Digital Video Recorders

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Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder Specifications

Unlike analog VCRs, Philips’s HDR312 personal TV receiver uses TiVo technology to store compressed audio-video data to a computer hard disk. When you’re ready to watch a preselected program, the HDR312 retrieves it upon command from a list of shows you’ve recorded.

Among the most revolutionary aspects of the Philips/TiVo server is the ability to pause live broadcasts and either resume a program where you left off or return to the program in real time. For example, while watching live sporting events, you can replay the last eight seconds of the action. You can then return to the live broadcast at any time. Using the palm-size remote, you can rewind and fast-forward pretaped programs, skipping through recorded commercials if you choose.

Philips supplies all the necessary cables for setting up the HDR312, including a 50-foot phone line and splitter. You don’t need a separate phone line; simply connect the splitter to the wall, connect your phone and receiver cable to the splitter, and you’re in business. The phone line is vital, however, for downloading TV listings; recording shows; and receiving TiVo’s Suggestions feature, which suggests programs you might enjoy based on your previous selections, and TiVolution Magazine, which offers recommendations on the best programs to watch. After the initial download, the receiver spends about five minutes updating your programming data each night.

TiVo’s onscreen setup guide includes easy step-by-step instructions. TiVo charges .95 a month for its weekly listing service, TiVolution Magazine, and its Suggestions feature, or you can pay a one-time service charge of 9.

Once you’ve selected a program to record, you have four choices of picture quality: basic, medium, high, or best. The higher settings take up more storage space, which translates into fewer hours of available record time.

Philips HDR312 TiVo 30-Hour Digital Video Recorder Overviews

The Philips HDR312 makes it easy for you to control (pause, rewind, slo-mo) and record (up to 30 hours) of your favorite shows at the touch of a button, without the hassles of videotapes! There is a unique 2-week interactive program guide that is updated nightly, over your phone line. You can even teach TiVo to remember and record the shows you like. Watching and recording television has never been easier!

[if Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RE8SXJ60P310E This is a video and written review of the rare ablility of this particular tivo to manual record. pause live tv, abd rewind live tv without a Tivo Subscription.
Looks and works great. This Series 1 TIVO is a rare one that can be used without a monthly Tivo subscription. Nice way to tinker with Tivo generally see how it works without a big investment or commitment. Just go to Manual Record. Without a subscription you can still pause and rewind live TV, and set manual recordings just like a VCR (for example every monday at 6 PM..or record current program..or schedule a recording for a certain date and certain time and certain channel for any length of time for a one time recording) You can also do the same by simply selecting "Repeat..poor person's Season Pass..alttle humor here on Amazon). Will do repeat recordings you have selected as long as you want..not just a couple weeks. Will do a whole season for you of say "Oprah" or "Desperate Housewives". If you would like you can have a program recording and watch a pre-recorded program or live tv at the same time by splitting the cable source..one to tivo the other to tv.
PRO..Works with CABLE..DIRECT TV..OR DISH NETWORK.
CON..DOES NOT WORK ANTENNA WITH OVER THE AIR PROGRAMMING.
You will not get a guide or be able to do season passes without a subscription. All you need is your handy TV Guide or TV Listings from the Sunday paper to do Manual Recordings without Tivo Service. Subscriptions are still available for series 1 if you want to do that it will work fine and then you will get a Tivo guide and Tivo Season Pass too.

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Customer Review

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RE8SXJ60P310E This is a video and written review of the rare ablility of this particular tivo to manual record. pause live tv, abd rewind live tv without a Tivo Subscription.
Looks and works great. This Series 1 TIVO is a rare one that can be used without a monthly Tivo subscription. Nice way to tinker with Tivo generally see how it works without a big investment or commitment. Just go to Manual Record. Without a subscription you can still pause and rewind live TV, and set manual recordings just like a VCR (for example every monday at 6 PM..or record current program..or schedule a recording for a certain date and certain time and certain channel for any length of time for a one time recording) You can also do the same by simply selecting “Repeat..poor person’s Season Pass..alttle humor here on Amazon). Will do repeat recordings you have selected as long as you want..not just a couple weeks. Will do a whole season for you of say “Oprah” or “Desperate Housewives”. If you would like you can have a program recording and watch a pre-recorded program or live tv at the same time by splitting the cable source..one to tivo the other to tv.
PRO..Works with CABLE..DIRECT TV..OR DISH NETWORK.
CON..DOES NOT WORK ANTENNA WITH OVER THE AIR PROGRAMMING.
You will not get a guide or be able to do season passes without a subscription. All you need is your handy TV Guide or TV Listings from the Sunday paper to do Manual Recordings without Tivo Service. Subscriptions are still available for series 1 if you want to do that it will work fine and then you will get a Tivo guide and Tivo Season Pass too.

Great unit . . Lousy Tech Support/Service – –
I have had a philips hdr312 TIVO unit for about 18 months. I LOVE TIVO. It is amazing and my family are all TIVO lovers. Even my wife, who hates all my electronics, loves tivo. The pause, rewind and Fast forward are awesome. We never start to watch our show until 20 minutes into it so we can zoom through comercials and still end at normal time.

Now the negative . . my units modem went bad, I sent it to Philips, cost + 25 for shipping. Recieved it back 2 weeks later saying “no repair made, no problem found”. Unit was still broken, called service and they agreed I should ship it back (another ). Again, 2 weeks later returned “no repair made, no problem found”. Agian I called philips, they agreed and said they would swap unit with a refurbished unit. I asked that they pay for shipping, they agreed and told me I would recieve a UPS call tag via email with 3-5 days. 3 weeks later and a dozen phone calls, still no call tag and each time I called I was promised by a supervisor I would get it the next day. One Tech support guy told me he’s seen this take up to 30 days to get a UPS call tag and suggested I just pay for shipping myself if I do not want to wait. I asked them how is it that if I wanted to return something to L.L. BEAM, UPS would be at my house the next day, yet philips can’t seem to get one to me for 3 weeks now. His response “were not L.L.BEAM”

At that point, I finally researched the company and contacted the President of the US division. He was wonderful. He was appauled at my story and within 1 hour of talking to him, (still amazed I got him on the phone)I had someone call me to inform me they were shipping overnight a brand new HDR612(The next model up). The unit arrived Friday, but I was not home, so I am waiting for redelivery tommorow.

I was happy to see management was very upset with the service I recieved and how quickly they reacted to my situation. Hopefully, this might shake up the service department and no one else will go through what I went through.

To the President of Philips . . Thank You!

12 out of 14 work just fine! – Sarah S. – Houston, TX USA
I see quite a few comments on this page about modems and hard drives dying on Series 1 or Series 2 Philips DVR’s (aka, Tivos). Between my family and friends, I know of 12 Tivos that have had NO hard drive or modem problems whatsoever! The first one was purchased almost 4 years ago, too!
The two Tivos that we have had problems with are both Philips Series 1 models. Both have had modem failures. Both have been connected to phone lines that have experienced surges — my brother’s during a thunderstorm and mine due to a 40+ year old wall jack that corroded. I think the folks with multiple Tivo failures need to look at their phone systems!
I do agree, though, that having to pay just to talk to a techie about my dead modem was a bit excessive. I will not do that again. or modem replacement kits are available.

Tivo great, Phillips stinks. – David – Moreno Valley, CA USA
No doubt Tivo is the invention of the millenium, if you love TV (especially sports) like I do. But Phillips Tivo units are the worst electronic product I think I have ever purchased. There is a reason their warranty is ‘limited’ and after 90 days you will pay something to get it fixed. Every Phillips Tivo unit I’ve had, including the new 7000 unit, has broken in under a year, but over the 90 day full guarantee. And don’t think you are actually going to talk to someone at Phillips, not without giving them your credit card # you aren’t. Unfortunately, it appears the new Directv Tivo units are made by Phillips. Ugh. Bad choice, Directv.

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