General Information

Serial #

RAXDCA01009G

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

PVR

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal casing with synthetic front/ Synthetic and metal controls and working parts/ Rubber? feet

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

38.0 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

7.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Echostar

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

2001+

Canada

The 5100 PVR was Canada's first Personal Video Recorder (PVR). It was the pioneer of PVR-integrated digital satellite receiver development in Canada. Other manufacturers whose PVRs were distributed in Canada were Motorola and Scientific Atlanta A piece of home entertainment equipment used by a Canadian. The donor, Dr. Paul Attallah (1954-2009), was Associate Director, Mass Communications in the School of Journalism and Communications at Carleton University, Ottawa. His use of home theatre equipment for personal entertainment also contributed to his understanding of the technical and perceptual attributes of new media technologies.

Function

A device which accepts and decodes satellite HDTV signals captures by a satellite dish. It is part of an audio/video equipment unit for a home entertainment system that must be used in conjunction with an HD compatible TV display or monitor. A PVR (Personal Video Recorder) is a receiver that has the ability to record programs (like a VCR) onto a hard drive

Technical

The Bell ExpressVu 5100 satellite TV receiver and PVR was the first technology encountered by Canadian consumers that was capable of pausing, fast-forwarding and rewinding live television programs and could, without any videotapes, record up to 30 hours of content on a 40 gigabyte hard drive. It also featured an easy-to-use on-screen programming guide. It had tobe used in conjunction with a compatible television display or computer monitor

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Silver lettering on front reads 'Bell/ ExpressVu [logo]' and '5100'/ White lettering on front for control functions/ Label on back reads in part 'MODEL: 5100 REG. ID:011/ RAXDCA01009G/ CAID R0035681932', 'MAIN BOARD/ 878001PA07753G', 'DESIGNED IN USA/ MADE IN USA/ Black lettering on back reading in part '117V AC 60 Hz/ 50 WATTS' with patent numbers and control functions

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Textured black painted metal and black synthetic casing/ Grey synthetic controls on front/ Grey painted casing back/ Plated and multicoloured synthetic connectors on back/ Black power cord and feet

Decoration

N/A