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PVR

American  
  1. personal video recorder.


PVR British  

abbreviation

  1. personal(ized) video recorder: a device for recording and replaying television programmes and films etc that uses a hard disk rather than videocassettes or DVDs and has various computer functions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mr Bijli says many chains like his are using flexible pricing and weekday offers to attract audiences - for instance, tickets at PVR cost only 92 rupees on Tuesdays.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

The researchers consider this study a proof of concept that suggests that the mRNA approach may be useful for PVR and other eye diseases.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

In the first quarter, Inox reported a 29% occupancy rate, while PVR said its rate was 33.6% in the same period.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2022

“Our revenues are abysmal because we’re still an incomplete offering,” said Ajay Bijli, the chairman and managing director of PVR Ltd., which has laid off nearly 30 percent of its employees.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2020

But while those drawbacks confounded expectations that the PVR technology would become a killer app, it is now heading for prime time--and not just inside a TiVo or Replay box.

From Time Magazine Archive

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