Not going to be home for your favorite television show?
If you forgot to DVR it, chances are good itâs available on-demand through a cable provider or one of any number of streaming services.
If it isnât, you can typically buy it â near immediately â for a couple of bucks.
In 2021, we expect that immediacy, but, youngsters, it wasnât always so simple.
DVRs have only been around for about 20 years.
Those who came before you were stuck with the videocassette recorder.
The VCR, first developed in 1953, hit homes in the 1970s. By the 80s, many homes had one and video rental stores boomed.