Your Comcast HDTV DVR Guide

First came the VCR. As if by magic, TV fans were now able to record their shows and watch them at their leisure, over and over again if they so desired. And then came the digital video recorder (DVR), with TiVo becoming the pioneer in marketing DVRs to regular people. It works like a VCR, only digitally (no tapes), and with more programmable functions -- season passes, episode guides, and so forth.

In the world of cable, Comcast has gotten onboard, too, with a DVR that can record HDTV programming along with regular-signal programs. Many consumers report that the Comcast HDTV DVR guide is as good as or better than TiVo’s, and it’s handier, too. Since it comes with Comcast’s cable packages, there isn’t as much hassle in setting it up and using it. The middleman is eliminated.

Recording programs in HDTV takes up more space than regular broadcast, though, so you do have to be careful not to use up your allotted space. That said, Comcast’s DVR comes with 100 hours of hard drive space, which is quite a bit. As long as you delete your shows after you watch them, you probably shouldn’t have any trouble having space for everything you need to record. And the HDTV picture looks just as good when it’s been recorded on the DVR as it does when you watch it “live.” It’s all recorded digitally, you see, so there’s no loss in quality like there is with VCRs.

The Comcast HDTV DVR guide is unique too, to help you find shows to watch and record with the DVR. In most cases, programming information is available for up to two weeks in advance. You can scroll through the menu, click on shows you’re interested in, and tell the DVR to record them. Then you can forget about it! The DVR does the work for you, even if you don’t remember that the show is on.

TiVo and other brands are fine, but the service can be expensive. The Comcast HDTV DVR guide is user friendly, and it has many other attractive features. We hope this has been a useful Comcast HDTV DVR guide, and that you enjoy many happy hours of TV watching and rewatching.

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