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I'm pretty sure this is also how TiVo worked before cable companies colonized the market.

• niftich 10y ago
  TiVo got the casual, in-home usability of VCRs correct. Where it lacked compared to VCRs was transferring those recordings to another TV, possibly outside of your house. This limitation also affects any other DVR, and it's a fairly significant one.
  • chc 10y ago
    True, and it seems so unnecessary these days. I don't understand why you can't plug in some storage device and transfer it like any video on your PC.
    • caf 10y ago
      That's how it works on my Beyonwiz PVR, which is getting pretty long in the tooth now - you can copy recordings to a USB device or network share.
    • voltagex_ 10y ago
      I have this funny feeling that FreeView certification in the UK and Australia on DVRs means restricting transferring videos from the device. Happy to be corrected on that one. I don't own a DVR at the moment but my parents do. Getting recordings off that one means figuring out the (temporary) URL that DLNA/uPNP uses for playback and pointing wget at it.