http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog Weblog of news and announcements for PVR & DVR technology Fri, 11 May 2007 12:01:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After testing a number of drives we are now able to offer a 500GB hard drive upgrade for the SkyHD High Definition receiver (this is for the Thomson DSI 8215 initially). For the 500GB SkyHD upgrade we have chosen a Consumer Electronics drive from Seagate that comes with firmware ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2007/02/02/skyhd-high-definition-hard-drive-upgrade-kit-500gb-now-available/ We can now offer 250GB, 400GB and massive 500GB hard disk drive upgrade kits for the Humax PVR-9200T Freeview personal video recorder. The original PVR-9200T disk is just 160GB, so if you fit the huge 500GB disk then you have an incredible 310 hours of recording space! Over the last few ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2007/01/14/humax-pvr-9200t-500gb-hard-disk-upgrade-kit-now-available-2/ Satellite television operator BSkyB has acquired a significant stake in ITV. It is a typically bold strategic move that could inhibit a bid by rival cable company NTL for the leading commercial television network in the United Kingdom. BSkyB spent £940 million paying 135 pence per share to acquire a 17.9% ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2006/11/21/sky-buys-itv-stake-in-surprise-strategic-move/ We are looking for you guys and girls to let us know what models of PVR you would like to see us develop hard disk upgrade kits for. Some of our hot picks would be: Topfield TF 5800 Humax PVR-9200T Sky+ High Definiton Basically we would like to know how to prioritise our development ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2006/10/22/pvr-hard-disk-upgrades-you-would-like-us-to-support/ The first Freeview Playback-branded digital TV recorders will be in shops in time for Christmas. Freeview launched its digital TV recorder strategy in May after research suggested that while consumers had high interest in being able to record digital programmes there was little awareness of the tape-free recording technology, resulting in ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2006/10/21/first-freeview-playback-devices-due-for-xmas-2006/ We have just finished testing various disks and writing the instructions for the Amstrad DRX280 PVR3 Sky+ receiver. We are now able to offer a Sky+ hard disk upgrade kit for this receiver. The instructions for replacing the disk on the DRX280 PVR3 are a little more detailed than most ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2006/09/30/sky-amstrad-drx280-pvr3-hard-disk-upgrades-now-supported/ Sky Sports is to launch a second high-definition television channel. Sky Sports HD2 will be broadcast on Sky HD channel 409 from July 31, alongside Sky Sports HD1 which launched with the initial Sky HD channel portfolio in May. Sky Sports HD2 will carry a full day's schedule from one of ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2006/07/19/sky-expands-hd-with-extra-sport-channel/ BSkyB installed 2,500 set-top boxes for its new high-definition service, Sky HD, on Monday but admitted it was having to delay some of the 40,000 advanced orders due to supply problems. "We ordered more than enough boxes to meet demand and we're ready to install them but they're not arriving from ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2006/06/10/sky-installs-2500-hd-boxes-on-launch-day/ We are now able to supply Sky+ hard disk upgrade kits for the the Thomson DSI6210 Sky+ receiver (otherwise know as the Sky+ 160). The manual is complete and we have tested the various models of hard disk that we supply. The Thomson DSI6210 PVR was originally supplied with a ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2006/06/02/introduction-of-thomson-dsi-6210-hard-disk-upgrade-kits/ Cable firm Telewest is offering a personal video recorder (PVR) that should challenge BSkyB’s Sky+ system. PVRs record TV programmes to a hard drive, letting viewers pause, and rewind live television and effectively “time shift” the viewing experience. The new PVR set-top box, the result of an agreement with Scientific-Atlanta, incorporates ... http://www.xtendedplay.co.uk/blog/2006/05/27/telewest-tvdrive-high-definition-pvr-for-cable-tv/