I have to replace my DVR, I have an external HD attached. Is there any way to transfer the recordiings from the DVR to the external so as not to lose them?
No there is not. Start watching as many as possible before you get a new DVR.
Thanks, that isn't the problem. My daughter uses it as her private DVD collection. About 1/3 of the capacity is her saved recordings. That's why I added the external.
Curiosity, could the external be causing the DVR to respond sluggishly to the remote? Sometimes the DVR responds immediately, other times we have to continually press the remote keys to get it to respond. We have 2 remotes, both behave similarly, so I doubt it is the remotes themselves.
Some TVs when the picture is set to vivid interferes with the remotes IR signal. It could also be that the STB has a bad IR receiver. Just guessing.
I doubt it's the TV, same TV for years, the problem just started about a week or so ago.
I have DVD player/recorder that I have used to save recordings. Now granted this was done using composite or s-video, so the quality is not the best, but it was a way for me to archive things.
Have you lately had success saving recorded programs on a separate DVD recorder?
I have an entire World Series and a few Super Bowl games I would like to keep.
thanks!
No, the system sucks. Even worse, if you upgrade to the new DVR's they don't accept externals. All I've been able to do is hook my Mac up to the DVR, play the recording back overnight, and record it.
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