The Progress In Technology Through Digital Video Recording

It was when I was at college that I first read about a Digital Video Recorder. It was in a technology magazine, and I remember that it was going to get rid of all the cassettes for recordings. The new technology allowed you to record straight on to a hard drive.

The idea sounded ludicrous, but still I hoped it was true because I was forever running out of tapes to record things on. I was always having to delete things before I could tape something new, and I must admit that using fast forward and rewind was a bit of a chore. Perhaps Digital Video Recording was what I had been waiting for.

There was also the beauty of being able to record a television show automatically, even when you were not in the house, and that the quality was just as good as if you were watching the original show, as everybody knows the tapes did tend to get a little worn and the picture could become very unclear at times.

But like anything else this new, this technology came at a price. The first DVR units were selling for around $1000.00, and unfortunately this was a bit out of my price range; I had to wait a couple of years before the price finally dropped before I could afford to buy my first DVR.

But I must admit that was the only thing that did not impress me at the time; it was certainly a lot better than my Video Tape Recorder of the time.

Now you can get even more programs on the hard drives, and this is because the hard drives just keep getting bigger and better.

It seems such a long time ago when I first bought my DVR, but funnily enough it wasn’t that long ago, and I cannot see myself without one now.

They are such a handy piece of equipment to have, and if anything goes wrong with your cable, at least you have a back up of programs to watch that are stored on your DVR.

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