Hard drive makers are thinking out of the box when it comes to digital video recorders. Maxtor and Seagate Technology have plans to add external hard drives to DVRs in a bid to give consumers more ...

One of the big drawbacks with Sling TV, compared to a traditional cable bundle, is the lack of DVR. While many Sling channels have on-demand catalogs, you can’t always depend on them to offer ...

If you are planning on switching to a virtual multichannel video programming distributor (vMVPD) for paid over-the-top content then one of the best options to consider at the moment is YouTube TV.

Hulu’s DVR functionality is about to get much more competitive, with the streamer announcing that it will grant unlimited DVR access to Hulu + Live TV subscribers in April. Hulu will roll out free ...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—In an effort to become more competitive in the virtual live TV streaming market, Sling TV said it will add unlimited DVR storage for only $5 per month, effective immediately.

The Amazon Fire TV Recast is a wacky gadget. It’s not wacky in that it looks weird. (It’s just a simple black box.) It’s also not wacky because it does wacky stuff. (It’s a DVR for over-the-air TV.) ...

Sling TV is sweetening its Internet-based live-TV service with a feature typically associated with more traditional cable plans: a DVR. But unlike a normal DVR, this one is based in the cloud. Sling ...

KANATA, Canada—Tablo has built off of its Tablo Dual HDMI DVR that it released in 2020 and officially unveiled the new Tablo Quad HDMI OTA DVR that is able to record up to four programs simultaneously ...

LAS VEGAS--It's hard to imagine a DVR without a hard drive or a video output, but that's exactly what the new Simple.TV box is. Designed with cable-cutters in mind, the Simple.TV ($150, available in ...

The DVR has always been a tool to record TV shows and play them back, to watch on the television. Amazon changes that. Its Fire TV Recast DVR, out Nov. 14, will re-imagine how you think of a DVR. Yes, ...

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Hard drive makers are thinking out of the box when it comes to digital video recorders. Maxtor and Seagate Technology have plans to add external hard drives to DVRs in a bid to give consumers more ...