getting programs off dvr

[navychop]

And Again , again,again.&,again.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

[navychop]

If you still have the receiver and not canceled Dish yet, I don't see a problem getting the DVR recordings off the receiver onto a DVD. I did this exact same thing. I had over 100 hours of TCM old movies recorded. I upgraded my receivers to HD receivers (2-612's,1 622). Being I owned the receiver the 100 + hours of DVR'd TCM, I did it at my pace. The 512 receiver was disconnected from the dish. I hooked it up to a DVD recorder I have. I connected the 512 to power and fired up the receiver, no input was hooked to anything. While it was trying to find a signal I hit the guide button. Once it brought up the guide I hit the the DVR button and scrolled to what I wanted recorded and started playback and hit record on the recorder. This is a real time record method, if the movie was 2 hours you need to stop the recorder after the movie is over.

Again.there was no input from dish to get a signal, just went to DVR playback and started recording. Now if you stopped Dish service they want the receiver back real quick and if you don't send it back in their time frame they will charge you for the receiver.

More recent STBs have timers that will kill playback after some period of time.

 

[whatchel1]

Unless you're still watching programs in standard definition, maybe it's time to ditch the recorder and go with a HTPC/PC solution??

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DISH's compressed high def should still look better than the 480i/p resolution you're watching from a DVD recorder.

So the HDMI output from the DVR will work w/ the DRM programs from HBO? I've just put together one that has a Hauppauge Colossus capture card. Thought I would have to use the component inputs to record.

 

[Jim5506]

To the OP - Which receiver did you have with Dish?

If it was a 625 there may be a solution, otherwise - only direct play to external recorder will work.

 

[renegade734]

I have not checked lately, but my 508's DVR function was still accessible a more than a year after I deactivated it. Not sure if this would work on any other model of DVR.

 

[navychop]

I have not checked lately, but my 508's DVR function was still accessible a more than a year after I deactivated it. Not sure if this would work on any other model of DVR.

Yeah the earlier ones handled this differently.

 

[rapidawn]

So the HDMI output from the DVR will work w/ the DRM programs from HBO? I've just put together one that has a Hauppauge Colossus capture card. Thought I would have to use the component inputs to record.

With the current drivers, I am not able to capture any of the premium channels like HBO via HDMI using the Hauppauge card without some type of workaround.




If you insist on using HDMI over component, you can use a HDMI-to-DVI>HDMI conversion box as discussed here. Only downside is the purchase of another box and a few more cables that will add more clutter to your setup.