The pros of cutting the cord — saving lots and lots of money — obviously far outweigh the cons. If there’s one complaint we hear constantly from people though, it’s that they miss their DVRs. Most ...

I reported in October that Charter Spectrum had introduced a new device called Xumo, which can replace your existing cable box — including live TV — and also stream programming from platforms such at ...

Recently my house was struck by lightning and one of my TiVo boxes got zapped (among other things). I had decided to try replacing it with a generic DVR from Time Warner Cable. Boy, was that a mistake ...

One of the most interesting trends in cord cutting this year is the resurgence of over-the-air TV and new tools to make the most of it. The most obvious alternative to an over-the-air DVR box is a ...

Tablo is one of several DVR boxes aiming to squeeze more value out of over-the-air TV, but the latest version tries to stand out with a built-in antenna. Like the original Tablo, the Tablo Metro doesn ...

The set-top box market is more crowded than ever and getting even more so as everyone from Rdio to Intel launches services and devices to cash in on the cord-cutting TV trend. To even have a chance in ...

The report that we commented on yesterday, about Apple’s vision for a set-top box that took the place of your cable box, has been expanded on with a new article today in the Wall Street Journal.

Following earlier leaks, Boxee has just announced Boxee TV: a $14.99/month “DVR in the cloud” subscription service and a $99 set-top box which will challenge the likes of Aereo and NimbleTV to bring ...

Crying because your DVR's hard drive can't hold an entire season of Antiques Roadshow? If you're a Comcast subscriber, there may be hope on the horizon. At The Cable Show in Washington, D.C., Comcast ...

The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a blow to the television networks when it declined to hear a case about a digital video recorder technology, opening the gate for wider use of DVR systems. The ...

Does it matter where a DVR's hard drive lives? Hardware from outfits such as TiVo records shows onto a local disk, but the cable provider Cablevision decided to dispense with dedicated hardware and a ...