XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 17/02/2025 3:21 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,   
      
   O.K., if you want me to, :-P ....   
      
   My PVR certainly has USB connectors on the back panel and I have,   
   previously, had a USB (5GB) stick plugged in.   
      
   This is how I was going to transfer the files from the PVR to my old   
   Laptop as it has a writeable DVD drive in it.   
      
   > if that's incorrect for his PVR, but that's the way it is/was for my   
   > (Sonly) PVR.   
      
   "(Sonly)"?? Is that a typo, Frank?? ;-P   
      
   > Copy-protection, digital rights management, copyright, author's   
   > rights and all that jazz. Yes, silly, but, at least in my case,   
   > fact.   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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