It was when I was at college that I first read about a Digital Video Recorder. It was in a technology magazine, and I remember that it was going to get rid of all the cassettes for recordings. The new technology allowed you to record straight on to a hard drive.
This sounded a brilliant idea. I lost count of the number of times that I had to delete a previous recording because I had run out of space on my tapes to record anything else, and at least I would not have to keep buying new tapes.
I remember what made it even more appealing was the fact that you could record programs automatically as well. You just set the timer and away you went. You did not even have to be at home to record your favorite program, and the picture quality was supposed to be as good as the original.
But like anything else this new, this technology came at a price. The first DVR units were selling for around $1000.00, and unfortunately this was a bit out of my price range; I had to wait a couple of years before the price finally dropped before I could afford to buy my first DVR.
But I must admit that was the only thing that did not impress me at the time; it was certainly a lot better than my Video Tape Recorder of the time.
Now you can get even more programs on the hard drives, and this is because the hard drives just keep getting bigger and better.
Funnily enough it seems a long time ago when the DVR was first introduced, but it was not that long ago really. But just like more recent inventions such as the cell phone it is hard to imagine life without my DVR.
They are such a handy piece of equipment to have, and if anything goes wrong with your cable, at least you have a back up of programs to watch that are stored on your DVR.
This sounded a brilliant idea. I lost count of the number of times that I had to delete a previous recording because I had run out of space on my tapes to record anything else, and at least I would not have to keep buying new tapes.
I remember what made it even more appealing was the fact that you could record programs automatically as well. You just set the timer and away you went. You did not even have to be at home to record your favorite program, and the picture quality was supposed to be as good as the original.
But like anything else this new, this technology came at a price. The first DVR units were selling for around $1000.00, and unfortunately this was a bit out of my price range; I had to wait a couple of years before the price finally dropped before I could afford to buy my first DVR.
But I must admit that was the only thing that did not impress me at the time; it was certainly a lot better than my Video Tape Recorder of the time.
Now you can get even more programs on the hard drives, and this is because the hard drives just keep getting bigger and better.
Funnily enough it seems a long time ago when the DVR was first introduced, but it was not that long ago really. But just like more recent inventions such as the cell phone it is hard to imagine life without my DVR.
They are such a handy piece of equipment to have, and if anything goes wrong with your cable, at least you have a back up of programs to watch that are stored on your DVR.
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