XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: rick@nospam.com   
      
   On 2/16/2025 11:21 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   > Herbert Kleebauer  wrote:   
   >> On 16.02.2025 14:39, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I've got a PVR who's HD is getting pretty full (90%+) with programs I'll   
   >>> want to watch some day ... so I was thinking about coping some of the   
   >>> 'Keeper' programs onto DVD which meant buying a spool of DVD's.... but   
   >>   
   >> A 4 TByte 2.5" USB Disk costs about 100?    (10 Cent for 4 GByte)   
   >> A 256 GByte USB flash drive costs about 15? (25 Cent for 4 GByte)   
   >> A DVD-R costs about 25 Cent                 (25 Cent for 4 GByte)   
   >>   
   >> So a DVD-R is by far the worst choice.   
   >   
   >    That's all very nice, but the PVR will probably only be able to copy   
   > to DVD, but not to an external USB HDD or USB memory stick, etc..   
   >   
   >    Daniel will correct me, if that's incorrect for his PVR, but that's   
   > the way it is/was for my (Sonly) PVR. Copy-protection, digital rights   
   > management, copyright, author's rights and all that jazz. Yes, silly,   
   > but, at least in my case, fact.   
      
      
   I had a similar issue when I was getting rid of DirecTV.  I had a few   
   "key" programs recorded that I wanted to salvage, so I used a Hauppauge   
   unit to essentially play the DVR recording and while it played, it   
   transferred the program via cable to my computer in either .mkv or .mp4   
   format (can't remember which).  The quality was excellent, but the only   
   downside is having to "play" the video on the DVR as it transferred   
   which means it takes two hours to transfer a two-hour program.   
      
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