"personal video recorder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: personal video recorders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} personal video recorder (plural personal video recorders)
  1. (television, Canada, UK, Ireland) A device that can record broadcast television programmes, or the images from a video camera, for subsequent playback through a television set Wikipedia link: personal video recorder Tags: Canada, Ireland, UK Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: digital video recorder, digital personal video recorder, PVR [abbreviation] Translations (video recording device for personal use): PVR-laite (Finnish), perakam video peribadi (Malay)

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