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May 26, 2012

Gefen announces MPEG-4 HD PVR

by Brad Linder, posted Jan 4th 2008 2:56PM

Gefen HD-PVR
Looking for a high definition personal video recorder, but feel like the TiVo Series3 isn't prestigious enough now that you can pick it up for far less than its original $800 price? Gefen has got the answer for you. Gefen's new HD PVR records high definition video, but compresses it to MPEG-4. That means you might be able to store more hours on the device's 80GB hard drive than you could with a Series3 TiVo's 250GB of storage.

Gefen's recorder also sports HDMI inputs for recording high quality HD sources. There's also an SD card slot for recording directly to removable media. And since video is recorded in a standard MPEG-4 format, you should be able to watch your videos on pretty much any device with an SD card slot.

The HD PVR can handle resolutions from 480i to 1080i and is available for pre-order for $999.

[via EngadgetHD]

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Davis Freeberg

They should have gone with more storage even with the better video compression. If you put 500GB on there, it'd be a lot more attractive for HD fans. Still, I'd love to know what the interface is like. You should try to get you hands on a demo unit and really find out about its pros and cons. One thing I didn't see any info on was whether or not there were guide data fees. If there is no monthly charge, it could help to take a little bit of sting out of the sticker shock.

January 05 2008 at 2:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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