The TiVo DVR's require very little effort to use and almost operate themselves. If you're looking to do minimal programming consider one of those.
No. In order to use a Dish Dvr, you need to have an active Dish account.
You can purchase a Tivo DVR they are very easy to program and use.
No. It is not hard to use DirectTv DVR with Tivo. The reason how I know this is because I have a Tivo and i find that it is not hard to use directtv dvr with it.
The DVR in my car is a part of the car security camera system.
It would not cost extra to use your own DVR with cable from a cable company. However, you would need to make sure you are using a different DVR than what your cable company provides when you order DVR through them. As many times it is common their will be a code to input in order to use the DVR feature, this is the main reason for the need of having a different DVR.
Yes, just use a HD DVR with an internal tuner.
Movies or streaming video use -R for storing computer data use +R
Most TV providers provide DVR. I have Charter and I use their DVR service. I know that UVerse, Direct TV, and Comcast also offer DVR. It is great! I never miss my favorite shows now!
Custom built DVR's and tools such as TIVO allow you to use any provider.
Learn how to spell and use the right type of grammar, stupid!
That really depends on what one would want or would need in a surveillance DVR system. Surveillance DVR's can be as cheap as $99 or as expensive as $1299.