BBC open Pandora's box

The BBC have unveiled a PVR project known as Pandora, being developed for them by Promise.tv. It is designed to record all free-to-air TV for a week (yes, you read right, ALL TV), so that you don't need to set the video, you just pick what you want from the library that automatically grows on it's 3.2 Tb of disk space.

Promise TV's Dominic Ludlam said: "This could well herald a change in the way we watch television.

"The freedom from advance programming means that TV programmes need never be missed, even if they are only heard about after they've aired."

The prototype for this magical box of consumer electronics was shown at OpenTech in London this week.