Editing Digital video recorder (section)

{{Short description|Electronic device that records video in a digital format to an electronic storage medium}}
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[[File:Foxtel iQ.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[V+]], a combined digital video recorder and [[Cable television|cable TV]] receiver ([[Set-top box]])]]
A '''digital video recorder''' ('''DVR'''), also referred to as a '''personal video recorder''' ('''PVR''') particularly in [[Canadian English|Canadian]] and [[British English]], is an [[electronic device]] that records video in a digital format to a [[disk drive]], [[USB flash drive]], SD [[memory card]], [[SSD]] or other local or networked [[mass storage]] device. The term includes [[set-top box]]es (STB) with [[direct to disk recording]], [[portable media player]]s and [[TV gateway]]s with recording capability, and digital [[camcorder]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=USER-Digital Video Recorder Or Personal Video Recorder |url=http://en.usersdt.com/article/199.html  |publisher=ShenZhen USER Special Display Technologies, Co., Ltd |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502185303/http://en.usersdt.com/article/199.html |archive-date=2014-05-02 }}</ref> Personal computers can be connected to [[video capture]] devices and used as DVRs; in such cases the [[application software]] used to record video is an integral part of the DVR. Many DVRs are classified as [[consumer electronic]] devices. Similar small devices with built-in (~5 inch diagonal) displays and SSD support may be used for professional film or video production, as these recorders often do not have the limitations that built-in recorders in cameras have, offering wider codec support, the removal of recording time limitations and higher bitrates.