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	Personal video recorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Recording digital TV is generally a straightforward capture of the binary MPEG-2 data being received.
		Personal Video Recorders which had not won prior approval from the FCC for implementing "effective" digital restrictions management would have been banned from interstate commerce as of July 2005.
		Recording satellite or digital cable signals on a personal video recorder is more complex than recording analog signals or broadcast digital signals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Personal_video_recorder (1275 words)

	Consumer guide: Personal video recorders
		Personal video recorders, also called digital video recorders or PVRs or DVRs, are the handiest television accessory you've never heard of.
		All PVRs carry a live TV buffer of 20-30 minutes, so if you turn on the television in live TV mode and it's in the middle of a program you'd like to see, you can rewind to the beginning of the show and watch it.
		Because the show is recorded as it's displayed, there is a fraction of a second delay between live TV and TiVo's live TV, which can be annoying if you have the same program playing on two televisions in separate rooms.
	www.freep.com /money/business/guide24_20020324.htm (1878 words)

	Personal Video Recorders (PVR) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		PVR's are obtainable in both SD and HD formats and some allow recording of both formats, but the HD capacity is much less than for SD.
		The use of the PVR to record some analog SD programming may introduce some degradation due to the necessary digitalization and compression, particularly on material previously digitized before broadcast.
		HD PVR's are offered by the major cable companies including Rogers, Videotron, Shaw and Cogeco and by the satellite companies Bell ExpressVu and Star Choice, either on a rental or purchase basis and have proven very acceptable to the existing users.
	www.cdtv.ca /en/how-to-get-hdtv/pvr.htm (318 words)

	PVR and DVR News, products and upgrades for the UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Freeview Recorders are fast becoming one of the most popular products for those who want to record digital terrestrial television, but who want to have the simplicity of a standalone product, rather than a combination of a video recorder and separate set-top-box.
		Now I record them every day and watch them forty minutes later’).This function is common to almost any hard drive based DVR.One common use of the buffer is for people to start watching their TV programme just 10 or 15 minutes after it starts, but this time lets them fast forward through the adverts.
		The term, Personal Video Recorder, is claimed by Tivo and it's users as the only and original.It is used to describe the fact that the PVR has additional software which allows it to suggest viewing material based on the user's programme choices and personal profile.
	www.pvruk.co.uk (1592 words)

	PVR Tutorial
		Like a VCR, a Personal Video Recorder (PVR, also known as DVR, Digital Video Recorder) allows a person to record a TV signal, to be watched later.
		PVRs are also connected devices, using the phone line to coordinate with a central server to control recording times.
		As with all video and audio storage, the quality of a recording and its maximum recordable length are inversely related.
	www.wave-report.com /tutorials/PVR.htm (500 words)

	PVRs are Dead? (Personal Video Recorders) (Mark Welch's Perspective, April 21, 2002)
		After many months hearing friends and colleagues boast about their "Personal Video Recorders" (TiVo or ReplayTV), I finally decided today that it was time to plunk down some cash on a new toy.
		Indeed, it is not really a story about personal video recorders at all, because it turns out that nobody sells them any more.
		PVRs are different in a key way: everyone I've ever talked to, has said that after using a PVR for a few days, they could never go back.
	www.markwelch.com /perspective/pvr.htm (1583 words)

	Personal video recorders, Tivo, Replaytv, Ultimatetv, PVR
		Replaytv also was the first personal video recorder company to offer the dreaded feature "commercial skipping", although this was later phased out in future software releases, in part for being too revolutionary.
		A personal video recorder is essentially a computer with one or more computer hard drives that decode and record video to the hard drives.
		Standalone units are capable of recording from a number of sources including satellite, off the air, cable, digital cable and a number of other analog sources.
	pvr.digitalinsurrection.com /personalvideorecorders.php (1576 words)

	Personal Video Recorders
		A PVR is a personal video recorder, also called a digital video recorder, digital VCR, or personal TV.
		Once the viewer has recorded a show once and given it a "Thumbs Up" rating, TiVo will record it for them every time it is on without them telling it to do so.
		The PVR can record more than one show at the same time while the user is watching something different entirely.
	komar.cs.stthomas.edu /qm425/99f/Truhlar2.htm (721 words)

	Personal video recorders revolutionize TV watching - 06/19/00
		Sony's device records 30 hours of programing at its lowest-quality setting, 18 and 14 hours in intermediate levels, and only nine at its best setting.
		New technologies come along every month that promise to revolutionize our lives, but most of them fizzle out or turn out to be expensive distractions for consumers blessed with too much disposable cash and too many spare electrical outlets.
		PVRs let you record shows by clicking on their names in an on-screen, TV Guide-style grid and know to find new recording times when the network reshuffles its schedule.
	detnews.com /2000/technology/0006/19/b02-77654.htm (475 words)

	Mobile Video on the Go: Personal Video Recorders
		The are slightly larger than PocketPCs and have been developed for both playback and recording of video and audio.
		A couple very interesting devices currently on the market are the Archos PMA 400 which is Linux based and is both a PMP as well as a PIM device.
		They can be used to both record analog in (which means you can hook your Viosport cam up to this device) and also for playback.
	movogo.blogspot.com /2005/03/personal-video-recorders.html (336 words)

	PVR - Personal Video Recorders: Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Male heads-of-household are more likely than their female counterparts to buy a personal video recorder (PVR) over the next year, according to the upcoming report Video-on-Demand and PVR: Analysis and Forecast from Parks Associates.
		Call it a personal video recorder (PVR) or the source of great angst among advertisers but we got a glimpse of a new technology play yesterday and it might just work.
		Seltzer said the EFF hopes to have a stable of devices to demonstrate what people get when they construct their own DTV personal video recorder, and what wouldn't be available when Hollywood dictates what the machines can do.
	www.pvr-personal-video-recorder.org.uk (1774 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Sprigman: Are Personal Video Recorders, Such As Replaytv And Tivo, Copyright-infringement Devices?
		Other viewers use PVRs to skip commercials by starting to view the show slightly after the time it is set to start, and then fast-forwarding through the commercials while they watch the recorded show.
		For example, if home recording for the purpose of time-shifting is fair use, then sending a recorded program to a friend who wanted to time-shift the program but missed the opportunity to record it himself is also fair use.
		Moreover, it is the plaintiffs, not the PVR company defendant, who should bear the onus to collect this evidence, for it is they who have the burden to prove their case.
	writ.news.findlaw.com /commentary/20020509_sprigman.html (1900 words)

	Personal video recorders 'flying off the shelves' - vnunet.com
		Unprecedented consumer demand has pushed sales of personal video recorder (PVR) products tremendously during the past year, with global unit shipments rocketing from 4.6 million in 2003 to over 11.4 million in 2004.
		Pay-TV service providers and PVR manufacturers are reaping the benefits, the high-tech research firm reports.
		The research found that PVR service providers, led by companies like TiVo and EchoStar, enjoyed a "banner year" as worldwide households subscribing to a PVR service increased from 3.6 million in May 2004 to over 9.2 million in May 2005.
	www.vnunet.com /vnunet/news/2135621/personal-video-recorders-flying-shelves (415 words)

	Digital Video Recorders - Personal DVR
		By leveraging the DSP programmability, processing performance, video specific peripherals, and support for all of the major multimedia codecs, developers can design differentiated products with customized features to meet changing market needs.
		For developers of personal video recorders, Ateme has developed a TI DSP based solution to reduce time to market and minimize risk with its Advanced Media Platform (AMP).
		The AMP board features a TI TMS320DM642 DSP and a general purpose processor (GPP) connected to a companion connector's board, which allows for an array of I/O that can be easily adapted for a specific end-product.
	focus.ti.com /docs/apps/catalog/general/applications.jhtml?templateId=6017&path=templatedata/cm/general/data/vidimg_dvr_personal (586 words)

	Personal video recorders - Which? Online preview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		PVRs record to an internal hard disk rather than a tape, and make recordings that are just as good quality as watching live TV.
		The PVR displays a TV schedule for the week ahead (known as an electronic programme guide or EPG) on your screen.
		You simply scroll through the guide, highlight the programmes you want to record, and the PVR does the rest.
	trial.which.co.uk /seo/Personal_video_recorder.htm (255 words)

	Personal Video Recorders Reviews and Ratings - Electronics Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Connections include three video inputs and outputs (S-video, composite-video, and RF coaxial), one set of stereo RCA analog audio inputs, and two sets of stereo audio outputs.
		The SD-H400's DVD-video section is equipped with a 10-bit/54 MHz video digital-to-analog converter for maximum color purity, detail, and resolution.
		The RTV5504 personal video recorder, or PVR, delivers the ability to pause and replay live TV while recording and storing 40 hours of digital, tapeless audio and video--about a season's worth of memory for four hour-long programs.
	www.best-consumer-products.com /electronics_Personal_Video_Recorders.htm (631 words)

	Personal Video Recorders
		Rather than recording TV onto VHS video cassettes, a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) allows you to record TV programmes onto a hard disk, similar to those found inside a desktop computer.
		PVR to allow recording of Freeview onto hard disk.
		Record Freeview programmes in digital quality without videotapes and pause live TV ecord up to 80 hours of TV onto a 80Gig hard-disk.
	www.radioandtelly.co.uk /pvr.html (1108 words)

	Digital Silence - Personal Video Recorders - Next Stop Cable Boxes?
		The first to jump on this personal recording bandwagon was the satellite industry.
		From the video card industry, we can see that Replay and TiVo do not own the market for this kind of software.
		Companies like 3dfx and ATI do personal recording in the software for their TV products.
	www.d-silence.com /articles/pvr.shtml (514 words)

	Sonicblue unveils ReplayTV recorders \| CNET News.com
		Sonicblue acquired the digital video recording pioneer on Aug. 2 after announcing the deal in February.
		Digital video recorders (DVRs) allow consumers to record TV shows onto a hard drive instead of onto videotape.
		After initial hype and exaggerated shipment estimates from analysts, the expectations of the digital video recorder market and pioneers, such as TiVo and ReplayTV, have fallen to earth.
	news.com.com /2100-1040-272622.html?legacy=cnet (739 words)

	Digital video recorders on fast-forward growth \| CNET News.com
		Worldwide shipments of personal video recorders more than tripled in 2003 as the gadgets finally caught on with consumers, research released by In-Stat/MDR indicated on Thursday.
		PVRs have built-in hard drives that let television viewers record shows and pause live programming.
		Two factors driving growth are smooth integration of PVR capabilities into DVD players and recorders, and rising demand from satellite and cable TV operators for PVR-enabled set-top boxes.
	news.com.com /2100-1041_3-5212081.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news (641 words)

	Business Wire: VCRs To Give Way to Disk Drive-Based Personal V... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The video-cassette recorder (VCR), a household mainstay, has a competitor empowered by hard disk drive (HDD) technology: the personal video recorder, or PVR.
		"The PVR is an entirely new consumer device," states John Donovan, Vice President of TrendFOCUS.
		PVRs are shipped generally with 10 hours, 15 hours, 20 hours, and 30 hours of storage -- with each hour equivalent to roughly one gigabyte -- and the installed base is rapidly filling up the resident HDD with programming and movies.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:59709500&refid=ink_tptd_g1 (408 words)

	Personal Video Recorders: A Threat to TV?
		People were in the habit of going out and renting videos for the weekend.
		The personal video recorder (PVR) is the killer app for iTV.
		The concept of a PVR is extremely difficult to market because you can't describe its functionality in a short message.
	www.clickz.com /experts/ad/ad_tech/article.php/840201 (894 words)

	Media Visions - iTV \| Replay Sale
		Beyond PVR development for the DCT 5000 and other advanced digital set-tops, Replay and Motorola are participating in a joint venture with Charter Communications and Vulcan Ventures to develop revenue-generating PVR services.
		First up is integrating video PVR functionality into the stand-alone protable Rio MP3 audio player, then comes offering PVR software for computers, including home media servers integrating Replay's PVR technology.
		The problem is all the additional costs beyond the hard drive and software, he says, such as adding a power supply for the hard-drive, plus additional memory, plus a central processor chip with sufficient horsepower to handle the PVR workload.
	www.media-visions.com /itv-replaysale.html (1394 words)

	PCWorld.com - Chip Makers Set Sights on Digital Video Recorders
		Digital video recorders and set-top boxes are shaping up as one of the early proving grounds for traditional PC chip companies tentatively wading into the consumer electronics market.
		Intel is eyeing a specific product line for DVR chips based on the x86 architecture used by chips found in most of the world's PCs, according to sources.
		AMD's Geode GX533 chips almost always use a separate co-processor to handle video decoding, but the NX series chips can handle most of the demand of set-top boxes on their own, Salo said.
	www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,118601,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp (1157 words)

	PCWorld.com - Personal Digital Video Recorders Upstage VCRs
		Both devices do their spinning and hoodoo late at night, when you're least likely to need the phone, and they never interrupt phone calls; if you happen to be using the line, they simply try again later.
		Overall, the Philips Personal TV Receiver is the easier box to operate.
		Recording is a snap, and the remote is simple and pleasing (though the picture briefly freezes when channels change).
	www.pcworld.com /reviews/article.asp?aid=16820 (741 words)

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