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G4 Tech TV Reviews Three New HDTV DVRs
Thomas Hawk writes "G4techTV does a review of three of the new HDTV recorders. Noticeably absent is Microsoft's Media Center 2005. The Hughes HD 10-250 gets the highest marks and is the 'G4tech TV Lab Pick.' Although I haven't used the other two HDTV recorders I have to say I would concur on their opinion of TiVo's DirecTV box."
That said, I have complaints. I was worried when it was announced, and it turned out OK, but there are still problems. Lets start with series. When will new episodes of Invent This! and Fresh Gear start?
Let's go to the G4 content that I now get. Some shows (say Icons) can be interesting. Filter can be interesting, but the budget is low, and the host is annoying as hell (as is the style). I wouldn't have gone out of my way to get G4 (I origionally got a DirecTV dish due in large part to ZDTV, as it was then known).
And... grow up. Naming the evening/latenight block "the G-Spot"? Come on.
X-Play is as good as ever. Otherwise, it's worse on average.
And please... drop Anime Unleashed (the name)! I like Anime, but name the shows their real names and call the "block" Anime Unleashed (not unlike Adult Swim on Cartoon Network). It's really annoying to check to see what's on and only see "Anime Unleashed" and have to switch to see what series it is. But this one is just a pet pieve of mine.
Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
Perhaps I'll be a little more open to listening to what G4 has to say when their channel ups its contrast. I mean, I've got a couple hundred channels on my digital cable and G4TechTV is the ONLY ONE whose contrast is low.