Originally Posted by
jimnyc
From the onset of DVR's they made it so that what you record isn't transferrable. Most shows/movies are copyrighted anyway, and aren't meant to be moved between multiple devices. Recording a show, watching it later, then deleting it is ok. But they designed these devices so that you can't record something, place it on your computer and then share with the world.
But yeah, if you have a "device failure" on your DVR, and had 60 hours of shows/movies recorded that you haven't watched yet, you're shit out of luck!