DVR recorders are becoming a crucial part of a home entertainment system . This article will discuss the advantages of digital video recorders over standard video recorders and look at the future for the DVR.
The biggest difference between a digital video recorder and the standard variety is that recordings are stored on a hard drive as to a tape.
The first is that the storage capacity is large. Some of the latest models have up to 400 GB of storage capacity that will store around 600 hours of programming. You can record many series of TV shows without having to erase any episodes. You can watch the recorded episodes when it is best for you. The second benefit is that the recorded programs are far more secure on hard drive than tape so you won’t lose something special to tape that gets damaged.
The DVR is connected to a form of TV guide that is always updated. This guide can be used on screen and is far simpler to use than recording with a standard video recorder. The guide will have the name of the program and when it starts. Highlighting the program name and pressing the record button you can record the program. This can be done hours or days before the showing of the program. You can also set a record option on a series or any other program so that the DVR records the program without you having to set it. This way you can record a whole series or week of programs and then watch them when you have some free time.
Another popular feature of DVRs is the capability to pause live TV or time shift TV programs. You can also rewind live TV. This works by recording the current program onto the DVR and then giving you the option to do what you want, from pause, rewind and fast forward. This is mainly used for live events but can also be useful in films if you missed a bit of the film.
The latest digital video recorder is the HD DVR. This features the advantage to store High definition content for playback at a later time. You need a HDTV and high definition broadcasts to be able to benefit from an HD DVR. HDTVs are still expensive and not all TV stations broadcast high definition quality programs so this is something for the future.
Author: Paul Levine
ISBN: 0440242746
Steve Solomon is the kind of a lawyer you would like to have on your side when
you believe you are in serious trouble with the law. Solomon believes that if
the facts don’t fit the law, bend the facts. On the other hand, his law partner,
Victoria Lord, brings a certain amount of ethical respectability to the
unorthodox Miami law firm of Solomon & Lord. These two lawyers originally teamed
up in Paul Levine’s previous novel, Solomon vs. Lord and are now once again
putting their unconventional lawyering skills to the test, as evidenced in the
author’s latest novel, The Deep Blue Alibi: A Solomon vs Lord Novel.
The opening chapter of Levine’s recent novel has Steve trying to seduce his lady
friend and law partner Victoria into making love in the Ocean. While these
shenanigans are going on, the couple watch in horror as a yacht washes up on the
shores of Sunset Key in the Florida Keys with a hundred thousand dollars. Two
men are found on the boat, one of whom, Ben Stubbs, has been badly injured with
a metal spear protruding from his chest. The other, Hal Griffin, turns out to be
a close family friend of Victoria, whom she had not seen in years and whom she
refers to as her uncle Grif.
Stubb does not survive and uncle Grif is now on the hot seat, accused of murder.
Motive or lack of one seems to be a factor here, as Grif was involved in a huge
multi-million dollar project called Oceania, wherein a hotel and casino were to
be built on coral reefs. Stubbs was an employee of a government environmental
agency, and he was supposed to have agreed to write up a favorable report giving
the go ahead for the project. Could it be that he changed his mind, double
crossing Grif, or could it be that someone wanted to sabotage the entire project
due to the environmental harm it would cause?
To add a little more spice to the novel, Levine works in family secrets
pertaining to Steve and Victoria. Apparently, many years ago Steve’s father had
resigned as judge in the Florida courts and had also lost his license to
practice law. This occurred when his friend Peter (Pinky) Luber fingered him
during a corruption probe. In order to save neck and reduce his own prison
sentence, Pinky told the Grand Jury that Solomon Sr. had taken bribes to rezone
agricultural property to commercial use. Steve now wants to set the record
straight and get his father’s license back.
Victoria has her problems when she reveals that her father had committed suicide without even leaving a note to say he loved her. This is something she never could come to terms with and has been a part of her psychological baggage she has been carrying around for several years. However, in both secondary themes, all is not what it appears, as revealed in the headlong rush in the final chapters of the novel, where there are some shocking and interesting denouements.
Levine can clearly write a good easy-to-read mystery narrative with eccentric characters and an intentionally convoluted plot that at times is over the top. However, it does keep you coming back for more of the same, as we follow the careers of Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord through the halls of justice.
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