Pause live TV

[denis567]

I have just bought a DVD/HDD recorder and it lets me pause live TV.
How does it do that?
Thanks in anticipation

[quizman55]

The hard disc is able to record & playback at the same time, so this enables you to carry on recording the program that you are "pausing" and then replay it from where you left off when you are ready

[denis567]

Thanks quizman55. The wonders of technology!!

[R1Geezer]

The pictures are being received and stored on the disk, as you watch you are working your way through them. When you pause you are simply suspending the watching process but the pictures are still comming in and being stored. When you start again you start from where you where last looking, imagine it like a book mark, except the book is adding pages to the back and removing them from the front as you read so if you stop reading the pages just get added to the back for you to catch up with later.

[denis567]

Thanks a lot R1Geezer, that makes it nice and clear.