Korean slang profile
PVR
pvr
Personal video recorder
An abbreviation for a personal video recorder that stores desired television programs for later viewing.
- Expanded form
- Personal Video RecorderPersonal Video Recorder
- Other spellings
- 피브이알
- Earliest source found
- 2006
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
방송 시간을 놓치지 않으려고 PVR 녹화 기능을 설정했다.
I set the PVR recording function so I would not miss the program.
02Documented history
- 2006This source introduced “PVR” and explained its meaning.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The title of a 2006 Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies paper gives PVR’s English expansion, and its abstract describes a personal digital recording device. The abbreviation’s first user has not been identified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The expanded form and device concerned were checked in the title and abstract of the publicly available scholarly record. Legal judgments in the full paper were not verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- PVR(Personal Video Recorder)을 이용한 방송저작물 녹화의 법적 성격 — 한국언론학보50권4호 (한국학술지인용색인)Published 2006Original source checked Nov 14, 2026