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November 02, 2004

DVD Burner Compatible with TiVo

I have a directv/Tivo box that has a feature that allows you to "transfer to vcr." Can I hook up a dvd burner instead of a vcr?
-- Adam Smedstad

November 2, 2004 in DirecTiVo, DVD, Home Theater

Answers

I'm not sure of the answer, but I'm curious about that as well. I bet you can do this, but you're probably limited to analog RCA (and maybe S-video) jacks to do it.

Posted by: Matt Haughey at Nov 2, 2004 10:56:07 AM

I've got my S1 Tivo hooked up to a Pioneer standalone DVD burner without any problems. The hookup is over S-Video, not a direct digital connection. Note that even with a VCR, you have to manually start the recording device, but the combo works pretty well for transferring material to disc. You probably want to do the initial Tivo recordings at high or best quality, as you'll be reencoding MPEG-2 and the recordings won't look as good as through the DVD recorder's own tuner.

Posted by: Ben Combee at Nov 2, 2004 12:00:46 PM

Yeah, as has been said, you can hook it up just like a VCR - S-Video will give you the best quality, then RCA (composite), and finally RF.

Alternatively you can wait and see if DirecTV wises up and offers networking and TiVoToGo (one can dream), or hack your box to extract the video to a PC digitally to burn there.

Posted by: MegaZone at Nov 2, 2004 4:53:44 PM

I also would like to do this. I have an RCA Direct TV DVR-80
which has a USB port in the rear. Could I just plug it in to the back of a PC?

Posted by: John at Dec 9, 2004 9:54:25 AM

I have a Dish Network DVR and just bought a radio shack connection that allows me to go from the DVR to a USB connection on the back of my laptop which has a DVDR. Any advice or is recording a movie and transferring it to be burned on the DVD a no brainer??

Posted by: carl at Mar 7, 2005 9:37:14 PM

Carl,

RE: Converter you bought from Radio Shack. Per your post, it's supposed to allow you to transfer data via the Dish Network DVR's USB port to your laptop USB port...
I'm looking for a converter like this and it would be great to know if this actually worked for you and some more info on the device.

Can you please elaborate on the converter/device that you bought? Manufacturer, specs, Product number, etc?

Thanks

Posted by: Jason at Jan 2, 2006 9:15:46 PM

The Dish network DVR is allowing this usb function , the Tivo via Direct TV does not allow this function and is inherintly blocked, though Tivo without Direct TV allows and posts programing and gives setup information.

Posted by: Don at Jan 9, 2006 5:44:55 AM

Do you have the part number of the Radio Shack converter you are talking about?

Posted by: Charlie at Feb 5, 2006 12:08:44 PM

I have hooked up the Tivo to a Sony DVD player and am quite frustrated. It gives me (on some movies, not all) a "can't copy-copyright protected" screen 5 secs after hitting record. I tried everything to get the output washed of this copyright to no avail. It no ryme or reason. An old movie like Hunt for Red October is copyrighted, but Lord of the rings is not!. UGG
DOES ANYONE KNOW A WORK AROUND ?(besides copy to VCR first)

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I called BrightHouse and asked if I can burn the programs stored on my Explorer 8300 to a DVD Burner or to my computer and they said NO! Only to a VCR! ¸.·´¯)Ricko(¯´·.¸

Posted by: ricko at May 14, 2006 2:05:12 PM

all you need is a Amor MPEG to DVD Burner

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you can hook up and burn from tivo with a stand alone DVD burner thru S-video or Av jacks.you will need to turn it on and walk a way.....:)
just make sure you have a good brand or high quality burner.
you CAN'T hook your computer to Directv's Tivo thru USB with out mod's . (there are mods out there)
i do have a question!
can i take my hard drive out of my tivo box and plug it in to my computer with out any mods?
thanks
POSTMAN

Posted by: Postman at Sep 1, 2006 6:43:25 PM

I have a question. can i burn a dvd from a direct tv recorder to my laptop using the usb port on the front of the dvr or how can i import these files for copying.

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