In a message dated 03-13-14, mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:

Howdy Mark,

 HG> Here we call them VCR (Video Casette Recorder). 

ml>just to be clear, those are the old tape storage formats... DVR is
ml>pure digital and stores the video data on a HD or solid state memory
ml>device... they require a computer of some kind to view the stored
ml>video...

Yes, correct. None of my TV sets have buolt-in DVR's but do have USB
sockets. One of them can record directly to a DVD disk and both can
record via the USB connector to a HD.

ml>the main additional desirable features offered were program listings
ml>like TV Guide(1) that carried and recognized a special encoded show
ml>numbering(2) so that one could tell the unit to record a show by its
ml>number and not worry about having to set the time for it to be
ml>recorded(3)...

 HG> That number is printed along for every program that is listed in
 HG> the weekly proram guide that is published weekly in our newspapers.

That number WAS printed in program guides published in our newspapers
but at a check yesterday I found out that they are gone. I may have
tried using that ShowView number a long time ago but nowadays I use the
times listed and normally don't record sources with much ads.

ml>because you are seeing them in print OR you are already paying to
ml>support them with your subscription to some pay service...

I saw them printed in the program listings in the pepers.

Cheers,

Holger

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