I can't speak for direct TV but if you have Cable service such as Time Warner, you can't just hook up a DVR to your cable/system, they charge $10 for DVR service whether you rent one from them or not and there's no additional charge for the rent. I'm renting an HD DVR from them, that was listed above and I'm very happy with it. Unlike Tivo you don't need a seperate phone line.


Quote Originally Posted by kpzbee
I have cable & don't want to pay for Tivo. The cable costs enough. I was wondering how the difference was beween having a hard drive or not having one. I don't have a cable box at all.