Personal Video Recorder
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If you enjoy watching TV then I’m here to introduce you to your new best friend: the Personal Video Recorder or PVR. A PVR (also called DVR: Digital Video Recorder) is basically a hard drive similar to what you would have in your computer, but this one is set up in your living room. You use a PVR as you would a VCR (remember those?): record shows, fast forward, rewind etc… While VCRs use sequential recording (they record on a tape and you have to ensure your tape is queued to the right spot or you will erase something important), PVRs use digital files and store them on its hard drive so you never have to worry about copying over something you haven’t seen yet. Media Centre SantaSeason 4, Episode 13Original air date: 11/23/2005Join us today to see this podcast and more!If you are already a registered member please login.HP Media CentreHD, LCD, HDMI in the DLR??? Steve gets us up to speed on what we need to know before purchasing our next television set. Take HP’s LC3700N, for example: this 37" TV can deliver uncompressed video for more than double the image quality of regular TV. Pair it with HP’s Pavilion 7170n Media Center PC to play back prerecorded shows, or wow guests with surround sound music and a personal slide show at your next party. Did we say party? Caroline shows how to get the word out with a free service from Evite.com. Portable AudioTake your entertainment with you when you leave the digital living room. We visit Audible.com where you can purchase & download talking books, newspapers or magazines for portable devices such as the Palm Treo 650 smartphone. And Apple’s iPod Nano is the pencil-thin little brother of the iPod family, great for storing music and photos. Media ExtendersSeason 3, Episode 15Original air date: 12/03/2004Join us today to see this podcast and more!If you are already a registered member please login.Media Center ExtenderThis week we are focusing on the Media Center PC version of Windows XP. With it you will experience more of the TV, movies, photos, and music that you want with Media Center Extender, which delivers the Media Center PC entertainment experience to any TV in your house. Windows Media Center Extender devices connect a Media Center PC with TVs and monitors in the home, extending Media Center experiences to any room in the house.  |
