While you are watching an interesting program on your Hisense TV, you would think of having it saved and rewatching it once again. It was once a dream but is now a practical feature on the latest mid-range and higher-end Hisense Smart TVs. PVR recording function is available on a Hisense TV with the VIDAA OS. With that, you can record any live shows and save them to your personal memory.
Remember, PVR recording on Hisense TV can be done only for digital channels from the coaxial tuner. Otherwise, your cable provider should offer this functionality natively. Apart from these scenarios, Hisense PVR recording can’t be done on any apps, external streaming devices, or DVD players.
This article will guide you in recording Hisense VIDAA TV programs and accessing them at your desired time. You can also learn an alternate method to record screens on the other Hisense TV models.
Essential Preparations For PVR Recording on Hisense TV
- First things first, get a USB drive on the Amazon website. Because your TV recordings will be stored on the USB drive. Moreover, you can only make PVR recordings by connecting a USB drive to your Hisense TV.
- Format the USB drive for Hisense TV into NTFS, FAT32, or FAT before using it for recording.
- Refer to the TV user manual or the description page on the official website by searching for your Hisense TV’s model number to make sure your Hisense TV has the PVR recording function.
- Access the TV Settings and enable the USB recording option.
How to Carryout PVR Recording on Hisense TV
- Once you turn on your Hisense TV, take its remote control and click on the Cogwheel button.
- On the Settings menu that appears on-screen, choose the System tab.
- Select the Advanced Settings option next, and you’ll find the PVR & Time Shift option in that section. Select and enable it.
- Press the Record (Red) button on the remote control while watching any channel, and the TV will start recording it.
- When you click on the Pause button, the recording will hold. The file will be stored on the USB drive if you select the Stop button and choose Stop Recording on-screen.
- To access the programs that you’ve recorded on your Hisense TV, click the Menu button on the remote control and select the Recordings/USB option.
Attention! Similar to recording currently streaming shows, you can also record any program that is yet to be aired. To do so, click on the Guide button on the Hisense TV remote and locate an upcoming program on any channel. Highlight it and select the Record option that pops up so that you can catch up with the program that you’ve missed watching during its live airing.
How to Record on Other Hisense TV Models
As said earlier, the built-in PVR function is not provided for other OS variants of Hisense TVs. However, there is still the possibility of catching up with your TV content at a desired time later. On Hisense Android, Google, and Fire OS Smart TVs, you can install a screen recording app from their respective official app store or by sideloading. Then, you can access the app and record anything that runs on your Hisense TV, including streaming apps and external streaming device content.
Unfortunately, this workaround method also won’t apply to Hisense Xumo & Roku TVs.
FAQ
The DVR function requires internet & platform fees to function, while you can do DVR recordings on Hisense TV for free simply with a USB drive. DVR function is platform-specific and applies to most types of content it holds. However, PVR works only for digital channels. You can get more storage space with DVR storage, while it is limited and subjective on Hisense TV PVR storage.
All Hisense TVs have DRM (Digital Rights Management), which prevents the playback of any native recorded videos on other devices. Moreover, you can’t play the PVR recording of your own Hisense TV on another Hisense TV, even if it belongs to the same model.
Screen Recorder – AZ Recorder, Screencast-o-Matic, and AceThinker are some of the best screen recording app suggestions for Hisense TV.
