Modern High-Definition DVR

The HDTV with its marvelous technology has completely changed the way Television shows and movies looked earlier. But there is one irritating problem and that is that the TV shows continue to be bad. A silly sit-com will insult your intelligence in high-def just as easily as it will in standard def, if not more and this is where DVRs come in.

The DVR is known by various names: digital video recorder, personal video recorder of PVR and performs the same use as the familiar Video Cassette Recorder, which is to record whatever from Television broadcasts. The DVR is however capable of doing much more than the old Video Cassette Recorder, in the sense that it makes Television viewing more crisp where you do not have to waste time viewing rubbish. Plus it is always recording what you are viewing, so you'll be able to pause a live transmission as if it were a recording, then come back to it later without missing a thing.

The standard models are available from way back in 1999 but the latest models are set up to handle high def materials. A modern HD-DVR (High-Definition DVR) has a hard disc drive bigger than the one in your desktop computer and uses it to store up to thirty five hours of HD content, or 300 hours of general content. of course there are some stunning added benefits too – for example the TiVo Series 3 can improve the quality of general def content and is capable of recording two channels concurrently while you might be watching the third.

The easiest way to get an HD-DVR is by hiring one from your cable company, for about  - a month although most people who do this complain about the small amount of storage (8-10 hours of HD content) and the user-unfriendliness of the typical hardware they get. The only way out of this is to get one TiVo Series 3 HD-DVR available at about six hundred dollars but is worth every penny in terms of broadcast quality, memory storage and user-friendliness.

The positive effects of using this type of recording device are huge. You could program it to record any Show of special interest to you, even if you are oblivious of its existence - for example program the TiVo to record all movies starring Brad Pitt showing in any channel anytime. No more mindless channel-surfing, and of course, it can be used to skip over commercial messages, which can eliminate several hours of wasted time per week.

This could have a great effect of television advertising as recently seventy percent of promoters said that with the increasing popularity of DVRs, the thirty second spots would soon become history. Even one-quarter of admen are seriously contemplating replacing their TV publicising expenses with some other promotional route. With a Blu-Ray DVD player and an HD-DVR connected to your HDTV, you can finally fight the good fight against the tyranny of mindless Television ads.