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décodeur PVR

English translation: PVR


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French term or phrase: PVR
English translation:PVR
Entered by: Glen McCulley
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08:14 Mar 15, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications)
French term or phrase: décodeur PVR
"350,000 décodeurs, dont 34,000 PVR et 200,000 en numérique terrestre"
Glen McCulley
France
Local time: 13:42
PVR decoder
Explanation:
PVR = Personal Video Recorder
See references
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Tom Bishop
Local time: 12:42
Grading comment
Well spotted Gilles: plus extra bonus oints for giving SAGEM as a reference, as teh doc in questions is for them (i found 'personal video recorder' on their site later while rooting around).
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5PVR decoder
Tom Bishop
5rapport vallée-crête
Hacene
4PVR Personal Video Recorder
Mihaela Sinca


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
décodeur PVR
rapport vallée-crête


Explanation:
Definition ratio of peak-point current to valley-point current in a negative-resistance semiconductor device; e.g. ,tunnel diode, unijunction transistor
Reference Semiconductors Int Dic(F Angeli 1971)
(1) TERM peak-valley ratio
Reference Semiconductors Int Dic(F Angeli 1971)
(2) ABBREV PVR
(1) TERM rapport vallée-crête
Reference Semiconduttori Diz Int(F Angeli 1971)



Hacene
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
décodeur PVR
PVR decoder


Explanation:
PVR = Personal Video Recorder
See references


    Reference: http://www.sagem.com/fr/produits/terminaux-num/pvr-5110s.htm
    www.sagem.com/en/produits-en/terminaux-num-en/ pvr5110s-en.htm
Tom Bishop
Local time: 12:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Well spotted Gilles: plus extra bonus oints for giving SAGEM as a reference, as teh doc in questions is for them (i found 'personal video recorder' on their site later while rooting around).

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valentini Mellas
2 mins
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agree  Mihaela Sinca
3 mins
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agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne
13 mins
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree  Geoff
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
décodeur PVR
PVR Personal Video Recorder


Explanation:
Premièrement, la vidéo à la demande (VOD) :
Dans le cadre du projet PCCAD (pilotage de chargement de contenus à domicile) développé par France Télécom, Viaccess met en œuvre deux nouveaux produits : Viaccess-PVR qui assure la protection persistante des contenus enregistrés sur les disques durs des décodeurs (Personal Video Recorder) et Viaccess-VOD qui permet le contrôle de l’accès aux programmes et la gestion des transactions dans le cadre d’un service de vidéo à la demande.


Mihaela Sinca
Local time: 14:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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