But it has one complicating factor: There’s no easy way to reuse an external hard drive on your PC after it’s been formatted for DVR use. Windows simply won’t recognize the hard drive when ...

TV companies encrypt the files on your DVR's hard drive. Those files can playback through the DVR only. This is to prevent easy video piracy. But wait, just because there is no easy answer ...

This over-the-air DVR has a built-in hard drive and plays nicely with Sling TV, but our biggest gripes haven’t changed. The AirTV Anywhere is by no means the best over-the-air DVR for cord ...

Those boxes get you access to all of the Spectrum shows you subscribe to and serve as a DVR hard drive, for those who subscribe to that service. The company has introduced a new product called ...

Demand for external hard drives is expected to accelerate as HD DVR set-top boxes (STBs) continue to proliferate, and consumers look for inexpensive ways to store and access all their digital data — ...

2 is Seagate's second generation of 3.5-inch DVR hard drives. The HD.2 will also be available in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities. Both drives are designed to work seamlessly with Microsoft's ...

"You need an external hard-drive specifically for DVR because we want to keep the [storage] paths optimized between playing games and watching TV," he said. "We don't want them to interact with ...

1. Purchase an external USB hard drive. If your DVR is nearly full, you’ll want to get a drive that’s 2TB in size. Fortunately, they generally cost less than $100, and you can use it to backup ...

The Tablo Quad doesn’t include any DVR storage either. Instead, it has a USB port for an external hard drive, plus a hatch on its underside where you can slide in a 2.5-inch internal drive.