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DVR

American

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

Example Sentences

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When authorities searched the home last month, investigators took a DVR that stores video and other data from the surveillance system.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

“We are very proud of the TiVo DVR legacy,” said a company spokesman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

It should go without saying that DVR technology has improved hugely since then.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Some things have changed since then, and some haven’t; I can’t drink coffee that late anymore, and I still don’t know how DVR works.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

He pushed the pause button on the DVR remote.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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