Digital Video Recorder usage in the UK: a summary of recent Ofcom research
Colin Macleod WARC
Research from Ofcom, the regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, shows that a digital video recorder (DVR) was present in around 15% of UK homes in the first quarter of this year – up from 8% last year and just 1% in 2000. Falling prices have clearly encouraged take-up of what are becoming increasingly sophisticated devices and the latest penetration figure compares with around two thirds of all households that have DVD players. Around 70% of homes have VCRs –...