2000 SMPTE Technical Conference and Exhibition: “Digital Video Recorders: All-in-One Content Recording, Storage, Playback and Management System”

“Personal video recording” is revolutionizing the way we view, record and playback television programs and is predicted to grow to an installed base of 14 million users by 2004, according to Forrester Research, making this one of the hottest new product categories ever introduced by the consumer electronics industry. At the heart of each personal video recording device is a hard disk drive which provides the ability to record without tape, and to access recorded programs instantly. Further, digital video recording on hard disk drives enables simultaneous recording and play back, making it possible to pause live TV and perform instant replays of live broadcasts in the viewer's home. — As the engine for the entire personal video recording industry, the DVR may provide all of the capabilities to record, store and play back digital content within the hard disk drive itself. Thus, the DVR has not only made possible “personal video recording,” but will be the vehicle for a wide variety of revolutionary and innovative hard drive-enabled consumer electronics products. In the near future, we will witness this technology being embedded in products ranging from television sets and cable and satellite set-top boxes to audio jukeboxes, game consoles and Internet appliances, creating new means of enjoying digital entertainment for consumers everywhere. — As a content recording, storage, playback and management system all in one, the DVR encompasses all the basic ingredients of a television broadcast facility in one simple box, which has applications at both the broadcast site and at the reception site.

Published

2000-10

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/M00160

ISBN

978-1-61482-933-1