Copyright © 2008 4 Square Media http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:00 GMT Set Top Boxes on www.smarthouse.com.au newsfeed.sichbo.ca http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/U6F4E7Q8 Foxtel has expanded its Online Guide to 14 days, which means subscribers can now record programmes two weeks in advance. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/U6F4E7Q8 Mike Wheeler http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200811211052114f509.jpg http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/C3L8W9T9 Senior management of the Seven Media owned TiVo claim that they do not want their devce known as a personel video recorder (PVR), instead they want it refered to as a digital video recorder. Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:36:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/C3L8W9T9 David Richards http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/200811030737502b431.jpg http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/S5C2D8V7 Dvico claims it has released the world’s smallest PVR, the TViX-PVR 2230, a mini digital media player with a built-in HD digital TV tuner that adds PVR functions; all in a chassis no bigger than the size of a DVD case. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:20:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/S5C2D8V7 Mike Wheeler http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/2008102002343651cd9.jpg http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Reviews/Home_Cinema/E7N7W5C7 Personal Video Recorders, or PVRs, take the stress out of watching TV by recording programs with a single touch of a button. Topfield wants you to ‘Break free from the way you watch TV’ with its new PVR, and we would have to agree. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:27:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Reviews/Home_Cinema/E7N7W5C7 Mendelson Tiu http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20081014114159a2629.jpg http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/E7Q4M2M6 Hybrid Television Services has announced that its TiVo PVR will now be available in JB Hi-Fi and Clive Anthony stores across Australia. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:37:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/E7Q4M2M6 Mendelson Tiu http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/2008101009385437c7a.jpg http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/D9J5Q2E3 Seven Media has restructured their Hybrid Television Services Division which is responsible for the roll out of Tivo in Australia with the appointment of a new CEO. They are also set to roll out their PVR to additional retailers including Dick Smith as well as launch a 500GB attach drive for the Tivo player. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:40:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/D9J5Q2E3 David Richards http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080930060048ee7ab.jpg http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/L9A2B6L9 Speculation is mounting that Seven Media are considering dumping their Tivo set top box after poor sales and the refusal of retailers like JB Hi Fi to stock the $699 offering which at this stage will only record free to air TV. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:35:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/L9A2B6L9 David Richards http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080930073708fded2.jpg http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/B8Q8S3P7 Topfield has launched the TF7050HDRt, a single tuner PVR that allows a user to pause, rewind, or record live HD TV in an instant. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:40:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/B8Q8S3P7 Mendelson Tiu http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080814103848c1d7b.JPG http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/P5T7G9A8 They are not here yet but integrated HD digital TV’s are set to be hot with Foxtel having already held discussions with both Sony and Samsung about the integration of a Foxtel service into the physical TV eliminating the need for a separate pay TV set top box. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:02:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/P5T7G9A8 David Richards http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/20080808080359726ea.bmp http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/H5H2W3T7 Channel Seven and the current affair TV program Today Tonight are openly promoting the accessing of Foxtel content illegally over the internet. This is the same network that 4 years ago was wining about illegal use of their 2004 Olympics content by online providers and other TV stations. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:03:00 GMT http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Home_Cinema/Set_Top_Boxes/H5H2W3T7 David Richards http://news.smarthouse.com.au/images/shared/2008072803045672035.jpg