Home Theater

Digital Video Recorder

DeanRichards — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:50:24 +0000

A digital video recorder (DVR) (or personal video recorder (PVR)) is a device that records video without videotape to a hard drive-based digital storage medium. The term includes stand-alone set-top boxes and software for personal computers which enables video capture and playback to and from disk.

History

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The first DVR was tested on July 8, 1965, when CBS explored the possibilities of instant freeze-frame and rewind for sporting event broadcasts. Ampex released the first commercial hard disk video recorder in 1967. The HS-100 recorded analog video onto a digital hard disk and could store a maximum of only 30 seconds.

Hard disk-based DVRs
The two early consumer DVRs, ReplayTV and TiVo, were launched at the 1999 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Although ReplayTV won the "Best of Show" award in the video category, it was TiVo that went on to much greater commercial success. The devices have steadily developed complementary abilities, such as recording onto DVDs, commercial skip, sharing of recordings over the Internet, and programming and remote control facilities using PDAs, networked PCs, or Web browsers.

This makes the "time shifting" feature (traditionally done by a VCR) much more convenient, and also allows for "trick modes" such as pausing live TV, instant replay of interesting scenes, and skipping advertising. Most DVRs use the MPEG format for encoding analog video signals.

The two consumer DVR brands in the United States are the TiVo and DNNA's ReplayTV. In the UK TiVo has a small presence; Thomson, Topfield, Fusion, Pace and Humax also supply digital terrestrial (DTT) DVRs. BSkyB markets a popular combined EPG and DVR as Sky+.South African based Africa Satellite TV beamer Multichoice recently launched their PVR which is available on their Dstv platform.

Many satellite and cable companies are incorporating DVR functions into their set-top box, such as with DirecTiVo, DishPlayer/DishDVR, Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8xxx, Motorola 6xxx from Comcast, Moxi Media Center by Digeo (available through Charter, Adelphia, Sunflower, Bend Broadband, and soon Comcast and other cable companies), or Sky+. In this case there is no encoding necessary in the DVR, as the satellite signal is already a digitally encoded MPEG stream. The DVR simply stores the digital stream directly to disk. Having the broadcaster involved with (subsidizing) the design of the DVR--and directly recording encrypted digital streams--can lead to features such as the ability to use interactive TV on recorded shows, pre-loading of programs. It can, however, also force the manufacturer to implement non-skippable advertisements and automatically-expiring recordings.

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Digital Camera dilemma ?

DeanRichards — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:19:19 +0000

amyy asked:

Does any one have a Vupoint DV-DM1-VP Digital Video Recorder? Is it any good? Also I want to buy a digital camera either Canon or Olympus. NO OTHER BRAND. But I wanted it shockproof and waterproof and I know Canon does not have any waterproof. Some advice please? What Canon or Olympus camera can I buy?
No i'm not going with the waterproof cases.

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How do create a DVD playable on a non-PC DVD player from a mpeg4 file?

DeanRichards — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:29:40 +0000

madd.codemonkey asked:

I got a new digital video recorder for Christmas and want to burn the videos (mpeg4 format) to a DVD-R in order to view them on my television set. Are there some freeware or open-source software packages that I can use to burn the videos to DVD?
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How do you put recorded video onto a computer if it’s not digital? Is that possible?

DeanRichards — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:38:22 +0000

decoratedemergency asked:

Okay, I'm just going to warn you that I really have no idea what I'm talking about. That's why I'm asking for help.
So.. my friends and I want to videotape something and put it on youtube, but none of us have dvd video recorders. We all have those prehistoric ones that record onto those mini-tape thingies. Um, I don't have any special recording equipment and obviously can't buy anything because if I had money I would just go out and buy a DVD video recorder.
Is there any way to somehow get the video and audio from one of these...these mini-tapes... onto my computer? Without really expensive equipment, that is. All I have is:VHS players (that record), DVD players (don't record), and a laptop and a computer (both record DVDs). Obviously, I'm not expecting a finished product that's wonderful quality, I just want to know if this is somehow possible.
Lol, I know I sound like such a cheapskate, but seriously, the only money I get is lunch money until I get a licence, and a job

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Im having trouble with my video editing software?

DeanRichards — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:15:14 +0000

Bacon B asked:

Hello! I edit movies, and I use Pinnacle Studio, InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2, and Windows movie maker. I also use a Plextor digital video recorder for my videos. When I connect my camera up to the AV connectors (the red, white, and yellow cables) I get onto one of the programs and I click record. I set my camera to play and my computer records what is on my camera.

My problem is when I record I do not get any audio coming out of the video. I see the video but I cannot get the audio to come out. I have tried specifying which sound card to use, but it seems none of them work. But I can listen to music and all easily.

This problem is going on with ALL of my editing programs. It worked at one point but now it does not.

Can someone help me get my audio working when I record my videos on my computer?

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How to config IDE channels for DVR?

DeanRichards — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:04 +0000

WiWhiz asked:

I have a P3 with a tuner card installed that I am using as a DVR (Digital Video Recorder). I bought a secondary HD that I am planning on using just to store the video files, keeping the original HD as my boot disk. My question is, what is the best way to config the second HD, as a slave on the primary channel, as the master on the secondary channel (with the CD-ROM as slave),or as the slave on the secondary channel? the performance of the CD-ROM is not important, it is rarely used on this computer.

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DeanRichards — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:13:48 +0000

scanjet asked:

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DeanRichards — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:41:13 +0000

Jani asked:

I am using a JVC Digital Video Camera (GR-D90, GR-D70, GR-D30 is on the front of the book that came with it). I'm trying to upload it onto the computer and to put it into windows movie maker, but it cannot read the camera. This is my first time really dealing with this camera, so can anyone give me a detailed explanation of how to fix this? Thanks so much

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digital cable?

DeanRichards — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:34:59 +0000

sal_01 asked:

i recently got digital cable from time warner cable in south carolina and i got it for the dvr/digital video recorder.that part works fine but my question and complaint is the picture quality.most the channels are snowy and unclear.what would cause that?and what is a solution to that problem?you would think digital cable would be clear.but im wondering why is it so "snowy"

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