows, set-top boxes like TiVo are the way to go as oppsed to using a PC to record TV. |
PC World
August 2001
Jon L. Jacobi |
Sony's Digital Studio: Popcorn Optional VAIO PC entertains with CD audio, Internet radio, and TV recording features... |
Home Theater
September 2002
Chris Chiarella |
Expand Your Memory A do-it-yourself hardware upgrade for adding a bigger hard drive to your TiVo. |
PC World
December 2003
Lasky & Brandt |
Fun Tech Twelve innovative products that keep you entertained and connected -- on the couch and on the road. |
| AskMen.com |
Top 5 Affordable DVD Recorders Here's a quick look at five inexpensive, set-top DVD recorders, including the newest entry-level decks from category leaders Panasonic and Pioneer. |
