Abstract: A personalized video-on-demand system and method utilizes an array of hard disk drives or other storage media to create a video server farm having the enormous capacity necessary for a video content library. A content feed supplies video content to the inventive device via a variety of communication media. Utilizing the device, the content stream may be directly viewed, decoded/decrypted or recorded in the video server farm. A multiple receiver/tuner can receive multiple content streams and the system may simultaneously record a plurality of programs on a storage device. With a multiple display unit such as a picture-in-picture television, the consumer can view desired programs in the normal manner while the device aggregates a video library in the background. An electronic program guide aids in the content selection and recording. Scheduling conflicts are resolved by simultaneous, multiple recording methods.