Legend Digital LPVR160 Personal Video Recorder

Integrated dual tuners ; Simple interface ; 160GB of TV storage space ; Supports USB connectivity

Plain design ; Tuners are only standard definition ; Slow USB file transfers

The Legend LPVR160 typifies an entry-level PVR/STB combo device. It's not the prettiest on the market, and neither is it the most feature-rich -- but it's also not the most complicated or most expensive PVR/STB combo, either. If you're a beginner in...

Does the job

Relatively poor picture quality and motion bluring on our Toshiba CRT. In comparison a Strong STB on same TV has faultless picture quality. Counter-intuitive on screen menus. Occassionally drops all pre-set TV stations

Just works - straight out of the box. Recording quality very, very good. Fantastic picture and sound quality. Very easy to use - just like a VCR only better. Very sturdy unit. Ability to upgrade to a larger hard drive is a bonus

Transferring a four hour recording back to PC takes over 8 hours and there is no guarantee you can convert the proprietary .hav files to mpeg even afteer paying over $100.00 for DVR Studio Pro which is the only one piece of software in the world which...

Legend's LPVR160 PVR comes with twin digital tuners and 160GB of recording space, but at its heart it's very much an entry level unit.

Just works - straight out of the box. Recording quality very, very good. Fantastic picture and sound quality. Very easy to use - just like a VCR only better. Very sturdy unit. Ability to upgrade to a larger hard drive is a bonus

Transferring a four hour recording back to PC takes over 8 hours and there is no guarantee you can convert the proprietary .hav files to mpeg even afteer paying over $100.00 for DVR Studio Pro which is the only one piece of software in the world which...

very easy to set up ; update online available ; plenty of recording hours ; simple to use ; excellant remote control usability

xfer files to pc very slow

Just works - straight out of the box. Recording quality very, very good. Fantastic picture and sound quality. Very easy to use - just like a VCR only better. Very sturdy unit. Ability to upgrade to a larger hard drive is a bonus.

Transferring a four hour recording back to PC takes over 8 hours and there is no guarantee you can convert the proprietary .hav files to mpeg even afteer paying over $100.00 for DVR Studio Pro which is the only one piece of software in the world which...