A hard disk recorder is like a magic box that can record and store all your favorite TV shows and movies so that you can watch them later whenever you want. It's kind of like a big memory box that holds all your favorite things.
Remember how you like to draw and color pictures, and sometimes you want to keep all the pictures you drew? A hard disk recorder is just like that, but for TV shows and movies. It saves all the shows and movies you want to watch later, just like how you save your drawings in a folder.
So, how does it work? Well, you know how your TV can show different channels, like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon? A hard disk recorder plugs into your TV and lets you record those TV channels. It saves the TV shows and movies that are playing on those channels at the time you tell it to.
Then, when you want to watch the show or movie you recorded, you just tell the hard disk recorder to play it back for you. It's like having an extra TV that only shows the things you want to watch, whenever you want to watch them.
And just like how you can draw lots of pictures and fill up lots of folders, a hard disk recorder can hold lots of TV shows and movies. You can record your favorite shows and movies and have them ready to watch whenever you want, just like flipping through your folder of drawings.
So that's a hard disk recorder! It's a magical box that lets you record and save all your favorite TV shows and movies for whenever you want to watch them.