Comcast, Panasonic showing off portable DVR
by Steven Kim 
posted Jan 7th 2008 at 12:45PM
Filed under: Recorders, Set-top boxes, Panasonic
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MHAithaca @ Jan 7th 2008 1:05PM
This is a fantastic idea, unless you want your DVR to, I don't know, continue recording your TV shows while you're not home? No, thanks! I can already take my shows from my TiVo with me on my MacBook or my iPod, and my TiVo stays where it belongs, recording the next set of shows.
Ryan @ Jan 7th 2008 2:55PM
This picture will be in a museum some day and we'll all laugh at how clunky it is. And for how big it is, why only 60 gigs? Why even include the fricking DVD player at all given how much bulk it adds? Presumably I've got enough digital stuff to watch on the hard drive that I don't need to cart around a whole DVD player (oh wait, it's only 60 gigs...maybe not). It would make a lot more sense to USB-enable a normal DVR with more storage, then sell 8/16 gig USB keys that integrate with a much more streamlined device.