Starchoice HDTV Receiver DVR?

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ChrisRians

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I have a Motorola Starchoice HDTV Receiver. I don't have DVR on it but when I go into options I have the option of DVR list, but it's grayed out.

I was wondering, can I just buy the part I need for the DVR, or is there someway to just hook up an external hardrive? I noticed theres a usb port on the back of the receiver. Or am I just going to have to get a new receiver if I want the DVR?
 
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classicsat

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Not on the current model, the DSR 505. You see that menu, because the 505 and 530 (the actual current DVR) use the same software.

Right now, there is supposedly a new HD-DVR coming by fall this year (the DVR 630), and a new non DVR HD receiver (the DSR605).

The 605 is supposedly to have a feature where you can plug in a USB or eSATA drive to make it into a single tuner DVR, but there are no promises on that.

You could get a DSR530 now (which is a glorified VCR, with one recording tuner, the other a live TV tuner, and the big update promised abandoned) but in a couple years they are to change the HD format so only the 6xx receivers will get HD, and the 505/530 will only get Standard Def channels.
 
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