http://www.purepvr.com PVR / DVR / TiVo - We have it all Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:48:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is an incredibly interesting post over at U-verse Users which details the extremely simple steps involved to make an inactive set top box into an active PVR / DVR. First a quick bit of background: AT&T use to enable the PVR / DVR functionality of U-verse boxes. Shortly after ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/15/easily-activating-att-u-verse-dvr%e2%80%99s/ Yesterday Verizon announced the release of their new Home Media DVR which has a claim to fame by allowing you to watch recorded content on multiple TVs. Today, Dave Zatz weighs in with his opinion in a post titled “The Significance of Verizon’s “New” DVR“. It probably should have been ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/15/dave-zatz%e2%80%99s-opinion-on-verizon%e2%80%99s-new-dvr/ Verizon has issued a press release today which has details about its new Home Media DVR. This PVR / DVR device looks like it could be a nice addition to any home. One of its greatest features it the fact that it will allow you to view recordings on multiple ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/14/verizon-launches-home-media-dvr/ Some of you braver folks out there are probably already using Windows Vista as you PVR / DVR of choice. With Vista, Microsoft has completely gotten rid of the Media Center Edition line up and has incorporated it right into Windows itself, so there is no need to buy a ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/12/customizing-windows-vista%e2%80%99s-media-center-just-a-bit-more/ As with the last post, I am still wading through tons of news and in an effort to catch up I’m just posting some of the highlights that I have found MPEG decoder is basis for personal video recorder – Electronics Talk Hauppauge's TV Anywhere promises free mobile TV – Tech Digest Hauppage ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/11/lots-of-news-to-catch-up-on-part-2/ In case you have not noticed, the site has been a little slow over the past few days. The main reason for that is because I have moved for the second (and final) time in 2 and a half months. So here is a quick round up of some older ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/11/lots-of-news-to-catch-up-on-part-1/ I know that I have had trouble building my Windows MCE box a few times so this utility is definitely a great one to have. The Windows XP Media Center Diagnostics Kit v3.0 is a free download from Microsoft which runs a series of tests and gives you a report ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/08/media-center-plugins-part-5-windows-xp-media-center-diagnostics-kit-v30/ Anyone who uses their Windows XP Media Center Edition PVR / DVR a lot knows that video files can easily grow out of hand. If you are gone for a week and you program MCE to record your favourite shows, it doesn’t take long for a 250gb hard drive to ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/07/media-center-plugins-part-4-crunchie/ Dorian Sweet has an entry up over at ClickZ.com where he talks about his experiences with a PVR / DVR. His initial reaction was one that I have seen quite a few times: you hate the PVR / DVR for a week because you can’t quite get it to work ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/04/journalist-gives-his-opinion-on-pvrs-dvrs-ad-skipping/ How about having 5 having 5 good reasons? The staff over at Digital Home Canada has put together their list of 5 reasons why you should buy a PVR. Although none of the reasons are earth shattering, they are all pretty good reasons none the less. I know that when I ... http://www.purepvr.com/2006/08/03/need-a-good-excuse-to-buy-a-pvr/