





Fist, you need to decide what type of TV Recorder is right for you. There are basically 3 main categories to choose from and although products from each will all let you watch, pause and rewind live TV, record hours of your favourite TV shows, skip ads and access IceTV's Interactive features, they're all quite different.
Simply put, a Personal Video Recorder (PVR or DVR) is a set-top box with two or more TV tuners (record 2 channels at once) and a hard drive built-in. Whereas Mac and PC solutions offer full-blown computing functionality on your TV screen, as well as all the basic TV recording features of a PVR or DVR. A free trial membership to IceTV is included with most products when purchasing from retailers, with bonus IceTV membership time given when you buy online, directly from IceTV.