Old-school DVRs are fighting to stay relevant in an era of add-on devices from the likes of Apple, Roku, and others.
One exception to this is Dish Network's (DISH) Sling-based technology. While Dish has a limited amount of on-demand content from the various networks and paid-TV channels, it does now offer subscribers the Hopper service, which can record a full block of prime time content from the four major broadcast TV networks.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/05/08/the-war-of-the-tv-boxes-heats-up/
One exception to this is Dish Network's (DISH) Sling-based technology. While Dish has a limited amount of on-demand content from the various networks and paid-TV channels, it does now offer subscribers the Hopper service, which can record a full block of prime time content from the four major broadcast TV networks.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/05/08/the-war-of-the-tv-boxes-heats-up/