Re: KNOCK KNOCK Anyone home?

Stuart Rogers <stuart.rogers.clara.co.uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On 24/11/06 22:49, "kd***ton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
>> 
>> I was watching something on TV
>> the other day, and it was on cable- here we have cable-boxes with DVR.
>> Well, I wanted my friend to see it, but since I hadn't videotaped it,
>> and I can't physically give her something that's been Ti-Voed, I
>> thought it would be neat to have a device like a USB cord to attach to
>> the DVR and into the computer and just send it to her via email- like
>> an MP3 or WAV. Does anything like this exist?

Well those DVRs contain regular hard disks.  A mate of mine wired up a
cable that lets him connect his DVR's hard disk to his laptop.

>If your DVR is a real TiVo then I believe it is possible to extract
>video files from it, but it does require installing software onto
>the DVR, and maybe other warranty-cancelling actions.
>
>An alternative is to attach the output of the DVR to your PC using
>something like this:
>  http://www.hauppage.com/pages/products/data_hvr950.html

I've used Hauppage products before.  Wouldn't recommend them.
I have a To****ba equivalent (although it's actually a badged LiteOn).

It works really well, even with the tiny little antenna they supply.



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