Networking Your DVR

For those of you who, like us, have become TiVo or digital video recorder (DVR) junkies, we are about to show you something wicked cool you can do with your TiVo and your wireless network.

In case you have been living in a cave and have not heard of TiVo or DVR yet, here is a 30-second version. TiVo and DVRs allow you to record your favorite TV shows or movies to watch later. Big deal, VCRs can do the same thing, right? Well, not exactly. See, TiVo and DVR boxes are able to sit in between your television and the content provider (cable or satellite) box. Then, you can select what you want to record from an interactive programming menu, and the DVR records it digitally and stores it on its hard disk. Depending on the size of ...

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