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Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300 Multi-Room DVR Announced

Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300 Multi-Room DVR Announced

Scientific Atlanta released the first Multi-Room DVR today winning the "Best Integrated Home Entertainment" award at the Storage Visions Converence in Las Vegas. It's available in both standard and HD models.

Multi-room operation requires either multi-room server (standard or HD) and up to four Scientific Atlanta cable boxes as clients.

Features

  • 160GB Hard Drive - up to 90* hours of SD programming (or 20 hours of HD on the 8300HD)
  • Dual Analog and Digital Service Tuners(8300HD also has True Picture-In-Picture)
  • DAVIC Reverse Path Data Transmitter
  • MPEG-2 MP@ML Standard Definition Digital Video Decompression
  • Dolby DigitalĀ® Audio and MPEG-1 Audio Support
  • Enhanced Graphics Engine - supports up to 65,000 colors at 640x480 graphics.
Functions
  • Allows "non-DVR" set-tops to play shows from server
  • Pause live TV.
  • Instant Replay
  • Record two programs while watching a third
  • TiVo "Season Pass" style option
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