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Review summary |
While it's not compatible with your cable company's interactive and video-on-demand services, the TiVo HD's excellent onscreen interface and long list of network and Internet features puts it in a class above the generic high-def DVRs offered by most cable providers.
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The DirecTV HR20 is easy to use and offers plenty of features, but its operational bugs make use more of a headache than with other DVRs.
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The Dish Network ViP622 and 722 are among the most fully featured and versatile high-def DVRs you can buy today.
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The Dish Network ViP622 and 722 are among the most fully featured and versatile high-def DVRs you can buy today.
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The TiVo HD XL charges a hefty premium for its spacious recording capacity and THX certification, but most users will be content sticking to the all-but-identical standard TiVo HD DVR.
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Connector type
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1 Phone line RJ-11 Installed Rear , 1 S-Video output 4 pin mini-DIN Installed Rear , 2 USB 4 pin USB Type A Installed Rear , 1 Rear , 1 HDMI 19 pin HDMI Type A Installed Rear , 1 RJ-45 Installed Rear , 2 Antenna F connector Installed Rear , 1 Component video output RCA phono x 3 Installed Rear , Composite video/audio output RCA phono x 3 Installed Rear
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1 Phone line RJ-11 Installed Rear , 1 SPDIF output Rear , 1 USB 4 pin USB Type A Installed Rear , 1 S-Video output 4 pin mini-DIN Installed Rear , 2 Composite video output RCA phono Installed Rear , 1 HDMI 19 pin HDMI Type A Installed Rear , 2 Audio line-out RCA phono x 2 Installed Rear , 1 RF input F connector Installed Rear , 1 Network RJ-45 Installed Rear , 1 Component video output RCA phono x 3 Installed Rear , 2 Satellite antenna F connector Installed Rear
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1 Phone line RJ-11 Installed Rear , 1 HDMI output 19 pin HDMI Type A Installed Rear , 1 RF output F connector Installed Rear , 2 Composite video/audio output RCA phono x 3 Installed Rear , 1 USB Rear , 1 SPDIF output Rear , 1 S-Video output 4 pin mini-DIN Installed Rear , 1 RF input F connector Installed Rear , 2 Satellite antenna F connector Installed Rear , 1 Component video output RCA phono x 3 Installed Rear , 1 USB Front , 1 Phone line Rear
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1 Phone line RJ-11 Installed , 1 USB 4 pin USB Type A Installed , 1 S-Video output 4 pin mini-DIN Installed , 1 Component video output RCA phono x 3 Installed , 1 SPDIF output , 1 HDMI 19 pin HDMI Type A Installed , 2 Satellite antenna F connector Installed , 1 Network RJ-45 Installed , 2 Composite video/audio output RCA phono x 3 Installed , 1 RF input F connector Installed
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1 Antenna F connector Installed Rear , 1 HDMI output 19 pin HDMI Type A Installed Rear , 1 SPDIF output Rear , 1 Composite video output RCA phono Installed Rear , 1 S-Video output 4 pin mini-DIN Installed Rear , 2 USB 4 pin USB Type A Installed Rear , 1 Audio line-out RCA phono x 2 Installed Rear , 1 Rear , 1 RJ-45 Installed Rear , 1 RF input F connector Installed Rear , 1 Component video output RCA phono x 3 Installed Rear , 1 Phone line Rear
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