Posted by Charlie Hoffpauir on 04/05/06 15:20

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:48:07 GMT, "Brian Houghtby"
<b.houghtby@eaglecrusher.com> wrote:

>Anyone have any luck recording from DirecTV to a DVD recorder? What is the
>easiest way to do this?
>
It depends on what means you have. I have a standalone ILO DVDR with
an internal HD. I can play back from a DirecTivo to the DVDR,
recording to the HD in real time, and later record from the HD to a
DVD at high speed. That works pretty good, except you do lose a bit of
quality going from digital to analog then back to digital on the DVD.

I can also go from my (hacked) Tivo directly to my computer (at high
speed), convert the file to mpeg, then burn to a DVD using Nero. That
produces a somewhat better copy (no analog step). The tradeoffs are
the second method is faster, but requires a lot of user interaction...
the first method is slow and ties up the Tivo.... but you can set it
up to transfer overnight.
Charlie Hoffpauir
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