I have a DVR and a Laptop that can burn DVD...How do I get shows from DVR to DVD?

Question

I have a DVR and a Laptop that can burn DVD...How do I get shows from DVR to DVD?

Answer 1

This is a toughy, I had the same issue.  Unfortunatly there are a lot of DVR units that you can't do this at all unless you crack it open, remove the hard-drive and load the hard-drove onto you computer.  I'm not sure how to do this at all, and doing so voids your warrenty.  Those things aren't cheap my Dish Network DVR was going to cost me $400 if I didn't return it after I canceled service.

There is a Yahoo group called something like "DishRip"  Check them out.

Answer 2

Have you tried plugging in your labtop and trying to access the shows? If you can Download the shows onto your labtop you can burn them that way. Some DVRs try to stop access to computers to stop people from burning shows (copywrite laws) so you may need do download some freeware to convert the files. I'm not sure exactly what kind of freeware you'll need because I don't know which DVR.

Good Luck!