It is created for doing almost the same thing as a normal DVD recorder but instead has a built-in Freeview tuner. Users can record the programs when needed and watch the over-the-air channels.
They get saved on the internal hard disk drive of recorder that users also can burn to DVDs. If the DVD recorder comes with Freeview+, users can rewind and pause live TV from the remote. Users can watch HD channels with Freeview HD on recorders and online content over Freeview Play on-demand (which needs internet).