What will happen as more consumers gain the power to avoid commercials through time-shifting digital recorders like Tivo?

当更过的消费者通过TiVo这种数字刻录机来跳过商业宣传时，又会怎样呢？

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Circular chart recorders are ideal for batch processes where a set process time is known.

圆形图表记录器非常适合于设定过程时间已知的分批过程。

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An equipment that corrects the time base errors in video tape recorders.

一种校正视频磁带记录器中时基误差的设备。

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The only video recorders at the time were huge Ampex reel-to-reel machines used by television stations to rebroadcast live shows in later time zones.

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Some TV executives and analysts suggest that online video, tablet computers and wider use of digital-video recorders could be pulling prime-time viewers to other places and times that aren't counted in prime-time usage figures, although many also caution it is too early in the TV season to draw any broad conclusions.

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Mr Heilemann (who once worked for The Economist and is now at New York) and Mr Halperin (of Time) have been diligent with their tape-recorders.

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