Copy Protection

[Henry-phile]

I did get the Setanta channel (for soccer) via DirecTV. I used to record to a Pioneer DVR and burn DVDs for my family, so they could watch later. Sometime in January DirecTV started copy-protecting their broadcasts, and so now my new DVR/DVD player is obsolete.

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I resent being a junior member by the way.

 

[turbosat]

All the channels? or just that sports channel. That stinks though, somebody will prob find a way around it.
charles

 

[grantsa4]

Do you mean the DVR doesb't record the shows or you just can't copy the recorded shows to a separate DVD?

 

[MLBurks]

That happened to me last week trying to record a movie from my DVR to DVD from the Fox Movie Channel. Since that had not happened before, I did a front panel reset and that seemed to fix it. I was able to record it then.

 

[Tony1097]

VHS is still my friend.

 

[Henry-phile]

dual dvrs'

I have a Pioneer dvr hooked up to my Directv box, just like in the old days the way you would hook up the vcr. My Directv box also happens to have a dvr. :up

What I used to do is record the game onto my Directv dvr, then if the game was good, 'play' the game again and record onto my Pioneer dvr [and then burn a dvd]. That did not work so I thought 'oh, they figured out I'm dual dvr-ing some how'.

Then I noticed that just hitting record on my Pioneer DVR would show the 'copy protected content' message. For every channel coming thru the Directv box.
Why would a soccer channel care if you are copying games? Yes I know it's the same reason the NFL cares- but who watches a game over and over? The beauty of sports is the novelty of not knowing who's going to win. That time of 'unknowing' is brief in our digital global society.

Looks like it's back to the 'old vcr' days! I'll have to record via VHS and burn a dvd. Such is the harsh climate for the American Liverpool fan.

 

[paulman182]

I have no problem recording movies to DVD from my D* R15-500 DVR. Hundreds of them since October.

Yes, I am knocking on wood.

 

[Henry-phile]

resolved

the reset did it !