Editing DVD recorder (section)

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[[Image:Panasonic DMR-EH60 20060312.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Digital video recorder|DVR]] with built-in DVD recorder.]]

A '''DVD recorder''' is an [[optical disc recorder]] that uses [[optical disc recording technologies]] to [[digital recording|digitally record]] [[analog signal|analog]] or [[Digital signal (signal processing)|digital signals]] onto blank writable [[DVD recordable|DVD media]]. Such devices are available as either installable drives for computers or as standalone components for use in [[television studio]]s or [[home cinema|home theater systems]].

As of March 1, 2007, all new [[tuner (television)|tuner]]-equipped television devices manufactured or imported in the [[United States]] must include an [[ATSC tuner]]. The US [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) has interpreted this rule broadly, including apparatus such as computers with [[TV tuner card]]s with [[video capture]] ability, [[videocassette recorder]]s and standalone DVD recorders. [[NTSC]] DVD recorders are undergoing a transformation, either adding a digital ATSC tuner or removing over-the-air [[broadcast television]] tuner capability entirely.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/eb/dtv/|title=EB - DTV Enforcement}}</ref> However, these DVD recorders can still record [[analog audio]] and [[analog video]].

Standalone DVD recorders, alongside Blu-ray recorders, have been relatively scarce in the United States due largely to "restrictions on video recording" and [[Copyright infringement|piracy]] concerns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifewire.com/disappearing-dvd-recorder-1846591|title=Why DVD Recorders Are Getting Harder to Find|website=Lifewire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lifewire.com/blu-ray-disc-recorders-1846528|title=Looking for Blu-ray Disc Recorder? - Good Luck!|website=Lifewire}}</ref>

The first DVD recorders appeared on the market in 1999–2000.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2000/08/first-dvd-recorder-debuts/|title = First DVD Recorder Debuts|magazine = Wired}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://global.pioneer/en/corp/news/press/index/1470/|title = Pioneer Introduces the Industry's First DVD Recorder &#124; News Release &#124; News & Events &#124; Corporate Information &#124; Pioneer}}</ref>