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Gemini

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#35214 5-Jun-2009 17:45
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The latest TV guide features a competition giving away a Freeview TV and an unamed Freeview DTR that is not the Zinwell 640, TiVo, or the Vantage 6000.
Apparently it's worth $1300 installed. Anyone know anything about this unit?

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  #222571 8-Jun-2009 07:16
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  #222591 8-Jun-2009 09:22
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Looks like a Homecast logo on the left hand side. Never seen this box before.

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  #222598 8-Jun-2009 09:46
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i noticed this as well. it appears to be a homecast. i jumped on the www.dtvs.co.nz (i think they're the nz distributor of homecast) website forum and asked if they knew anything about it but haven't had a reply.



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  #222732 8-Jun-2009 16:16
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Are you sure it's a Homecast? I see the Zinwell HD DVB-T @ DSE is stock clearance. A new version maybe?

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  #222740 8-Jun-2009 16:34
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it's only the standard zinwell hd receiver, not the pvr that's on stock clearance at dse according to their website.
i'm 99% sure the logo is homecast.

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  #222796 8-Jun-2009 19:31
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It is the Homecast HT9200DTR in the picture and is currently under development. Release date & RRP is not known yet but close.

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  #222833 8-Jun-2009 21:42
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can you tell us any specs, ie: hard drive size, twin tuner etc?
hopefully it's at a better price than the zinwell pvr.

 
 
 

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  #222859 8-Jun-2009 23:12
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Quad tuner. Terabyte HD, and no restrictions on copying/streaming material over an ethernet port or wireless?

Oh sorry I might be talking about a different product...




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  #223793 10-Jun-2009 22:30
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Why are these DTRs so expensive?

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  #224274 12-Jun-2009 10:18
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What is a 'DTR'?

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  #224293 12-Jun-2009 11:12
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Digital Television Recorder. At a guess

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  #224370 12-Jun-2009 14:36
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Not a term that I have heard before. I thought maybe 'Digital Tape Recorder' or the old 'Dominion TV Rentals' company. I thought I may be missing a new generation of digital technology here! :)

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  #224550 13-Jun-2009 06:05
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Thanks for that link. I am more educated now. Still it's funny that the only product advertised there is called a 'PVR'.

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  #224552 13-Jun-2009 06:47
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tstone: Thanks for that link. I am more educated now. Still it's funny that the only product advertised there is called a 'PVR'.


This is the term that is most commonly used.


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