DVD recorder

Digital video archiver

A DVD recorder is a device that records video and audio onto recordable DVDs, functioning like a VCR but with disc-based storage.

Popular in the early 2000s before being largely displaced by digital video recorders and streaming services.

Some models could also record from television broadcasts or transfer content from VHS tapes: I used the DVD recorder to preserve our old home movies.

Related

pause · remote · red button · television · TV tuner · set top box · timer · episode · program · copy · blank · eject · fast-forward · menu · chapter · Toshiba · Panasonic · dubbing

Categories
Opposites
media storage vs. streaming

DVD recorderstreaming device

Hardware for internet television

streaming service · Roku · Apple TV · Chromecast · Netflix

recording vs. playback-only

DVD recorderDVD player

Device for watching films

playback device · CD player · media player

modern vs. obsolete technology

DVD recordersmart TV

Internet-enabled viewing screen

cloud storage

Family

recorder, record, records, recorded, recording, recordings, recorder's, recorders, videos

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G