Announced back in December, SkyCable finally launched their DigiBox iRecorder today following a TiVo-like set-up that compliments your cable subscription.
SkyCable’s Digibox iRecorder is a personal video recorder (PVR) that records up to 2 TV shows at the same time and still allow you to watch another 3rd channel as well.
Recording option can be on-the-fly or scheduled regularly so you will never have to miss another episode of your favorite TV show ever again. See full press release below.
The device is hooked up to your TV via an HDMI cable. It comes with a built-in 320GB hard disk drive that can store up to 86 hours of HD videos or 145 hours of standard definition videos. Of course, the set-up comes with additional monthly service fee of Php399 (not bad!) on top of your regular cable subscription.
Twitter: deuts
says:
di na nga ako masyado nakakapanood ng TV, eto pa. though maganda ang concept nya.
Twitter: Pulbobo
says:
Additional P400 a month is “not bad”? That’s P4,800 a year. I’d go for something like a one-time payment of, let’s say, P2,000 or P2,500 for the installation and the additional hardware device.
Anyway mukhang it’s target is the upper class naman talaga. Connected via HDMI cable meaning for HD TVs lang, which I don’t have.
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may composite and component input din.
Twitter: kristian
says:
399 a month? mahal naman… oo sana may one time payment… eh kong ganyan naman lang i will stil use our play station X works just fine…. or buy some DVR station….
Twitter: unwiredtech
says:
SkyCable here in place kinda suck, my place is just 20m from the headend but my signal is crap…
Is it true that there is no way to transfer recorded shows from the iRecorder to a computer?
Bili na lang kayong megaupload account mga put@ngin@ ninyo para kahit 5 show nadodownload ninyong sabay sabay
Will the scheduled recording based on time or by show (ala Tivo) ? Also is there a way to exporting the captured videos?
Seems nice for those who don’t have the time to setup a PC for DVR/Media Center use.
Still in favor of a properly configured PC since you can edit and archive the video and has better expansion courtesy of additional 1Tb+ HDD while doubling as a torrent rig ^_^
I’m thinking of what tv shows that I like, that I could or should record, that I cant get from pirated stalls hehehe… :p
isn’t recording tv shows “pirating” also… oh well…
Obviously to those people who complain about the price, hindi kayo yung target market nito. Kung hindi niyo kaya yung price e don’t subscribe.
Twitter: daniojr
says:
Having the capability to record movies on tv channel is a rare opportunity. Thanks to sky cable. http://learner-spot.blogspot.com
Twitter: lancemalvien
says:
DigiBox sucks. We have one at home and it’s terrible. Worst than watching pirated tapes. Alam mo yung tumatalon pag gasgas yung tape? Ganon madalas yung TV namin. There was even a time na totally nawala yung sounds ng TV namin. D:
Twitter: jason24589
says:
I’ll stick to my old VCR to record Korean shows for my mom because it cannot transfer to my computer, DVD-Rs, external hard drives or USB flashdrives.
Do you have info about when Cignal offers internet via their current subscription?
Pwd po ba mapalitan yung HDD sa loob ng digibox sir Abe?