New Freeview DTR?

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#35214 5-Jun-2009 17:45

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

bump

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#222591 8-Jun-2009 09:22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why are these DTRs so expensive?

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#224274 12-Jun-2009 10:18

What is a 'DTR'?

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#224293 12-Jun-2009 11:12

Digital Television Recorder. At a guess

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#224370 12-Jun-2009 14:36

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! :)