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Posted by guv on 06/09/07 08:20
On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 00:06:27 +0100, "Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>>are these the same thing? a digital video recorder?
>>>
>>>Well, as I understand it, PVR is a subset of DVR.
>>>
>>>A PVR (personal video recorder) records digitally (typically onto a
>>>hard drive), and is therefore a DVR (digital video recorder). However,
>>>there are other forms of DVR - for example, those which record video
>>>onto disc (DVD-R etc) or tape (digital video cassette).
>>>
>>>OK, so who's going to tell me I've got it all wrong?
>>
>> I would say thats about right - but add that a PVR in reality allows
>> scheduled programming to be recorded.
>
>thanks both although it seems odd and still makes no sense to me unless i am
>just being thick.
>personal video recorder records on to harddisk, digital video recorder
>records onto dvdr.
Thats not what he said!
A digital video recorder is something that will record onto a variety
of media. HDD, DVDR, tape. ie it records digital video. A VPR IS a
digital video recorder. The only real difference being the fact you
can make "personal schedules" of TV shows.
You can have a PVR that is DVDR as well!
Thats my understanding of it anyway.
>the naming makes no sense or suggestion of this.
>if anything it should be the other way round, personal video recorder
>implies this would be to dvd-r etc since this it is portable(personal).
>what about a player which records to both - a pdvr :/
>
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