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| | Biggest Hit of 2005: The Digital Video Recorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | The DVR, which enables viewers to pause live TV and record dozens of TV shows without a videotape, has struggled since its launch in the late 1990s. |
 | | And, unlike TiVo and Replay TV, the cable DVR was relatively inexpensive (no purchase fee and, in some cases, a smaller monthly user fee.) and more convenient (the cable company simply came to your home and swapped one box for another; no need to visit the local electronics store.). |
 | | Although the cable DVR was not as feature-rich as TiVo, it performed the basic functions, such as pause, fast-forward, rewind and record. |
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