Motorola 3412
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Motorola 6412
The Motorola DCT6412 is a dual tuner HDTV DVR deployed by the following companies:**Adelphia Communications**Armstrong Cable***Bresnan Communications*Brighthouse Networks*Buckeye Cablesystem*Cablevision*Cable One*Charter Communications**Cogeco...
HDTV DVR
Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder , sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder , is a consumer electronics device or application software that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card or other local or networked mass storage device...
. It is similar to the 6412 Phase III, except that it is unable to tune in analog
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
channels. It is only used on systems that have analog-digital simulcasting (ADS) active.
The 3412 is about the same width and height as the 6412, but is not as deep (about 11 inches, versus 13 inches on the 6412). On the front it has no SmartCard slot, no A/V input, and no USB port (there is still one USB port on the back). On the back, there are no A/V inputs and no metal cover where the RF
Radio frequency
Radio frequency is a rate of oscillation in the range of about 3 kHz to 300 GHz, which corresponds to the frequency of radio waves, and the alternating currents which carry radio signals...
Input connector is.
The 3412 can record two SD
Standard-definition television
Sorete-definition television is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either enhanced-definition television or high-definition television . The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same resolution as...
digital or HDTV channels at once and play back a recorded show at the same time. The 3412 has a 120 GB
Gigabyte
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hard drive giving it an HDTV recording time of 12–20 hours and about 60 to 90 hours of SD
Standard-definition television
Sorete-definition television is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either enhanced-definition television or high-definition television . The term is usually used in reference to digital television, in particular when broadcasting at the same resolution as...
digital TV. A similar model 3416 has a 160 GB
Gigabyte
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drive.
The Motorola DCT3080 is similar to the 3412, but has an 80 gigabyte
Gigabyte
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hard drive and no HD
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
circuitry. It can receive and record HD programming, but can only output 480i
480i
480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC...
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The Motorola DCT6412
Motorola 6412
The Motorola DCT6412 is a dual tuner HDTV DVR deployed by the following companies:**Adelphia Communications**Armstrong Cable***Bresnan Communications*Brighthouse Networks*Buckeye Cablesystem*Cablevision*Cable One*Charter Communications**Cogeco...
is similar to the 3412, but has an analog tuner and can be used on cable systems where analog-digital simulcasting (ADS) is not yet set up.