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digital video recorder: a digital device that records television programs or other video onto a hard disk.

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It also means not having to stress about cleaning out your DVR.
Four TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Return In 2015|DISH|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Great for convincing your co-workers to DVR Black-ish while at work.
Four TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Return In 2015|DISH|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their new Virtual Joey app turns your existing PlayStation 3—and soon PS4—into its very own DVR.
New Innovations Let You Watch TV Anywhere You Go||December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The whole point of adding more bells and whistles—video-on-demand, DVR-like services—is to get existing customers to pay more.
Why Would Comcast Improve When It Could Buy Time Warner Cable Instead?|Daniel Gross|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Your best bet is to DVR the 11 p.m. rebroadcast and watch it after you finish Good Wife.
‘Breaking Bad’ Finale, ‘Homeland’ Premiere: How to Survive DVRmageddon|Jason Lynch|September 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hors-d'œuvre, or-dvr′, a preliminary snack that does not form part of the regular menu.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various