TORONTO – Rogers has unveiled a new series of next generation, high definition personal video recorders including the largest hard drive in Canada at 500 gigabytes.
The new Rogers Cisco Explorer 8642HD PVR can record and store up to 62 hours of HD or 280 hours of SD content; offers HiRes feature updates to the user interface screens to 640×480 resolution from 320×240; and new playback features such as PVR Hashmarks which allows jumping forward or backward by 15, 30 or 60 minutes during playback of recorded programs.
It is also enabled for "near-future enhancements" including home networking and interactive TV services through its support of MPEG-4 signal delivery, multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) and digital living network alliance (DLNA).
The 8642HD PVR series is available in Ontario only. The 500GB version is priced at $599, the 160GB 8642HD PVR is available for $499, and will be available on a rental basis beginning this summer, while the 320GB 8642HD PVR will be sold for $549 exclusively through Costco stores in Ontario.
