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    How can I save the recordings on my DVR when installing a new machine?

    Ok Gang, I get the message. It's not worth the time, trouble and probably expense to try to save the stuff. I give up. I'll just put the HD back in the old machine and ship it back. I do think it sucks though. It's not as though we were going to pirate the content and run down to the flea market...
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    How can I save the recordings on my DVR when installing a new machine?

    Can you explain what you mean by copy in real time? The old machine died so I can't play the stuff in real time from there. I would have to change out the HD in the new machine and I hesitate to do that. I don't want to bugger up the new one. Am I missing something? Ray
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    How can I save the recordings on my DVR when installing a new machine?

    Thanks Raoul, I tried to copy the files from the DVR HD to my laptop via USB but they are not copyable or movable. There may be a software program out there that will let me work with them but I'm not that tech saavy. I thought sure I would be able to work with them in some way but so far I...
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    How can I save the recordings on my DVR when installing a new machine?

    Hello all, My non-HD DVR died over the weekend and the good folks at DirecTV sent me a new one. I have a ton of stuff on the old unit that I want to save. I have removed the HD from the old machine and before I have to return it I would like to save the content to the new machine or at least...
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    New satellite system in RV--HELP!!!!!

    Thanks for the reply. I was beginning to think that I had BO. There were so many folks reading but no responses. So does that mean that if I have the dish mounted on a tripod say 50 feet away from the rv that I have to have two or three cables running to the rv? Or is there a way to run one...
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    New satellite system in RV--HELP!!!!!

    Never had satellite before. I am installing in our trailer a system that will have one DVR in living room and one basic in bedroom. Want to be able to view different programs in either spot. I have a connection point at the rear of trailer that has a cable connection and a satellite connection...