Ranking the super DVRs

Cisco VideoscapeDVRs are getting bigger. In the pay-TV arms race, storage capacity and the number of tuners viewers can simultaneously use to record programs escalated this year. Satellite operators each brought their own massive-capacity boxes to the market in 2012, prompting a wave of investment by their cable operator rivals. Beyond recording capacity, operators have added multi-room viewing features a well. In a special report for FierceCable, editor Steve Donohue looks at the specs on some of these new boxes. Read more