VTR?In order to understand how the VCR came into being, you first have to know about something called the VTR. "VTR" stands for video tape recorder. The VTR was essentially the same thing as the VCR, aside from one major difference: the VTR did not use a cassette, only the tape itself.VTR

A VCR is a type of recording and playing device that supports the magnetic tape video standard. This analog device uses magnetic tape - which is wound inside video cassettes - to record video and audio from a TV source. Although the DVD format is outpacing VCRs in terms of watching movies and rental

DirecTV is basically a service that transmits digital satellite television into your home through a direct broadcast satellite. Much like other satellite providers, DirecTV uses a typical, 18-inch satellite dish to receive signals. Launched in 1994, DirecTV was the first high-powered digital broadca

The term DVR simply stands for "Digital Video Recorder" (although it is sometimes referred to as "PVR" or "Personal Video Recorder"). It is basically a device that records video digitally and saves it on a digital storage medium. We have the popular news station CBS to

 A digital video recorder (DVR) is a device that records video directly to a hard drive-based digital storage medium, instead of video tapes or discs. This term includes stand-alone units (for TVs) and software for personal computers, which enables video capture and playback. The simplest DVRs

What is blue laser DVD technology?The difference between a standard DVD player and a Blue Laser DVD player is in wavelength of the laser used to read the information. A blue laser is used instead of the red lasers that are used on earlier discs. At 450 nanometers, blue lasers have a shorter waveleng

HistoryThough it may be difficult to remember life without DVDs, they've only been around a little over a decade. It was 1994 when two companies, Phillips and Sony, embarked on a crusade to replace CDs as the primary technology for data storage. Their quest subsequently spilled over into replacing V

Sure, everyone knows what a DVD is. They're those little round discs that have movies on them, right? But how many of you actually know what "DVD" stands for? Would you have guessed "Digital Versatile Disc"? Many of you might have guessed "Digital Video Disc". Close, bu

DVD players have marked perhaps the largest step in home entertainment over the last few decades. Unlike the magnetic tape that a VCR uses, or the film that projectors used even earlier, DVD players use small metallic discs to optically read digital information. The DVD player decodes this informati

A Satellite Internet System is basically another form of high-speed Internet service. These systems use telecommunications satellites currently in orbit around the Earth to provide consumers with yet another form of Internet access. You may be thinking, what is the point? Fair enough. Satellite