TiVo

TiVo (tē-vō) is a popular brand of digital video recorder (DVR), a term synonymous with personal video recorder (PVR). It is a consumer video device which allows users to capture television programming to internal hard disk storage for later viewing (sometimes called "time shifting").

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TiVo systems function similarly to VCRs, but use non-removable hard-disk storage, and contain much more sophisticated software to record programs - not only those the user specifically requests, but also other material the user is likely to be interested in. Additionally, programs being watched "live" can be paused or "rewound" to repeat a sequence just watched. Unlike tape-based recorders, a program that is still being recorded can be viewed from the beginning.

Digital video recorder: A digital video recorder (DVR) or personal video recorder (PVR) is a device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB keydrive, sd memory card or other memory medium within a device. The term includes stand-alone set-top boxes, portable media players (PMP) and recorders (as camco...

Personal video recorder: The personal video recorder (PVR), also called digital video recorder (DVR) or digital personal video recorder, is a consumer electronics device that records television shows to a hard disk in digital format. The first disk recording of television was tested on July 8th, 1965, when CBS explored the ...

Hard disk: A hard disk drive (also hard drive, or hard disk drive (HDD)) is a non-volatile data storage device that stores data on a magnetic surface layered onto hard disk platters....