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(phil-news-nospam@ipal.net) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
> The term
> "DVR" which stands for "Digital Video Recorder" doesn't really say what
> the media is.
It does to those of us that live in the real world.
The CE industry uses the term "DVR" to describe devices that record on a
hard disk. The term "PVR" is used for more intelligent DVRs (smarter
searches, guide-based programming, learning capabilities, etc.), but the
line is not hard and fast.
If recording is done on a DVD disc (±R or ±RW), then the device is called
a "DVD recorder". A device that records on both a hard drive and DVD disc
is called a "DVR plus DVD recorder".
If recording is done on a video tape, then the device is called a "VCR" (as
in "D-VHS VCR").
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