[quote name='dallow']I want to pick up a TV recorder.
Can you give me a quick rundown on how they work?
Do they work on just over-the-air broadcasts?
I don't use cable, or satellite.
And I know I'd need an HD DVR to record HD broadcasts, but I can pass on that for now.[/quote] They'll work on OTA broadcasts, yes, you'd just hook your HD antenna into the DVR.
Problem is, most of the HD DVR's are coming from the cable company for their cable HD service or from the satellite providers with their HD service. Only non-service specific one is the Tivo Series 3, which is around $400 AR at the moment. The only other way to do HD would be via a MCE PC, through XP MCE 2005 or Vista Home Premium / Ultimate.
The Series 3 Tivo has two tuners, so can do two HD recordings at the same time. About 30-35 hours of HD content, or 300 hours of SD content.