Ahoy

I have programs saved on my explorer 8300 HD, some in standard format, and some in HD format

how can I move them to my laptop without getting into trouble with time warner?

thanks in advance

3/13/2006 11:00:52 PM

on the back side, there's a twist cap that you take off and the files drain out. just make sure you hold it over your monitor while you do it.

3/13/2006 11:07:49 PM

sweet

any other ideas?

3/13/2006 11:13:21 PM

have you tried osmosis?

3/13/2006 11:20:55 PM

http://blogs.snapstream.com/2006/01/18/godzilla-pvr/

That's your only hope.

3/13/2006 11:35:13 PM

any more ideas?

can I record an HD program to a dvd using a dvd recorder ?

3/14/2006 11:56:10 AM

Have you done ANY research yet?

3/14/2006 11:58:38 AM

yea, google didnt help me

3/14/2006 3:06:00 PM

get an analog video input card for your computer, and hook that up to the output of your DVR, then press play

Thats the only way, you wont be getting any info off the DVR through any other means

3/14/2006 4:27:43 PM

if it has firewire ports you may be able to pull stuff of it thru them. You'd just need to find some drivers for the box. Altho if you're really lucky it mounts itself as an external drive. But i wouldn't bet on it.

3/14/2006 4:29:49 PM

I think jackleg tried taking out the HD from a Scientific Atlanta DVR box once, he got nowhere with it

All the data written to the drive is encrypted, and AFAIK the firewire ports are disabled. From what I've read the eSATA port will allow you to plugin an external SATA HD. The box will format and mount the external HD, but that is encrypted and cant be read by anything but the DVR box.

3/14/2006 4:34:54 PM

i have the non dvr hd box and the ports are enabled. However they've locked down all the non over the air stations so you can record them.

i can change the channel thru firewire tho!.

3/14/2006 4:37:25 PM

http://www.avsforum.com

just do some searching there..you'll find everything you'd ever wanna know.

[Edited on March 14, 2006 at 8:06 PM. Reason : .]

3/14/2006 8:05:43 PM

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"on the back side, there's a twist cap that you take off and the files drain out. just make sure you hold it over your monitor while you do it."

great method.... bandwidth is a big ? though

3/14/2006 8:12:09 PM