The newest recording technology has crossed all boundaries and brought convenience right to your door. With the TIVO or the Digital Video Recorder, you can watch the top American channels whenever you want.
"Personal video recorder" is a term that is often used to describe TIVO (PVR). The second one is a consumer video device that can record TV shows and store them on an internal hard drive so they can be watched at any time in the future.
You don't have to plan your day around your favourite TV show anymore. Let people watch your favourite shows and programmes whenever they want and as many times as they want.
If you have a TIVO, you can choose the shows you want to record by time, by title, or by a combination of things like genre, actors, directors, etc. All programmes will stay the same until they are deleted by hand to make room for new ones.
The internal storage has a huge amount of space and can hold most of your favourite shows. The customer's location and cable or satellite service determine what programmes are in the database. The database is updated every day over the phone or through a network connection to the TIVO control centre. The TIVO system is made up of a hard drive that can't be taken out and software that lets users easily schedule and record their favourite shows. The software can even be set to record shows that it thinks the viewer might like based on what they usually watch.
You can even pause, rewind, and fast-forward recorded programmes just like you could with a VCR or DVD player, but there are no messy tapes or discs to keep track of. You can still watch a show in real time even if you are recording it.
TIVO makes sure that the quality of the digitally recorded images stays the same when they are received, stored, and played back. When videos are saved digitally, they keep the same quality as the day they were made.
TIVO also has a rating system that lets users rate the TV shows they watch on a scale from three "thumbs up" to three "thumbs down." The ratings are then used to learn more about the user's tastes, and suggestions are made in part based on these ratings.
"Season passes" tell TiVo to record a show every time it comes on TV, no matter what time it starts. You can choose to ignore reruns. Features like "Wish List" searches and "TIVO Online Scheduling" that have won awards have made TIVO a must-have for every home. TIVO's innovations in home entertainment go beyond what a TV can do with digital music, snapshots, and "picture in picture" features. With the addition of "TIVO To Go," you can move shows to your laptop or DVD.
You can always watch the most recent shows on your TV because your TIVO will keep you up to date with the daily shows. You can use the remote to look for programmes because the technology is so advanced and the navigation is so easy to use.
The only small problem with TIVO is that it can't record live TV. For the DVR service to work well and be able to be activated, it needs a land-based phone line. This could be a problem for some customers, especially since more and more people are getting rid of their landlines and only using their cell phones.
You don't have to worry about how your TV is set up to make a TIVO work for every household. It could be analogue cable, digital cable, satellite, or a mix of these. TIVO is proving to be a useful and affordable addition to your home theatre system.
