Abstract: A system is provided for the provision of DVR playlists. DVR playlists allow for consumers to manage the availability, arrangement, and type of content to be provided from a DVR such that content items are intelligently added, arranged, played back, and deleted via the DVR playlist. Aspects of the system allow playlists to be created by the system, by the consumer, and in co-operation between the system and the consumer. Content items may also be provisioned, such that a DVR playlist limits playback, while still providing variety and consumer choice. Aspects of the system allow for various seed attributes to affect which content items are automatically chosen to comprise the DVR playlist. Content items may be shared amongst user accounts under a subscriber account so that space on a DVR is more efficiently provisioned.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for utilizing idle DVR content tuners including determining at least one content tuner is available, selecting the content tuner and tuning the at least one available tuner to a specified channel where the specified channel is determined at least in part by one or more stored user preferences and recording one or more content items on the selected channel.