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I’M NOT SURE if Vince McMahon sends out Christmas cards each year. If he does, I’m certainly not on the list, but one person who should be is Anthony J. Wood. Familiar with that name? Didn’t think so. I wasn’t either until a few minutes ago when I Googled the question, “Who invented the DVR?”
Why would McMahon be so beholden and , beginning in the fall of 2019. And that windfall might not have been possible without one Anthony J. Wood. It was Wood who introduced the digital video recorder on behalf of his company, ReplayTV, at the Consumer Electronics Show back in 1999. Wood faced an immediate backlash from media companies who were not thrilled with the potential damage the machine’s commercial skip feature could bring. Today, ReplayTV is no longer with us, but the DVR most certainly is.
