DVR question?

Question

ok i have a motorola dvr from cox comunications and i was wondering if there is any way the get the movies and stuff on there on to my computer the dvr has a usb port in the front why would it be ther it it was not for this reason anyboyd got any sugestions?

Answer 1

DVRs are very protective of their content - copy protection all over the place.

The USB can be there for many reasons: Play photos from a usb stick, firmware upgrades, etc. Definitely not for copying DVR content.

Answer 2

The Motorola DVRs generally have the USB ports disabled but the FireWire ports on the back are enabled. There is a multi-step process by which you can download content to your computer, completely in the digital domain, via FireWire. I have done this and it works. See the link below.