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Many satellite and cable companies are incorporating DVR functions into their set-top box, such as with DirecTiVo, Motorola 6xxx from Comcast, Moxi Media Center by Digeo (available through Charter, Adelphia, Sunflower, Bend Broadband, and soon Comcast and other cable companies), or Sky Plus.
There is DVR software available for Linux and Windows for people who make their own homemade recorders.
Stand alone DVR's are offered by a number of electronic makers and are purchased at the retail level by the consumer, with Cable TVset-top boxes being excluded of course.
Though DVR's have yet to cross the chasm into mass acceptance, the future is very promising, and consumers who use the technology are extremely loyal.
DVRs are not only a reality, but they are on path to becoming a commodity in the multichannel world.