Cable TV operators won a key legal battle against Hollywood studios and television networks on Monday as the Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it ...

For a certain kind of cord-cutter, combining over-the-air broadcasts and cable channels into a single DVR has always been the dream scenario. While we’ve seen several attempts in the past—including ...

I reported in October that Charter Spectrum had introduced a new device called Xumo, which can replace your existing cable box — including live TV — and also stream programming from platforms such at ...

Leave it to those wet blankets in the federal government to tell us that watching modern-day TV is about as energy inefficient as possible. For years, the cable companies have been switching all their ...

There’s a new way to cut the cord, and for do-it-yourself nerds like me, it might be the best way, too. SiliconDust is best known for its series of HDHomeRun DVR devices that you hook up to a hard ...

This DVR software for cord cutters justifies its premium price with features you won’t find elsewhere. Channels DVR is a service that caters to the pickiest of cord cutters. No other cord-cutting DVR ...

Streamers like YouTube TV and Hulu offer unlimited DVR, letting you record and watch content whenever you want. YouTube TV's DVR, for instance, lets you record entire programs, including live events, ...

Spectrum is inching ever closer to competing in earnest with cord-cutting, although the company doesn’t seem eager to let people know about it. With Spectrum’s TV Choice and TV Stream plans, which are ...

Comcast's Houston division Tuesday began rolling out its Xfinity X1 DVR/cable box technology, which includes multiple recording options to match the offerings of the cable giant's top competitors plus ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. After a long ...