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TiVo coming to Canada, but HD left behind

ALVISO, CA – TiVo Inc. announced Monday that TiVo DVRs (digital video recorders) will be sold in retail stores in Canada, except in Quebec, in time for the holidays. The DVR is also referred to as a PVR, or personal video recorder, and it records and stores programming to an internal hard drive for future viewing. Along with being able to pause, rewind and fast forward live TV, the device permits searching for programming by name, favourite actors, genre or keyword. TiVo is pushing new high-definition models in the United States, but the version – the TiVo Series2 DT DVR...