The Fantastic HD-DVR Technology

The HDTV with its marvelous science has completely changed the way TV shows and movies looked earlier. But, there is still one small issue: much of the stuff that's on Television is still terrible! A foolish sit-com will insult your intelligence in HD just as easily as it will in general def, if not more and this is where DVRs come in.

The DVR is known by various names: digital VCR, personal VCR of PVR and performs the same function as the familiar VCR, which is to record whatever from Television broadcasts.  Plus it is always recording what you are watching, so you'll be able to pause a live broadcast as if it were a recording, then come back to it later without missing a thing.

Though regular models are in use from 1999, the later and most recent models are geared to handle high def materials. A modern HD-DVR (High-Definition DVR) has a hard disc drive bigger than the one in your desktop PC and uses it to store up to 35 hours of HD content, or 300 hours of general content. naturally the new models have improved in other areas, too - for instance the TiVo Series 3, for instance, can up scale standard definition content to give it better quality, and can record 2 channels simultaneously while you watch a third.

The easiest way to get an HD-DVR is by leasing one from your cable company, for about six to ten dollars 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 unconscious of its being - for instance program the TiVo to record all movies starring Keanu Reeves screening in any channel anytime. You no longer have to surf through the endless channels for equally endless hours and the best part is that you could view your favorite shows without the both of commercial messages, and this itself is such a smart way to watch TV.

The impact is so great that nearly 70% of television admen confirmed in a recent study that with DVR encroachment in the market, the thirty second spots would become defunct. This also included a comment by one one-quarter of promoters who said that they would reduce their TV publicising allowance and use it in some other avenue. 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 empty television ads.