Thanks for the info. Thinking back-- yeah, the DVR box we had for DirectTV in the living room, connected to the DVD Recorder, was *really big*, compared to the one in the other room. So it must have been older (I guess I'd had it since 2006) and didn't have "protections" on it.
Oh well. If I'd known that in advance, I might have stuck with DirectTV. I like U-Verse just fine otherwise, but this feels like I've gone backwards, losing some functionality I had before. Huh. Netflix doesn't entirely work for me in this instance. They don't offer videos of, for example, Auburn football games or Premiership or World Cup soccer games-- major things I record onto DVD. But since we're in a dead time of sports right now, before Auburn or Chelsea kick off their respective seasons, I do find it funny I'm watching much more Netflix (at $8 a month) than U-Verse (at like $100 a month) !! --Van On Aug 13, 1:30 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > Not something I've tried; it's easier to get things from Netflix and rip > them than try to export from the DVR. If your Uverse box will allow you to > export a video file it has to be possible to either remove the DRM or change > the codec to something more friendly. > > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Van Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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]<theuniquegeek%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
