I need some DVR info/advice

[cleller]

This is going to sound like I'm very stupid and tech challenged, but I think I want to buy a DVR, and have never had one. Several years ago I bought a DVD-RAM recorder, which you could record shows onto re-usable discs (DVD-RAM) or standard DVD-R discs.The format never seemed to take off, but it worked fine for me. I don't record much at all.

Not this machine is broken. The plan is to by a DVR, but I want to be sure it will work with my current setup, which is Dish Network. I want to be sure I don't have to go thru them for some reason, or the thing won't work.

When the whole DVR thing came out, we were in Tulsa, with cable. I didn't want to shell out for the DVR, hence the DVR-RAM.

So, can I just run out to the store and get the DVR? I had been recording with the DVD thing OK, obviously not in HD. It looks like the common format is now DVR with a DVD recorder. I know I can get some practical advice here between the barbs.

[Tulsa_Fireman]

You need the new and improved LEAR JET STEREO 8!

[pphilfran]

I actually had a Lear Jet 8 track player...

[Wishboned]

There's Tivo

http://www.tivo.com/

Or you can build your own:

http://lifehacker.com/165963/hack-at...d-your-own-dvr

[cleller]

There's Tivo

http://www.tivo.com/

Or you can build your own:

http://lifehacker.com/165963/hack-at...d-your-own-dvr

That's the deal. I'm ain't paying no monthly fee to record a movie once a week. If it shows up on my screen, I want to be able to record it. I don't need any one-click, super techno features. Just a timer type set up.

My mother is in a nursing home, and my dog is going deaf and blind. Have pity.

[pphilfran]

I use my computer and Windows Media Center...

[Tulsa_Fireman]

I use a ninja sword.

[Turd_Ferguson]

I use my cack...