This article explains exactly what DVR Ready and PVR Ready means on your new HD TV or set top box
These days most TVs and some set top boxes do not have an inbuilt hard drive. This not only helps the manufacturers keep costs down, it also gives us the freedom to be able to record directly on to own hard drive which is then portable, so can be plugged into your computer to backup or even taken to a friends house to watch!
The functionality of being able to record live TV to your hard drive is called PVR Ready or DVR Ready.
To put it simply a DVR is a Digital Video Recorder, and a PVR is a Personal Video Recorder, and both give you the functionality to record live TV onto a portable USB hard disk drive.
This means we would need to purchase a separate hard drive to be able to record our programs, movies, documentaries and music!
If your TV is DVR or PVR ready, this means all you need to do is plug your external hard drive into a USB port on the back or side of your TV, and you will be able to record live TV direct to the hard drive.
Some set top boxes have a dual High Definition Digital tuner, that is 2 TV tuners inbuilt. If this is the case, you can even record 2 programs at the one time. You can also pause and rewind live TV. Its great, almost like the foxtel box for free to air TV!
LG Smart TVs or Interactive TVs require the portable hard drive to have its own power supply and be at least 40GB.
Make sure to check your product manual specifications / user manual for the correct hard drive your TV requires.