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ken0042 · 09-26-2006, 09:24 PM

Moon- let's say you have a 6 hour tape. You want to watch what is at the begining of the tape. You forget, and tape over something else. Or you have to keep going back and forth; whereas the PVR is random access. I can pull out something I recorded a month ago.

Or you set the VCR to record Law & Order at 8:00. You get home at 8:07. What do you do? Wait until 9:00, or watch the end first?

I use it in the morning. I set it for Global news at 6:00 (auto tune.) I get up at 6:10. rewind it to the begining and watch the main news in the 15 minutes I spend getting ready.

Or the phone rings unexpectedly. Press pause on the same remote you use to flip channels.

Or you go out to turn off the sprinkler during a comercial and get chatting with the neighbour. You can come back and rewind to where you left off.

I have all sorts of auto tuners fire all throughout the day. Whenever I come home I can just hit rewind and get back to the begining of the show; no matter what time I get home. Instead of using a new tape every day I can be sure to come home and catch a show; no matter what time I get home. The receiver buffers 1 hour as you watch, so you can go back.

Or the wife says "what did he say?" You can go back. Or you see a good website and you want to write it down.

That's it off the top of my head. I sure I missed some of the differences of a PVR and a VCR.

09-26-2006, 09:24 PM	#10
ken0042 Playboy Mansion Poolboy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout Exp:	Moon- let's say you have a 6 hour tape. You want to watch what is at the begining of the tape. You forget, and tape over something else. Or you have to keep going back and forth; whereas the PVR is random access. I can pull out something I recorded a month ago. Or you set the VCR to record Law & Order at 8:00. You get home at 8:07. What do you do? Wait until 9:00, or watch the end first? I use it in the morning. I set it for Global news at 6:00 (auto tune.) I get up at 6:10. rewind it to the begining and watch the main news in the 15 minutes I spend getting ready. Or the phone rings unexpectedly. Press pause on the same remote you use to flip channels. Or you go out to turn off the sprinkler during a comercial and get chatting with the neighbour. You can come back and rewind to where you left off. I have all sorts of auto tuners fire all throughout the day. Whenever I come home I can just hit rewind and get back to the begining of the show; no matter what time I get home. Instead of using a new tape every day I can be sure to come home and catch a show; no matter what time I get home. The receiver buffers 1 hour as you watch, so you can go back. Or the wife says "what did he say?" You can go back. Or you see a good website and you want to write it down. That's it off the top of my head. I sure I missed some of the differences of a PVR and a VCR.