Talk:Digital video recorder/Archive 2

USB Software
My DVR integrated in a DVB-T receiver (in a SCART), includes Sunplus Box TV 1.20 software. Is this an standard?. It looks like Linux (by filesystem names when records).--Diamondland (talk) 13:09, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Subscriptions
Question to Americans: do you have any non-subscription DVRs on the market? I just checked Best Buy and Circuit City websites and they only had subscription DVRs. To me it seems weird to have to pay a monthly fee for what is essentially a digital VCR. You didn't have monthly fees for VCRs did you? In Finland none of the DVRs (made by such manufacturers as Kaon, Topfield, Humax, Samsung, and Philips) you can buy have a subscription fee. Of course you can rent a set-top-box (choices probably include DVRs) from a satellite provider if you don't want to buy one. Totsugeki 09:32, 29 July 2007 (UTC)


 * We used to. Apparently, Canada still has them. MMetro (talk) 10:11, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

DVRs (hard drive)sold in the U.S.A. include Magnavox (Wal-Mart branding mfd. by Funai, and I think designed by Philips) model H2160MW9 is currently available through the Wal-Mart Web site. There are some Philips models, e.g., the Philips DVDR3575H.--T. Lee —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.249.148.156 (talk) 00:46, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I live in Canada and I (1) can't afford a subscription service as I'm on disability (2) have free cable TV in my apartment so I can't use a satellite system DVR (3) I do need a DVR that can record cable TV programs. So what do I buy? They're phasing out VCR's. The last VCR I bought packed it in after only 2 months! All I want is a DIGITAL "VCR" is that too much to ask for? A DVR that records up to 8 events and more than one channel, JUST LIKE A VCR Why are cable/satellite companies allowed to monopolize the technology?

I think it should be PVR because security companies call theirs PVR's and that gets confusing when doing a Google search. And Vivitar is calling some of their camcorders PVR's!!?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.180.145.252 (talk) 04:29, 23 August 2012 (UTC)

Legality in different contries ?
I've read that due to the "Betamax-case" during the 70's, in the US recording of TV-programmes (and film) is only permitted for a brief while, in order to watch the programme at a more convinient time. Permanent storage, like recording a film on DVD, is not legal. True or not ? In Sweden, during the first decade of the new millenium DVD-recorders with or without harddrives became available. And as I understand it, it is legal to record films, edit commercials and then make DVD's (several viewing qualities are also available) and through scart recording from digital boxes is also possible and legal (although many channels block recording if a HDMI cable is used). All this is legal for private use only. That such "building of a DVD library" is legal is even stated at the so called "Anti pirate bureau"'s webbsite. However many films are american (with swedish "hard-subtiteling"). At a UK-webbsite it seemed like the UK-laws follows the "Betamax-case" and that permanent storage of isn't legal. But hasn't DVD-recorders with harddrives been sold in the UK, I wonder ? Further the UK-website (a kind of discussion site) states that the UK-laws in this area is about the same as for other countries whithin the EU. But if the latter is true it must be legal to legally build up private DVD-libraries (from TV-recordings) also in the UK (??). Else swedish laws differs from "EU-standard". Perhaps the article could clarify these kind of issues, concerning laws in different countries ?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.249.42.164 (talk) 01:13, 12 May 2012 (UTC) 83.249.42.164 (talk) 01:15, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Far as I know, Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. does not distinguish between temporary and permanent storage. Jim.henderson (talk) 13:41, 20 February 2014 (UTC)

Privacy section grossly out of date
The section on privacy lists only one source, from 13 years ago. Industry hearsay leads me to believe that tracking has become the default nowadays, making the section not just out of date, but also wrong. Rad314 (talk) 10:42, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

FCC ruling
I disagree with this statement, concerning the FCC ruling in the US: "The overall net effect on DVRs and related technology is unlikely to be substantial as standalone DVRs are currently readily available on the open market." What standalone DVRs are you talking about? TiVO? That is the only one I've been able to find for the past five years or so that I've been searching. Tivo has a monopoly on the standalone DVR market here in the US -- and requires a substantial subscription fee. [unsigned]


 * Because that comment was unsigned/undated, I can't be sure of the situation at the time it was posted; however, there is a Magnavox-branded DVR manufactured by Funai and sold exclusively through Walmart. It's been around for years. It's a standalone DVR. It has its own tuner, or you can hook it up to a cable box. There may be other models as well, but I admit that they're difficult to find. --65.204.211.10 (talk) 15:03, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

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Catch-Up play
How can I tell whether a DVR is able to do playback with 1.5 times the original speed (including audio time-scale/pitch modification), which is semetimes called catch-up play ? Which other names are in use for this feature ? -- Juergen 62.143.196.71 (talk) 03:57, 20 December 2015 (UTC)