90% of what was on the old DVR’s HDD was available on the new box via Cloud DVR; we only lost a few older (12+mo) PBS musical theater specials. The new box also inherited all of our scheduled recording/series recording settings.
On Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 2:34:10 PM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote: > I’m a little confused. Do you mean things that had been on the old DVR’s > hard drive or just new material? > > —Dave Sikula > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 3, 2020, at 8:55 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > The X1 DVR is backstopped by Comcast’s cloud DVR. I swapped out my DVR > about a year ago (the newer models don’t have the > very-tempting-to-a-toddler power button on the front of the box), and save > for some *very* old recordings, everything was available on the new box > via cloud DVR after the upgrade. > > > > On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 9:07:55 AM UTC-4 MelissaP wrote: > >> First, I should say that I'm almost 100% technically illiterate, so I >> probably shouldn't even be posting. I'm probably posting information >> you've already thought of. >> >> I also have a Comcast DVR. Anything I record on it is playable -- and >> downloadable -- on my other devices, e.g., laptop, iPad, iPhone, etc. >> There should be a way to capture the video on those devices, I would think. >> >> Also -- as everyone knows -- I'm a member of a certain fandom. I used to >> read (not so much any more since so much of local TV is now available to >> anyone online) that if a fan had recorded a show, someone would eventually >> get to her house and get it off the DVR. So, I know it's possible. I just >> don't know how it's done since I've never captured anything unique. (My >> sister once got something for me off her local PBS station, but that was >> years ago when people had DVD recorders.) >> >> Sorry if I wasted anyone's time by posting. >> >> Oh, but I do have another TV-related story: On Wednesday morning, >> before Comcast went out for the rest of the day, I noticed that the mute >> button on the remote wasn't working. On Thursday, another button wasn't >> operating properly. So, I decided to take a look at the batteries, which I >> had replaced not too long ago. The batteries were covered in liquid -- one >> or both of them had leaked. I cleaned out the "water" as best I could and >> put in new batteries, but more buttons stopped working. Bottom line: >> Comcast is sending out a new remote. >> >> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 5:35 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have a technical issue that I'm hoping someone can help me with. >>> >>> Long story short: we weren't receiving some stations on our >>> Comcast/Xfinity system, so the guy came out to fix it (as much as he could; >>> apparently, there's some issue with the box on the pole across the street). >>> When he re-hooked up my DVR, though, it wasn't working, and there are a >>> number of things (such as my TCM intro) that I don't want to lose. (I'm >>> getting an "E1:26" error message, which apparently means the box is about >>> to fail, even though it was fine until he unhooked it). >>> >>> Is there any way to download the video on the DVR to an external hard >>> drive--or even another DVR--or am I just screwed? I've consulted my >>> computer guy and a friend who runs the video department at Stanford, but >>> I'd rather do it myself if possible. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> --Dave Sikula >>> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/byZuMVAyKi4/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f9d7ea2b-437b-4621-a2bd-c3fe28bd32e9n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f9d7ea2b-437b-4621-a2bd-c3fe28bd32e9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/83bac87d-5389-47b5-8d69-eddcaedd04d8n%40googlegroups.com.
