Monday, 23 February 2009

The next generation PVR

The main reason for building a Freesat and Freeview PVR is to combine both sets of broadcast channels onto one box. Of course I would rather purchase a CE box to do this, but at the moment there is none on the market.

This has lead me to think about the next generation PVR, and its features. Hopefully, this HTPC will turn out to be able to fulfill all of the specification, but to see and produce some kind of checklist, I am going to put down some below.

Specification for next generation PVR

1. Quad tuner (two DVB-S2 and two DVB-T2).
2. HDMI, optical, CI, DiSEqC, and low power consumption.
3. At least 1Tb of internal storage. Blu-ray recordable media.
4. Networking, wireless, and USB connections.
5. Unified EPG; data from Freesat+, Freeview+, and internet.
6. Enhanced autopadding functions (works with AR/AT).
7. Enhanced and smart viewing and recording confict resolutions (using +1 and regional channels across both Freeview + Freesat channels).
8. EPG browsing and timer scheduling from the internet.
9. TV/Radio streaming over LAN and wireless.
10. Recording and archiving to Blu-ray discs.
11. Full editing, transcoding functions.
12. Smart storage management, with auto-deletion rules, and space saving channel choices (part of 7).
13. Video on demand facilities, such as iPlayer, and other paid services.
14. TiVo suggestions and of course Series recording, etc.

Any others?

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