HD DVR for OTA?

[dcwebman]

I have looked through all the forums and tried to get the information I need but am still confused. My situation is that I have DirecTV ONLY for the Sunday Ticket and have subscribed for 11 years. I recently moved and unfortunately my cable system only has one HD local channel so I needed to find a solution to get my other locals. A friend had an old Panasonic TU-HDS20 receiver that I tried and I was able to receive the other local HD OTA channels. Now the problem is that I miss having a DVR like the cable DVR's that I have had so I need to find a solution for an HD DVR for the OTA.

This Panasonic receiver is really a DirecTV receiver and my friend never used DirecTV, just the OTA part. So I know I could get a new DirecTV HD DVR and pay big bucks because I'm not going to sign up for the 2 year programming in order to get the mail in rebate.

I don't want a computer sitting near my entertainment center in order to have a DVR (PVR).

So what other solutions are out there so I can have an HD DVR for my OTA?
Thanks,
Jeff

 

[charper1]

Try the LG LST-3410A

 

[dcwebman]

Thanks for the reply. It appears though that the cost of the LG is as much if not more than the DirecTV DVR. I can get the DirecTV one for around $500 on Ebay. It does appear to be interesting in features though. I already have a dual-tuner DVR from my cable company so that would in effect give me 3 tuners with this one being an analog cable DVR.

Any other brands/models or a cheaper way to get the LG?

 

[raymo721]

I don't know the cost or if its even available yet, but the new Tivo Series3 does HD OTA. Its set up like the D* HR10-250 with multiple tuners.--Ray

 

[Jim5506]

The going price for HD DVR's is $700+.

 

[Carl B]

Try the LG LST-3410A

They are no longer for sale new and, at least according to the posters on a long running AVS Forum thread, most are problemmatic. On paper they seemed like an answer for those of us unwilling to shell out $700 to buy or $300 to lease a DBS DVR, and who primarily want to record HD from the major networks. Alas, new ones are basically non-existent and many re-sale ones are those w/ chronic problems no fixed until the final few models produced.

 

[Jim5506]

Sony makes a stand-alone DVR that will record HD, Model DHGHDD250. Sells for around $750.

 

[mikew]

Here's a 60 hour Sony ... rather expensive for an open box. Downside is it uses the TV Guide interface for its guide.

http://www.onecall.com/ProductDetails.aspx?sHist=19-1$dhg,19-1$hdd500&showAdvanced=true&id=29046

 

[ro1224]

While you won't get true HD, you can use a Series2 standalone TiVo to pass your HD OTA channels through to your TV. You will get whatever quality level of signal that the S-Video connections can deliver. You can record them in the "Best Quality" setting for maximum signal capture. You will not be able to pass the additional "sub-channels" (e.g. 10.1, 10.2) using this method, so some features will be unavailable like "24 hour weather radar" that some OTA's feature on sub-channels. My understanding is that you will see you primary (XX.1) channels and that they can be recorded as well. I have an OTA that I have not yet connected in this way, but after setting up the s/a TiVo, it listed the channels as (ant) and (sat) in my program guide.