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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

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There is no current treatment for PVR other than surgery, which itself carries a high risk of causing or exacerbating PVR.

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

MTV recently started bringing alternative films to the small screen alongside music, while in 2011 cinema chain PVR started Directors' Rare for independent movies.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2014

To hear PVR companies tell it, advertisers should be delighted, since the marriage of TV and online will make possible interactive ads and the ability to purchase products right off the screen.

From Time Magazine Archive