Charter announced an agreement to buy Explorer 8000 digital set-t...
Charter announced an agreement to buy Explorer 8000 digital set-top boxes from Scientific-Atlanta. Charter declined to say how many boxes it was buying or to disclose terms. Charter Dir.- Mktg. for New Products Page Shaper said the S-A Explorer…
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8000 would enable the rollout of Charter digital video recording (DVR) service in the L.A. area, the first in a series of deployments throughout the country. Shaper said the Explorer 8000 was equipped with a hard drive that would store and play back up to 50 hours of programs. Charter DVR provides picture-in-picture capability and enables customers to record 2 different channels simultaneously while viewing a previously recorded program. Consumers also can stop, rewind and pause a show in progress.