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Digital video recorder system with an integrated DVD recording device

  • US 20040013406A1
  • Filed: 04/18/2003
  • Published: 01/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process for a digital video recorder (DVR) incorporating an integrated digital video device (DVD) player/recorder, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of input signal tuners in said DVR;

    wherein said tuners accept analog and digital television broadcast signals;

    wherein each of said tuners is individually tuned to a specific broadcast signal;

    providing a hard disk in said DVR;

    storing specific broadcast signals as digital program material on said hard disk;

    providing a DVD player/recorder in said DVR;

    determining indexes at predetermined intervals for a broadcast signal as the broadcast signal is being stored as digital program material; and

    storing said indexes along with the digital program material on said hard disk.

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