Do they variety stand alone DVR consoles for Televisions?
Answers: You mean resembling Tivo? It's a standalone DVR unit which isn't dependent on your small screen source (can be any cable company, satellite, over-the-air broadcast). Tivo charges a monthly fee though but you can buy lifetime ones on eBay (but they're expensive.) The company doesn't go lifetime subscriptions any more. I have a Tivo and I love it. The Tivo Series 3 can history HDTV while anything before the Series 3 single record standard TV.
You can also build your own by getting a tuner card for your PC and using a Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Media Edition, GBPVR (Windows compatible, free), MythTV (Linux compatible, free). There are others that cost money that I haven't tried. I've used Media Edition and GBPVR and be satisfied next to it. Some tuner cards come with software that have basic functions.
If you build your own, you won't enjoy to pay a monthly subscription.
http://www.byopvr.com/
http://www.mythtv.org/
http://www.gbpvr.com/
http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyon...
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,16...
Yes. Get a Tivo at Circuit City or best buy. Then you can for the DVR function monthly or purchase a lifetime subscription for few hundred $$.
I own a Panasonic DVR which I have enjoy for years. Has a DVD burner and a 120 gb hard drive to account shows onto. I like anyone able to free things I recorded on the firm drive to DVD. I'm not sure they make one anymore. I also own an HP media center computer that history TV shows beautifully. I'm basically waiting for someone to come out with a medium center extender that runs with Vista.
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