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  • initialism television personal video recorder
  • initialism public transport peak vehicle requirement

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  • The term PVR initially referred to devices such as ReplayTV or TIVO, which connected to an analog cable feed and record programs to a hard drive, however over the years the term has taken on a wider meaning.

    Digital Home 2008

  • The term PVR initially referred to devices such as ReplayTV or TIVO, which connected to an analog cable feed and record programs to a hard drive, however over the years the term has taken on a wider meaning.

    Digital Home 2008

  • The acronym PVR is commonly used in Europe. — paul

    HDTV Makers Must Add More Features to Increase Sales - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Weaknees, a company that sells upgraded TiVos and services to upgrade your PVR, is offering a $25,000 bounty to the hacker who figures out how to improve the new DirecTV PVR, which is crufted and crippled up with anti-customer measures.

    Boing Boing: December 11, 2005 - December 17, 2005 Archives 2005

  • Forgot to say in my post that the Toshiba PVR is actually a TIVO - significant for the Netflix junkies in view of the quote below from the article from Elke's link.

    DVR's 2004

  • Moreover, the term PVR Guilt needs to have a companion term for the feeling of satisfaction you get after watching a recorded show and subsequently deleting it from your PVR’s hard drive.

    Do you suffer from PVR guilt? | Sync Blog 2008

  • If you applied in PVR as it sounded, then you should be in possession of a letter authorizing you to travel outside of Mexico while your FM3 is "en tramite".

    Bringing in car before having FM3 2008

  • If you applied in PVR as it sounded, then you should be in possession of a letter authorizing you to travel outside of Mexico while your FM3 is "en tramite".

    Bringing in car before having FM3 2008

  • If you applied in PVR as it sounded, then you should be in possession of a letter authorizing you to travel outside of Mexico while your FM3 is "en tramite".

    Bringing in car before having FM3 2008

  • If you applied in PVR as it sounded, then you should be in possession of a letter authorizing you to travel outside of Mexico while your FM3 is "en tramite".

    Bringing in car before having FM3 2008

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