For a certain kind of cord-cutter, combining over-the-air broadcasts and cable channels into a single DVR has always been the dream scenario. While we’ve seen several attempts in the past—including ...

Leave it to those wet blankets in the federal government to tell us that watching modern-day TV is about as energy inefficient as possible. For years, the cable companies have been switching all their ...

There’s a new way to cut the cord, and for do-it-yourself nerds like me, it might be the best way, too. SiliconDust is best known for its series of HDHomeRun DVR devices that you hook up to a hard ...

Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it ...

Comcast's Houston division Tuesday began rolling out its Xfinity X1 DVR/cable box technology, which includes multiple recording options to match the offerings of the cable giant's top competitors plus ...

We currently have cable (Uverse). We also have Prime and Netflix. We currently watch (literally) about 4 shows a week on cable, mostly PBS for the kid. We would like to not have cable because we are ...

As more and more TV viewers cut the cable for the wealth of other options, one feature that’s often missing from the new home entertainment configuration is a DVR. Nuvyyo Inc. attempts to fill that ...

Covering home audio and video, Matthew Moskovciak helps CNET readers find the best sights and sounds for their home theaters. Downside: The Sonys look good on paper, but they're up against some ...

Moving into on-campus housing and losing access to DirecTV. Basic cable is provided with the rent, but due to it being a bulk account the cable company won't rent a DVR unit to me so I'm looking for ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. After a long ...