A new white paper produced by UK firm Big Picture estimates that UK advertisers are paying £30 million a year for ads that viewers never see.
The rapid growth of PVRs has enabled a substantial number of TV viewers to avoid TV commercials. The ease of zapping through ads in previously recorded programmes is a key […]

Interesting news on the MCE front, with word that the latest patch for Windows MCE 2005 is taking a big step towards online entertainment, something lacking in the package to date.
According to Chris Laniers Blog:
[the release] will boost the computers’ abilities to tap online entertainment such as movies, access e-mail and even let users […]

Smarthouse has a great guide on How to build your own Digital Media Server here.

Media Centre PC World has a good review on the AverMedia AverTV Hybrid+FM Cardbus

This straight from Aeon, and about 5 minutes after I posted a similar story from LG.
Aeon Digital International (ADI) unveils its new IPTV Diva® Enabled 32″, 37″& 42″ LCD TVs with built-in Digital Video Recorder (DVR) technology, at the Hong Kong Electronic Show being held October 13th to the 16th, 2005.
More than simply a […]

This is pretty amazing: Korean manufacturer LG has released a TV with built in PVR.
According to Extreme Tech, The LG PY2DR series of 50-inch and 60-inch plasma displays contains the Seagae DB35, a 160-GB drive designed specifically for consumer electronics. The drive is built into a PVR that Seagate has integrated into its display.
The […]

A nice review from Network World on the new Sony Vaio V Series which comes complete with PVR software, although not sure which package
The details:
he Sony Vaio V Series are all-in-one PCs that combine an LCD screen with a Windows PC and speakers to create one device instead of two or more (such as […]

MacMerc has a nice guide of setting up your own PVR with a miniMac.

Saw this is a magazine on the weekend and remember thinking wow! Matt over at PVR Blog has gotten his hands on one and has all the details.