Personal Video Recorder's - a revolution in Television for Satellite Viewer's -
Simply put, a PVR is a device that allows you to record any arbitrary Television Broadcast while simultaneously viewing the same or any other arbitrary broadcast. It doesn't sound like much until you actually start thinking about the possibilities on offer with the above.
Things like rewinding what you have just watched broadcast instantly, fast forwarding at breakneck speed through ads on shows you have recorded or pausing Live Television at your whim and fancy. I really could go on and on.For people living in Remote Australia or in 'black spot' areas the arrival of Satellite PVR's or Personal Video Recorder's in the marketplace is a boon for television viewing!
There may be quite a few of you out there who are familiar with the pay T.V. products like 'MyStar' or 'IQ'. This means you may be aware of what the new VAST decoder's are potentially capable of doing.
What you may find surprising is that one of these new products in particular, with an Ethernet connection, can actually offer more viewing options and a superior picture as well and can do all this for FREE.
Watching Broadcast TV on the VAST platform of course you only receive the normal free to air channels but unlike Pay TV, once you install it there are no ongoing charges. It's free.
Be advised, Satellite PVR's are a game changer.
Say for example: you like the show 'MASH'. Simply go to the inbuilt on screen TV guide, highlight an episode of MASH and hit the 'Chain link' or 'Series link' recording button on the remote.
That's it.
You do not have to do anything else. The Recorder intuitively knows that you like this program and every episode of MASH from that point on will be recorded automatically for you to watch later at your leisure. No need to mess around with confusing time slots, no programming skills required! Not only that but when you watch it later, you can fast forward through the commercials.
Think about it.
Never miss any of the shows you like again and don't watch any commercials!
These decoder's can do more.
While it is recording a show you can change the channel and watch something else if you like. You can pause live TV, go out and grab a drink or a snack, come back and pick up exactly where you left the show.
You can take this to the extreme and record a TV series on one channel, record a movie on another channel and while this is happening, watch something else that you have already recorded.
This is "TV Lovers Paradise".
These PVR's in general come with enough room on the internal hard drive to record four hundred hours of television. Let's put this into perspective. If you watched an average of four hours recorded television a day, it would take you over three months to watch it all.
Another surprise is that in general, the new Satellite PVR's are a simple and intuitive device to use.
Watching Television will never be the same again!