510 backing up

[Neutron]

Is there any way to archive the programs recorded on a 510 besides taping them to a VCR?

I'm about ready to make the move to Directv and their Directivo. Wife is extremely unhappy about the Viacom news and is also wanting a dual tuner solution.

 

[David_Levin]

If you want to break the Warranty seal and install the drive in a pc:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dishrip

Note: that the mpeg you get isn't standard DVD resolution. There's some moderately painful jumps to transfer the files to a standard DVD (unless you have an APEX player or another that can handle the files).

 

[Smith P.]

I was read at other site, using long IDE cable wouldn't broke any seals.

 

[StevenD]

They also make Firewire to IDE connectors that work as well without removing the drive.

 

[Neutron]

How would this work on the 510??

 

[David_Levin]

you disconnect the ide and power at the motherboard and connect to the cable ends (the seal get's broken if the hard drive is removed).

You have to find a male-female ide cable.