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The HD Micro DVR, a solid state 1080p Full HD DVR with advanced H264/MPEG4 codec, is one dedicated battery powered HD Micro DVR designed for mobile video applications. It is a rugged, easy to use camcorder that records beautiful 1080p video from almost any video sources like HDMI, DVI, VGA, YPbPr and CVBS. A single record button makes operation simple and easy with just one click. Even more, you can connect to handy LANC remote control while focusing on your activities. Various record trigger are available for specific application.

There are six level record quality, LQ/EP/LP/SP/HQ/UQ for record options. On board gain adjustable omni-directional microphone, on board charger and buzzer are also available. One full-color LED are used to indicate DVR status.

The HD Micro DVR is the unique Micro DVR on the market, that accepts various high definition video inputs. It enables full range of video connectivity, compatibility to video player, camcorder, PC, DSLR camera, surveillance, medical and industrial videos with best clarity and accurate color. The recorded video can be replayed and output to LCD or YPbPr.

The HD Micro DVR is designed with internal Industrial Lion polymer batteries. It will be charged automatically by on board charger while external power connected. The external power can be swapped with battery any time without the interruption of record operation. It supports standby mode while idle to extend the working time.

The HD Micro DVR can be used in almost unlimited number of situations, like Xbox or Play Station record for sharing; record computer monitor for training or demo; record live events such as presentation and training, scientific experiment, medical operation etc.

There are six level record quality, LQ/EP/LP/SP/HQ/UQ for record options. On board gain adjustable omnidirectional microphone, on board charger and buzzer are also available. One full-color LED are used to indicate DVR status.

The HD SDI DVR is the unique SDI DVR on the market, that supports any standard HD or 3G SDI camera with SDI jump cable. The external SDI camera can even be powered by DVR if the current consumption is under limit. Besides this, a series of quality high sensitivity, low light operation HD SDI bullet camera are also optimized and supplied for the HD SDI DVR for better clarity, accurate color, minimal distortion, smallest size and easy operation.

The recorded video files can be imported to any PC via onboard USB or card reader and replayed. A supplied software ExtremeApp can also import, replay recorded video with future GPS, GoogleMap, G-Force support.

The HD Portable MegaDVR, a solid state 1080p Full HD DVR with advanced H264 codec, is one dedicated battery powered SDI/HDMI recorder designed for mobile video applications. It is a rugged, easy to use camcorder that records beautiful 1080p video from almost any video sources. A single record and photo button makes operation simple and easy with just one click.

It is standalone DVR, internal battery can supply recording up to 5 hours. External power adapter can be connected for longer recording time or fully chareg the battery in 2hours alone. It is as samll as palm that you can take it anywhere.

Portable MegaDVR can record high-definition crisp 1080p video at a full frame rate up to 12Mbits/s and save extremely clear still images and videos to external USB HDD, USB Flash, SD Card or network. With external HDD, it can record highest quality HD video up to two weeks. There level record qualities are available. External gain adjustable omni-directional microphone, buzzer and color LED feedback are also available.

Portable MegaDVR is small size, universal and easy operation, no special training is required. It is just plug and play. It has universal video connectivity and compatibility, the dual video input accepts DVI, HD/3G SDI, and HDMI as well as 1080i50/60 or 1080p50/60. It also has SDI loop output.

The HD Portable MegaDVR can be used in almost unlimited number of situations, like scientific research, video footage, soports, security surveillance, remote monitoring, spy, car racing, helicopter, bus, TV station and filming, etc.

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The versatile nature of Ninja V means it can be paired with nearly any camera, on any type or size of production. The professional monitoring tools make framing, exposure, and focusing a breeze. With Ninja V you can work confidently to perfect every shot.

Ninja V provides additional flexibility by offering a choice of industry-standard recording formats. This means you can choose the frame size, frame rate, and codec that best suits the needs of your workflow and delivery requirements. Ninja V also allows you to record HDMI RAW inputs up to 6K at 30fps, whilst simultaneously looping out standard YCC video via HDMI to non-RAW compatible devices.Responsive Touchscreen

Ninja V features a highly responsive, 5.2-inch, SuperAtom IPS touchscreen. This guarantees each feature is clearly visible, all the features are easily accessible, and every operation is smooth. The screen is bright (1000nit), which means it’s suited for outdoor use, even in direct sunlight. The display settings allow for a number of adjustments to make certain your Ninja V functions equally well in darker environments.Compact Design

Ninja V has been designed so that it can be paired equally well with smaller cameras as part of a minimal setup and with full-size camera rigs on large-scale cinema productions. The aluminum chassis and polycarbonate backplate have been crafted for maximum durability. The device weighs just 360g (0.79lbs), which means it can be used comfortably with a handheld camera. The device includes anti-rotational 3/8-16 mount points on the top and bottom. It ships with a 1/4-20 adapter, so that Ninja V can easily be adapted and mounted on industry-standard equipment from a wide range of manufacturers.Complete Monitoring Toolbox

Achieve cinematic effects, creative transitions, and save time in post-production with the Get Creative update for your Ninja V. The onion skin overlay makes shooting stop-motion and creating jump or match cuts extremely simple. The ability to capture frame grabs live on-set reduces time creating thumbnails and gives you a quick reference to share with the team. The update is available to download for free from my.atomos.com.Wireless Remote Control

The AtomRemote app for iOS and macOS offers an array of external controls for ATOMOS CONNECT for Ninja V. The app enables you to perform a range of configuration tasks and operations up to 15 meters away from the device via Bluetooth LE. Input options include the ability to define camera connections, select Gamma/EOTF, and adjust Gamut settings. For monitoring, AtomRemote can be used to control playback, choose monitoring modes, apply custom 3D LUTs, or view image analysis tools including exposure and focus. Output controls include options for 4K to HD, LUT preview, and HDR output.Wireless Timecode

The ultimate expansion module for Ninja V, ATOMOS CONNECT includes an SDI interface, which adds support for a new category of camera and can be used to cross convert a 12G-SDI signal to the HDMI output, creating more utility and workflow options. ATOMOS CONNECT also features Wi-Fi 6, Gigabit Ethernet, and Bluetooth. With support for Atomos Cloud Studio (ACS) and AirGlu™ wireless sync technology that introduce new production workflows and ways to utilize Ninja V.Learn More

AtomX CAST transforms Ninja V into a compact, fully featured production studio. It allows you to perform advanced multi-input switching from 4 x 1080p HDMI sources, apply graphic overlays, and use a USB UVC webcam output for enhanced web-conferencing and live streaming.Learn MoreATOMOS CONNECT

The ultimate expansion module for Ninja V, ATOMOS CONNECT includes an SDI interface, which adds support for a new category of camera and can be used to cross convert a 12G-SDI signal to the HDMI output, creating more utility and workflow options. ATOMOS CONNECT also features Wi-Fi 6, Gigabit Ethernet, and Bluetooth. With support for Atomos Cloud Studio (ACS) and AirGlu™ wireless sync technology that introduce new production workflows and ways to utilize Ninja V.Learn MoreAtomX CAST

AtomX CAST transforms Ninja V into a compact, fully featured production studio. It allows you to perform advanced multi-input switching from 4 x 1080p HDMI sources, apply graphic overlays, and use a USB UVC webcam output for enhanced web-conferencing and live streaming.Learn MoreSupported Resolutions & Frame Rates

To save space and support longer recordings, many cameras record compressed 4:2:0 8-bit video internally. If the camera is able to output video via HDMI, the quality can often be preserved in a 4:2:2 8-bit or 10-bit format. Ninja V can record more color information and immediately add value to your production with your existing camera rig. Additionally, if you’re shooting Log footage, the ability to bypass internal compression will offer the best possible dynamic range. Ninja V is designed to maximize the quality of your videos and allow you to extend every aspect of your creative vision.

With flexible options for industry standard video and RAW formats, Ninja V can either record visually lossless acquisition codecs that are ready for editing or smaller-sized delivery codecs that look great and are quick to upload. Ninja V is designed to be versatile and meet the requirements of your workflow. Atomos understands the value of being able to select the format, quality, resolution, frame rate, or file size that best suits the needs of your production.Apple ProRes RAW

To save space and support longer recordings, many cameras record compressed 4:2:0 8-bit video internally. If the camera is able to output video via HDMI, the quality can often be preserved in a 4:2:2 8-bit or 10-bit format. Ninja V can record more color information and immediately add value to your production with your existing camera rig. Additionally, if you’re shooting Log footage, the ability to bypass internal compression will offer the best possible dynamic range. Ninja V is designed to maximize the quality of your videos and allow you to extend every aspect of your creative vision.ARRI

The ability to record up to 6K using advanced edit-ready formats including ProRes RAW, ProRes, and DNxHD/HR requires fast, robust, and expansive storage. Ninja V supports removable SSD drives which provide the space and sustained performance to meet these needs. AtomX SSDmini drives are more compact than standard SATA SSDs and offer an affordable alternative to an SD card of similar capacity or performance. They support up to 4TB storage, sequential read speeds of up to 550MB/s and write speeds up to 500MB/s. The AtomX SSDmini drives are able to record up to 150 minutes of 4K ProRes. Measuring 8cm long, 7.5cm wide and weighing as little as 88g, the custom-built drive neatly fits into the Ninja V without impacting the overall footprint of the device.

There is an optional SSDmini adaptor that allows CFAST II cards to be used, enabling you to recycle older media cards or align with your camera media. Alongside SSDmini we also qualify a range of 2.5-inch SSDs that can be used in conjunction with the MasterCaddy III which are required when using the ATOMOS CONNECT.

Atomos Cloud Studio (ACS) is a collection of online video production services that represent a radical innovation for all video creators, streamers, and filmmakers. When paired with ATOMOS CONNECT, ACS allows Ninja V to livestream to popular platforms like Facebook Live, Twitch, YouTube, and custom RTMP/S destinations. It also offers full support for Adobe Camera to Cloud (C2C), powered by Frame.io, allowing anyone with a compatible camera or device to be able to capture full-resolution footage, simultaneously share proxy files, and collaborate in real-time.

Adobe C2C is being used by production teams every day to share footage from the shoot with remote team members. C2C is the fastest, easiest, and most secure method to share media and collaborate in real-time. It creates a direct path from production to the post-production teams, allowing media to be transferred from C2C certified devices, wherever you are, over standard network connections to the cloud, for viewing, approval, and editing. Clips can be reviewed on any device and editors can start cutting high-quality proxy files (with matching timecode and file names) before anyone calls it a wrap. The ATOMOS CONNECT accessory for Ninja V opens the C2C workflow to a significantly wider range of digital cinema, mirrorless, and DSLR cameras, allowing more filmmakers than ever before engage in cloud-based workflows and experience the future of production.

Included with Premiere Pro and After Effects, Frame.io unlocks powerful ways to securely share, collaborate, and manage projects. All in one powerful place.Learn MoreFinal Cut Pro

With built-in G-sensor, apeman dashboard camera can automatically detect a sudden shake/collision and lock the footage to prevent the video from being overwritten even in loop recording. Accident scene can be truly restored.

The combination of F1.8 large aperture, WDR, HDR ensures the clarity of images at night. Eliminates the need for an auxiliary light source even in low-light environments, making it easy to obtain sharp, color-accurate images.

A digital video recorder (DVR) is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device. The term includes set-top boxes with direct to disk recording, portable media players and TV gateways with recording capability, and digital camcorders.Personal computers are often connected to video capture devices and used as DVRs; in such cases the application software used to record video is an integral part of the DVR. Many DVRs are classified as consumer electronic devices; such devices may alternatively be referred to as personal video recorders (PVRs), particularly in Canada. Similar small devices with built-in (~5 inch diagonal) displays and SSD support may be used for professional film or video production, as these recorders often do not have the limitations that built-in recorders in cameras have, offering wider codec support, the removal of recording time limitations and higher bitrates.

The first working DVR prototypeHector Garcia-Molina and Jennifer Widom. Two design papers were published 2017 VLDB conference,Pat Hanrahan"s CS488 class: Experiments in Digital Television,

Many DVRs use the MPEG format for compressing the digital video.set-top box, as TV viewers have wanted to take control of their viewing experiences. As consumers have been able to converge increasing amounts of video content on their set-tops, delivered by traditional "broadcast" cable, satellite and terrestrial as well as IP networks, the ability to capture programming and view it whenever they want has become a must-have function for many consumers.

In the UK, digital video recorders are often referred to as "plus boxes" (such as BSKYB"s Sky+ and Virgin Media"s V+ which integrates an HD capability, and the subscription free Freesat+ and Freeview+). Freeview+ have been around in the UK since the late 2000s, although the platform"s first DVR, the Pace Twin, dates to 2002.Sky Q box. TiVo launched a UK model in 2000, and is no longer supported, except for third party services, and the continuation of TiVo through Virgin Media in 2010. South African based Africa Satellite TV beamer Multichoice recently launched their DVR which is available on their DStv platform. In addition to ReplayTV and TiVo, there are a number of other suppliers of digital terrestrial (DTT) DVRs, including Technicolor SA, Topfield, Fusion, Commscope, Humax, VBox Communications, AC Ryan Playon and Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB).

Many satellite, cable and IPTV companies are incorporating digital video recording functions into their set-top box, such as with DirecTiVo, DISHPlayer/DishDVR, Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8xxx from Time Warner, Total Home DVR from AT&T U-verse, Motorola DCT6412 from Comcast and others, Moxi Media Center by Digeo (available through Charter, Adelphia, Sunflower, Bend Broadband, and soon Comcast and other cable companies), or Sky+. Astro introduced their DVR system, called Astro MAX, which was the first PVR in Malaysia but was phased out two years after its introduction.

In the case of digital television, there is no encoding necessary in the DVR since the signal is already a digitally encoded MPEG stream. The digital video recorder simply stores the digital stream directly to disk. Having the broadcaster involved with, and sometimes subsidizing, the design of the DVR can lead to features such as the ability to use interactive TV on recorded shows, pre-loading of programs, or directly recording encrypted digital streams. It can, however, also force the manufacturer to implement non-skippable advertisements and automatically expiring recordings.

In Europe Free-To-AirPay TVTV gateways with multiple tuners have whole house recording capabilities allowing recording of TV programs to Network Attached Storage or attached USB storage, recorded programs are then shared across the home network to tablet, smartphone, PC, Mac, Smart TV.

In 2003 many Satellite and Cable providers introduced dual-tuner digital video recorders. In the UK, BSkyB introduced their first PVR Sky+ with dual tuner support in 2001.Kogan.com introduced a dual-tuner PVR in the Australian market allowing free-to-air television to be recorded on a removable hard drive. Some dual-tuner DVRs also have the ability to output to two separate television sets at the same time. The PVR manufactured by UEC (Durban, South Africa) and used by Multichoice and Scientific Atlanta 8300DVB PVR have the ability to view two programs while recording a third using a triple tuner.

In the United States, DVRs were used by 32 percent of all TV households in 2009, and 38 percent by 2010, with viewership among 18- to 40-year-olds 40 percent higher in homes that have them.

DVRs are integrated into some television sets (TVs). These systems simplify wiring and operation because they employ a single power cable, have no interconnected ports (e.g., HDMI), and share a common remote control.

VESA-compatible DVRs are designed to attach to the VESA mounting holes (100×100 mm) on the back of an LCD television set (TV), allowing users to combine the TV and DVR into an integrated unit.

Over-the-air DVRs are standalone receivers that record broadcast television programs. Several companies have launched over-the-air DVR products for the consumer market over the past few years.

Software and hardware are available which can turn personal computers running Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X into DVRs, and is a popular option for home-theater PC (HTPC) enthusiasts.

There are many free and open source software DVR applications available for Linux. For example, TV gateway interfaces to DVB tuners and provides network tuner and TV server functions, which allows live viewing and recording over IP networks. Other examples include MythTV, Video Disk Recorder (VDR), LinuxMCE, TiVo, VBox Home TV Gateway, and Kodi (formerly XBMC).

Geniatech makes a series of digital video recording devices called EyeTV. The software supplied with each device is also called EyeTV, and is available separately for use on compatible third-party tuners from manufacturers such as Pinnacle, TerraTec, and Hauppauge.

Apple provides applications in the FireWire software developer kit which allow any Mac with a FireWire port to record the MPEG2 transport stream from a FireWire-equipped cable box (for example: Motorola DCT62xx, including HD streams). Applications can also change channels on the cable box via the firewire interface. Only broadcast channels can be recorded as the rest of the channels are encrypted. FireRecord (formerly iRecord) is a free scheduled-recording program derived from this SDK.

There are also several commercial applications available including CyberLink, SageTV (which is no longer available after Google acquired it in June 2011), Beyond TV (which is considered discontinued despite an official announcement from SnapStream since the last update was October 2010 and they are concentrating on their enterprise search products), DVBViewer, Showshifter, InterVideo WinDVR, the R5000-HD and Meedio (now a dead product – Yahoo! bought most of the company"s technology and discontinued the Meedio line, and rebranded the software Yahoo! Go – TV, which is now a free product but only works in the U.S.TV tuner cards come bundled with software which allows the PC to record television to hard disk. See TV tuner card. For example, Leadtek"s WinFast DTV1000 digital TV card comes bundled with the WinFast PVR2 software, which can also record analog video from the card"s composite video input socket.

Windows Media Center is a DVR software by Microsoft which was bundled with the Media Center edition of Windows XP, the Home Premium / Ultimate editions of Windows Vista, as well as most editions of Windows 7. When Windows 8 was released in 2012, Windows Media Center was not included with Windows 8 OEM or Retail installations, and was only available as a $15 add-on pack (including DVD Playback codecs) to Windows 8 Pro users.

An embeddable DVR is a standalone device that is designed to be easily integrated into more complex systems. It is typically supplied as a compact, bare circuit board that facilitates mounting it as a subsystem component within larger equipment. The control keypad is usually connected with a detachable cable, to allow it to be located on the system"s exterior while the DVR circuitry resides inside the equipment.

Television and video are terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, but differ in their technical meaning. Video is the visual portion of television, whereas television is the combination of video and audio modulated onto a carrier frequency (i.e., a television channel) for delivery. Most DVRs can record both video and audio.

To record an analog signal a few steps are required. In the case of a television signal, a television tuner must first demodulate the radio frequency signal to produce baseband video. The video is then converted to digital form by a frame grabber, which converts each video image into a collection of numeric values that represent the pixels within the image. At the same time, the audio is also converted to digital form by an analog-to-digital converter running at a constant sampling rate. In many devices, the resulting digital video and audio are compressed before recording to reduce the amount of data that will be recorded, although some DVRs record uncompressed data. When compression is used, video is typically compressed using formats such as H.264 or MPEG-2, and audio is compressed using AAC or MP3.

Many consumer DVRs implement a copy-protection system called Copy Generation Management System—Analog (CGMS-A), which specifies one of four possible copy permissions by means of two bits encoded in the vertical blanking interval:

CGMS-A information may be present in analog broadcast TV signals, and is preserved when the signal is recorded and played back by analog VCRs. VCRs do not understand the meanings of the bits but preserve them in case there is a subsequent attempt to copy the tape to a DVR.

DVD-based PVRs available on the market as of 2006 are not capable of capturing the full range of the visual signal available with high-definition television (HDTV). This is largely because HDTV standards were finalized at a later time than the standards for DVDs. However, DVD-based PVRs can still be used (albeit at reduced visual quality) with HDTV since currently available HDTV sets also have standard A/V connections.

ATSC television broadcasting is primarily used in North America. The ATSC data stream can be directly recorded by a digital video recorder, though many DVRs record only a subset of this information (that can later be transferred to DVD). An ATSC DVR will also act as a set-top box, allowing older televisions or monitors to receive digital television.

The U.S. FCC attempted to limit the abilities of DVRs with its "broadcast flag" regulation. Digital video recorders that had not won prior approval from the FCC for implementing "effective" digital rights management would have been banned from interstate commerce from July 2005, but the regulation was struck down on May 6, 2005.

DVB digital television contains audio/visual signals that are broadcast over the air in a digital rather than analog format. The DVB data stream can be directly recorded by the DVR. Devices that can use external storage devices (such as hard disks, SSDs, or other flash storage) to store and recover data without the aid of another device are sometimes called telememory devices.

A satellite or cable set-top box both decrypts the signal if encrypted, and decodes the MPEG stream into an analog signal for viewing on the television. In order to record cable or satellite digital signals the signal must be captured after it has been decrypted but before it is decoded; this is how DVRs built into set-top boxes work.

Cable and satellite providers often offer their own digital video recorders along with a service plan. These DVRs have access to the encrypted video stream, and generally enforce the provider"s restrictions on copying of material even after recording.

Many DVD-based DVRs have the capability to copy content from a source DVD (ripping). In the United States, this is prohibited under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act if the disc is encrypted. Most such DVRs will therefore not allow recording of video streams from encrypted movie discs.

Some DVD-based DVRs incorporate connectors that can be used to capture digital video from a camcorder. Some editing of the resulting DVD is usually possible, such as adding chapter points.

DVRs can usually record and play H.264, MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-2 .mpg, MPEG-2 .TS, VOB and ISO images video, with MP3 and AC3 audio tracks. They can also display images (JPEG and PNG) and play music files (MP3 and Ogg).

Some devices can be updated to play and record in new formats. DVRs usually record in proprietary file systems for copy protection, although some can use FAT file systems. Recordings from standard-definition television usually have 480p/i/576p/i while HDTV is usually in 720p/1080i.

Digital video recorders configured for physical security applications record video signals from closed-circuit television cameras for detection and documentation purposes. Many are designed to record audio as well. DVRs have evolved into devices that are feature rich and provide services that exceed the simple recording of video images that was previously done through VCRs. A DVR CCTV system provides a multitude of advanced functions over VCR technology including video searches by event, time, date and camera. There is also much more control over quality and frame rate allowing disk space usage to be optimized and the DVR can also be set to overwrite the oldest security footage should the disk become full. In some DVR security systems remote access to security footage using a PC can also be achieved by connecting the DVR to a LAN network or the Internet.

Some of the latest professional digital video recorders include video analytics firmware, to enable functionality such as "virtual tripwire" or even the detection of abandoned objects on the scene.

Security DVRs may be categorized as being either PC-based or embedded. A PC-based DVR"s architecture is a classical personal computer with video capture cards designed to capture video images. An embedded type DVR is specifically designed as a digital video recorder with its operating system and application software contained in firmware or read-only memory.

Single or multiple video inputs with connector types consistent with the analogue or digital video provided such as coaxial cable, twisted pair or optical fiber cable. The most common number of inputs are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32. Systems may be configured with a very large number of inputs by networking or bussing individual DVRs together.

Digital video recorders are also changing the way television programs advertise products. Watching pre-recorded programs allows users to fast-forward through commercials, and some technology allows users to remove commercials entirely. Half of viewers in the United States, for example, use DVRs to skip commercials entirely.

In 1985, an employee of Honeywell"s Physical Sciences Center, David Rafner, first described a drive-based DVR designed for home TV recording, time shifting, and commercial skipping.

The first DVR which had a built-in commercial skipping feature introduced in 1999 by ReplayTV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In 2002, five owners of the ReplayTV DVR sued the main television networks and movie studios, asking the federal judge to uphold consumers" rights to record TV shows and skip commercials, claiming that features such as commercial skipping help parents protect their kids from excessive consumerism. ReplayTV was purchased by SONICblue in 2001 and in March 2003, SONICblue filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after fighting a copyright infringement suit over the ReplayTV"s ability to skip commercials. In 2007, DirecTV purchased the remaining assets of ReplayTV.

Another type of advertisement shown more and more, mostly for advertising television shows on the same channel, is where the ad overlays the bottom of the television screen, blocking out some of the picture. "Banners", or "logo bugs", as they are called, are referred to by media companies as Secondary Events (2E).

With ad skipping and the time-sensitive nature of certain ads, advertisers are wary of buying commercial time on shows that are heavily digitally video-recorded.DirecTV in March 2011 signed an arrangement with NDS Group to enable the delivery of such addressable advertisement.

In January 2012, Dish Network announced Hopper service, costing $10 extra per month, which recorded prime-time programming from the four major broadcast networks. With the Auto Hop feature, viewers can watch the programs they choose without commercials, without making the effort to fast-forward. On May 24, 2012, Dish and the networks filed suit in federal court.

In court, the media companies argued that network digital video recorders were tantamount to video-on-demand, and that they should receive license fees for the recording. Cablevision and the appeals court disagreed. The company noted that each user would record programs on his or her own individual server space, making it a DVR that has a "very long cord."

In 2004, TiVo sued EchoStar Corp, a manufacturer of DVR units, for patent infringement. The parties reached a settlement in 2011 wherein EchoStar pays a one-time fee (in three structured payments) that grants Echostar full rights for life to the disputed TiVo patents upon first payment(as opposed to indefinite and escalating license fees to be constantly renegotiated), and Echostar granted TiVo full rights for life to certain Echostar patents and dropped their counter-suit against TiVo.

In January 2012, AT&T settled a similar suit brought by TiVo claiming patent infringement (just as with Echostar) in exchange for cash payments to TiVo totaling $215 million through June 2018 plus "incremental recurring per subscriber monthly license fees" to TiVo through July 2018, but grants no full lifetime rights as per the Echostar settlement.

In May 2012, Fox Broadcasting sued Dish Network, arguing that Dish"s set-top box with DVR function, which allowed the users to automatically record prime-time programs and skip commercials, was copyright infringement and breach of contract. In July 2013, the 9th circuit rejected Fox"s claims.

Wilbur, Kenneth C. (2008). "How the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) Changes Traditional Television Advertising". Journal of Advertising. 37 (1): 144. doi:10.2753/JOA0091-3367370111. S2CID 145337108.