How To Record TV/HDTV to your Computer
When it comes to recording digitally you have a couple options : Using a a DVR you can : record shows and pause LIVE tv. The DVR box is usually supplied by your cable company. Use a Set top DVD Recorder, records your shows to DVD, then you can transfer to a PC or view in a DVD player. Record directly to PC . DVR's are fairly simple to use and come with an inbuilt hard drive. Recording directly to PC you have more control over your hard drive availability, and you can do more with the material, like editing etc. Recording TV Programs with a DVR DVR's, supplied by your cable company, are similar to VCR's in that they record TV, but they use no tapes. Instead they have an inbuilt hard drive, so there is no quality loss. You can set up timed programming for your shows just like a VCR but with more on screen options. They also give you a neat overview or menu for browsing your channels, and you can usually set your favorite channels, watch several channels at once etc. With DVR...