digital video recorder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of digital video recorder
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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That’s not inexpensive, especially after you factor in the added expense of an external hard drive, which is required if you want the digital video recorder to actually record.
From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2022
Juan Villalba Jr. says the footage would allow police to see what happened, similar to a digital video recorder.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 2, 2017
Subscriptions run between $8 and $12 a month, and that fee includes a cloud-based digital video recorder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2014
Including the cable box — with its video on demand and digital video recorder — and Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation, Roku, Wii and Xbox, that universe is constantly expanding.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2014
Those antennas feed the broadcast programming to a digital video recorder, which then plays the programming back to subscribers on demand.
From Washington Post
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