Switched On: New World Recorder

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

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When it comes to time-shifting television viewing, the conversation almost always comes back to premium streaming services – namely, Netflix and Hulu Plus. But consumers routinely shell out more than they do for either of these services – in fact, sometimes more than for both of them combined – simply to have more convenient access to the television from their existing cable or satellite subscriptions. Not only that, they’re often willing to put up with a large, relatively noisy (and failure-prone!) box for this privilege. That box is the digital video recorder.Continue reading Switched On: New World Recorder
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