On 08 Sep 2011 08:06:54 GMT, RobertPatrick wrote:

wrote in :

On Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:09:47 -0400, George
wrote:

On 9/7/2011 7:54 AM, Mr.Spock wrote:
"Ed wrote in
:


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A DVR is basically just a PC (in a small case with a special
interface) that records TV on a hard drive. When they say they can
record more than one channel that means they have more than one
tuner.


Everything goes to the hard drive and is then sent to the TV. That is
how it allows you to pause, rewind, FF, etc. When you change
channels, it is not instant, but the ability to do those functions
makes it a vey nice toy to have.



Thanks for your info.
I typed in ' buy DVR ' into google and got some nice results such as:

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/e...mputers/audio-
video/video/dvd-recorders/dvrs-how-to-choose-105/overview/

or

http://preview.tinyurl.com/3qxzefv

Looks like something cool to own.

Its one of those things that once you have one you will wonder why you
waited. Very similar to GPS.

I hope it's a lot better than GPS. Buying a GPS was the biggest waste
of money I ever spent. If I followed that thing, I never got where I
wanted to go. Although I spent over $100 for it, tossing it in the
garbage saved me a lot of money in wasted gasoline, and I got a free
map at the local D.O.T. office, which works 1000 times better.



Maybe it's the brand you have?

I was told it was one of the poorest brand/models, a Tomtom model One.
Either way, the only way I'd ever own another GPS is if it's given to
me free, and would probably use up shelf space in the closet.

I've driven for about 40 years without a GPS, using free maps from the
D.O.T. and I always got where I was going with little problem. Using
maps, I occasionally wasted a couple miles and 15 minutes of time.
With that GPS, I once wasted over 100 miles and 2 1/2 hours. That was
the last time I trusted it, and soon afterwards, I caught it leading
me the wrong way once again, for probably the 50th time. Thats when
it went in the trash can at some gas station.