timeshifts
Records for later
Timeshifts refers to the practice of recording broadcast media to watch or listen at a more convenient time, or the technology that enables this.
The term emerged with VCRs and became standard with DVRs and streaming services.
As a verb, to timeshift means to delay consumption of live content: I timeshift most shows so I can skip the commercials.
The concept has expanded beyond television to include podcasts and other time-bound media.
Television recording device
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- on-demandAvailable upon request
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- rewindReturn to beginning
fast-forward · playback · recording · binge-watching · catch-up · skip · buffer · VOD
Involuntary past memory
- flashforwardTemporal narrative jump ahead
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- frame storyEnclosing narrative structure
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
montage · cut · dissolve · chronological · out-of-order · in medias res · backstory · foreshadowing
Time travel logical contradiction
- bootstrapStart without external resources
- causalityCause-effect connection
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- loopCurve closing on itself
contradiction · anachronism · inconsistency · circularity · recursive · self-reference · temporal anomaly · discontinuity
How observers differ
- EinsteinByword for genius
- singularityPoint where values explode
- dilationWidening of an opening
- light speedMaximum possible velocity
fourth dimension · quantum · theoretical · cosmology · black hole · event horizon · frame of reference · geodesic
Stainless steel automobile
- flux capacitorFictional temporal displacement device
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- quantum leapSudden dramatic advancement
- multiverseHypothetical set of universes
TARDIS · parallel universe · alternate reality · continuum · dimensional · cyberpunk · steampunk · retrofuturism
DVR
Television recording device
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- on-demandAvailable upon request
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
rewind · fast-forward · playback · recording · binge-watching · catch-up · skip · buffer · VOD · broadcast
flashback
Involuntary past memory
- flashforwardTemporal narrative jump ahead
- nonlinearNot in sequence
- frame storyEnclosing narrative structure
retrospective · montage · cut · dissolve · chronological · out-of-order · in medias res · backstory · foreshadowing · reordering
grandfather paradox
Time travel logical contradiction
- bootstrapStart without external resources
- causalityCause-effect connection
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
loop · contradiction · anachronism · inconsistency · circularity · recursive · self-reference · temporal anomaly · discontinuity · butterfly effect
relativity
How observers differ
- EinsteinByword for genius
- singularityPoint where values explode
- dilationWidening of an opening
light speed · fourth dimension · quantum · theoretical · cosmology · black hole · event horizon · frame of reference · geodesic · entropy
DeLorean
Stainless steel automobile
- flux capacitorFictional temporal displacement device
- wormholeHypothetical spacetime tunnel
- quantum leapSudden dramatic advancement
TARDIS · multiverse · parallel universe · alternate reality · continuum · dimensional · cyberpunk · steampunk · retrofuturism · dystopia
timeshiftslive viewing
Watching during actual broadcast
live broadcast · appointment viewing · live streaming · live television · appointment TV