Time Warner Cable has quietly begun offering digital video recorders to its 1.2 million subscribers in New York City - and the lines have been long to pick up the first boxes.
The boxes allow TV viewers to instantly pause, rewind and fast-forward any current programs while watching them and to record up to 40 hours of current and upcoming shows on a computer hard drive. The technology has been made popular through similar services such as TiVo.
The Scientific-Atlanta Explorer 8000 boxes cost subscribers $8.95 per month, with no up-front charge, compared with $4.95 per month for digital set-top boxes without the DVR functions.
