What is "Time Shifting" in a television set?

Question

Pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with time travel, but that leads me to question why they chose that term when everyone was more than likely going to think "time travel" instead of whatever it is they intended it to mean

Answer 1

"Time shifting" started in the mid 1970's with the introduction of VCRs. It simply means watching a TV program at a different time than it was originally broadcast.



Before VCRs there was no "time shifting" of TV at home. If you wanted to watch a show, you had to be in front of your TV when the network decided to show it. And if you need to go to the bathroom, tough luck, try to hold it in until there is a commercial.



With VCRs you had to wait until the program was finished before you could watch it, but with the introduction of DVRs in the late 1990's, it because possible to start watching programs while they were being broadcast. (When you use pause & rewind on a "live" program, the DVR is recording the program; the DVR just isn't programed to save the recording once the program is over.)



The term has also been used with audio & internet programing.



>why they chose that term when everyone was more than likely going to think "time travel"



It made perfect sense when VCRs first came out, and even after "time shifting" TV for 35 years I'm still not confused.



>Pretty sure it doesn't have anything to do with time travel



It's moving a video stream into the future. How is that not "time shifting"?

Answer 2

It usually used in reference to a DVR - Digital Video Recorder like Tivo.



These devices record shows so people can watch them shifted in time when their schedules allow, and not when the shows are broadcast.



Seems simple - but billions of dollars are spent creating the TV shows so you watch the commercials. The charges for commercials is wildly different based on the time of day/shows and demographics. Time shifting messes with the formula.



There was a famous ruling where advertisers said they did not want to pay for people who waited a few days and saw the shows & commercials at a different time. If X numbers of people did not see the commercial on Tuesday night as promised, the fees should be reduced. This was up-held by the courts.



When Dish Network created a system that would automatically skip the commercials if you waited 2 days to watch - lawsuits were created, but then since the advertisers did not want to pay if you time-shifted the shows, the basis for the lawsuit is expected to fall apart.



It's very entertaining to watch.

Answer 3

Time shifting is the ability to pause, rewind, and fast-forward the TV show you're watching.

It's separate from being able to record it, but they go together.

Time shifting is used in Digital Video Recorders (DVR's), TIVO, cable boxes with DVR, satellite TV, and stuff like that.



I watch and record high-definition TV on my computer using a fifty dollar TV tuner I plugged in.

It also time shifts, plus I can use it to record all my old VCR tapes onto my computer and make DVD's of my home movies.



I don't think time shifting is used in regular TV sets, though. I think it has to be a TV model that can use a CableCard. With a CableCard inserted into the TV's slot, you can watch cable directly on the TV without having to rent a cable box. The card is about half the price of the box, but I don't think you get the TV-guide listings or pay-per-view.



I know...too much information. I get carried away sometimes. Just pay attention to the first line.

Bye.

Answer 4

Radios have been often referred to as gadgets,and the comparable term became use for televisions while they have been presented in 1936, and the call has caught considering the fact that.i think of it became because of the fact in those days all of them used valves, the glass ones,long before transistors and semi conductors have been invented.A radio had a collection of valves to function it as did a television.greater modern-day digital kit has by no skill used valves and so the be conscious set has no longer been utilized to them.