how to transfer files from verizon FiOS DVR

[efranc]

How to use the HD PVR To transfer files out of the DVR

[CRobGauth]

You can't transfer files off the DVR.

They are encrypted.

[lasagna]

One of the primary reasons that I do not use provider STB's -- the inability to transfer content off the device (that and the monthly rental fees).  Pretty much every provider has this restriction.

I personally use TiVO for my STB as there are a variety of tools for allowing the transfer of content.  I happen to use a PLEX server to store content I have yet to watch when I approach the storage capacity of my TiVO.  The only content you can't transfer is that which is marked as copy protected by the originator (HBO, for instance, commonly does this).