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DVR Capacity Going to Skyrocket?

Posted by Brian Leahy - Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:00 AM

TED 2008 is coming, but we stumbled upon an interesting nugget already. Rice University professor Scott Cutler believes that DVR capacity and technology is going to keep getting better.

Now, while this seems pretty obvious as technology tends to get better, he put some numbers on it.

By 2013, he believes DVRs will be able to record ten channels for 2 straight weeks. That's 24/7 recording on ten channels for two whole weeks. This amounts to 3,360 hours of recorded video.

We're hoping he's assuming this is all HD video, of course. You basically won't have time to watch anywhere near all of that content.

There might also need to be some innovation in how to get 10 simultaneous feeds, but we're sure they can crack that nut.

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Comment(s)

Posted by ShadyATOMIC - Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:36 AM
Why would they need innovative ways to record 10 channels? They already can record two while you watch something pre-recorded. At least mine can... i love the digital age.
Posted by CappinCurt - Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:40 AM
That would be awesome.
Posted by bleahy - Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:41 AM
That's because your DVR has two tuners. Ten would be a little nuts right now, but it shouldn't be a problem in the future.
Posted by Asrugan - Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:56 AM
Now, I just need a way to watch 10 channels for 2 weeks at all at once.
Posted by SonicNiGHT - Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:08 PM
Moore's Law.

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