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Time Warner Cable DVR FAQ

Time Warner Cable offers a digital video recorder to record your shows, along with DVR service that is available for a monthly fee. If you are unfamiliar with Time Warner Cable’s DVR or DVR service,...

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My RCA DVR Does Not Work

RCA makes a variety of electronics, including DVRs, or digital video recorders. DVRs allow you to record your favorite TV shows to watch whenever you want, so you don't have to schedule your life...

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How Does a Motorola DVR Remote PIP Work?

The picture-in-picture, or PIP, feature offered by your cable or satellite provider allows you to watch your favorite show while your spouse, child or friend can watches her favorite show at the same...

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What Is the Use of the USB Port on the Front of an Insight Cable Box?

Insight Communications provides cable service in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and New York. Insight customers are provided with a "Mini Box" receiver or a DVR cable box. The "Mini Box" doesn't have a USB...

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How Does the FCC Affect TiVo?

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations affect TiVo in a positive way since additions to and enforcement of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 went into effect in November 2011. TiVo made...

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Tivo & FIOS Compatibility

TiVo's popular line of DVRs is compatible with most major satellite and cable television services. You can use any model of TiVo to record Verizon FIOS television. Some models require you to lease a...

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With a DVR in Dual Mode, Why Can't I Watch a Different Channel While I'm...

The ability to record multiple programs at the same time -- or watch one live show while recording another -- is no longer a luxury thanks to the digital video recorder, or DVR. The key to this...

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Why Doesn't My Motorola DVR Box Support PIP?

In order to understand the functionality of the picture-in-picture, or PIP, feature on your Motorola DVR receiver, you must first understand how Comcast -- as of the time of publication, the only major...

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Sanyo DVR Problems

The North American branch of electronics giant Sanyo manufactures everything from rechargeable batteries to energy-efficient cooling and heating systems. Among this diverse product line, Sanyo offers a...

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My Harmony 1100 Is Not Compatible With My Dish Network DVR

The Logitech Harmony series of universal remote controls unifies command of multimedia components from varying manufacturers, freeing you from coffee-table clutter. If you're having trouble using a...

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How to Record on DVR Time Warner iPod Touch

While it is easy to record television programs using your DVR, there are times when you will be out and suddenly remember that you forgot you wanted to record one of your programs. Fortunately, in...

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How to See the Space Used on a Cox DVR

Your Cox DVR lets you record and store up to 80 hours of programming, but if you record multiple shows and keep them for weeks on end, you might worry that you will run out of space and miss an...

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How to Connect Shaw Digital to a DVR

If you have purchased or rented a DVR from Shaw or one of its authorized resellers, you can save yourself the installation fee if you choose to install it yourself. You don't need technical knowledge...

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How to Use a PVR With a Monitor

Personal video recorders, or PVRs, record live television programming for later viewing. In order to watch your recorded content, you need a television or a monitor and a proper sound system. Most PVRs...

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Does a DVR Count as Viewership?

DVR viewing has added a new wrinkle to how we watch TV. A November 2012 story in USA Today puts DVR penetration at 52 percent of American households, and those numbers are extremely important to...

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How to Block On Demand on UVerse

AT&T's digital U-Verse service allows you to watch a wide range of movies and shows on your schedule. Some of the available content might be inappropriate for minors, however. You can use the...

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How to Transfer a Show from a DVR to a Kindle Fire

The Kindle Fire uses a modified version of the Android operating system for tablets and comes with software for playing video in MP4, 3GP and WEBM format. Connecting your device to your computer via...

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How to Transfer Shows From a DirecTV Receiver to a Hard Drive

DirecTV allows customers with the appropriate DVR equipment to transfer and view recorded programming on a separate hard drive. To increase the recording space available, you can use the eSATA...

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How to Record From a PC to a Consumer DVR

Recording what's on your computer to your DVR is relatively simple, but for copyright protection reasons the quality will be standard definition at best. Consumer DVRs, as a rule, don't have HDMI...

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How to Create Your Own PVRs With Boxee

Boxee’s set-top boxes add a lot of Web punch to your TV with new content sources and even options for personal video recorders, or PVRs. All PVRs on the Boxee TV device use its internal TV tuners for...

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