Don't take my word on this as I have no experience with DirectTV, but I think it was due to the kind of DirectTV hardware you had, that it allowed recording whereas today if you got DirectTV with one of the newer boxes I don't think you can record. I don't believe it's a DirectTV versus AT&T issue. I know for a fact they did that with the TiVo boxes. Some of the early hardware you could transfer the actual recorded files from the TiVo box to a different hard drive but in later models they discontinued this. Because of this change, there have even been books and devoted websites on how to hack the TiVo for this functionality. So, it is more like a blame on the hardware and not the service itself. Either way, DRM SUCKS!
-- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://www.edwardcrosby.com ----- "There are no atheists in foxholes or firmware updates." Merlin Mann > Curious if some of you electronics gurus knows anything about this: > > When we had DirectTV (from 2006 until last month), I never had any > problems recording things from my DVR (including movies recorded off > of HBO) onto a DVD-R using my Philips DVD Recorder. Not only did this > allow me to build a nice library of movies and other recordings on > DVD, but I could then transfer them to my iPod using HandBrake. > > Now that we have AT&T U-Verse-- a setup I otherwise love-- I'm finding > I cannot record to DVD because of apparent DRM issues. > > So-- I can understand the DRM issue. Same as trying to record a copy > of a DVD I bought in the store. But-- why did it work on DirectTV? > Is this just a coincidental timing issue (ie DirectTV doesn't let you > do it anymore, either) or is it that U-Verse enforces DRM and DirectTV > simply did / does not?? > > --Van > > -- > Van Allen Plexico > Writer, Editor, Publisher (& Professor) > www.plexico.net > www.whiterocketbooks.com > www.avengersassemble.net > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
