New Satellite DVRs Displayed

At the CEDIA Expo, which caters to the high-end home theater (installer), two new satellite DVRs were on display…

DirecTV HR21 Pro

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TVSquad writes: a rack mountable unit ($1000) capable of recording 100 hours of HD programming in MPEG-4. It also packs an optical HDMI port for running long fiber optic cables without signal loss.

Dish Network ViP722

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Gizmodo writes: now totalling 55 hours’ worth of 1080i or 720p HD video, or 350 hours of standard def. Overall the 722 is an incremental upgrade over the 622