ABBREVIATION for
personal(ized) video recorder: a device for recording and replaying television programmes and films etc that uses a hard disk rather than videocassettes or DVDs and has various computer functions 个人录像机
FutureiPodsmay beable to receivereal-timebroadcasts, whilemobile handsetswill beable to storebroadcast content ordownload it fromPCsor PVRs for later viewing.
But given the slow pace at which PVRs are entering the market, it may be some time before any of these issues need really concern either broadcasters or viewers.