TV with DVR & Internet: $89.90/mo
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4.5 stars
"HD Time Shifting+HD Movies+Backward Compatible!!!"
Pros: Allows Recording of HD Programs via fire wire
Cons: It's still tape.
Summary: The JVC HM-DH30000U does everything it was advertised to do. It was the first machine available that allowed video consumers to be able to record HD programming via i-link input from either an HD off-air tuner, a digital cable or satellite receiver. It also happens to be backward compatible to record & playback regular VHS and SVHS tapes. DVHS is now in it's third generation after the HM-DH40000U (incorporated DTS) and current HM-DH5U (adds HDMI out). No other machines available today can make a permenant, portable recording of HD programming and you probably won't see any others that will for a few more years. Try even finding a DVD recorder for consumers that can record HD (they don't exsist yet and won't for several years). You can pay a high extra fee every month to your cable or satellite provider to rent an HD capable DVR or spend much more than $500 to buy one. But what happens if it fails? If you rent the DVR and you decide to move or change service providers what happens then? You loose all of your recordings that what! For recording HD programming it's the right machine! I wish the DVHS blank tape were a little less expensive because I have recorded so much HD material off-air and from Dish.
