Series2 Recorder for DirecTV?

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Does anyone make a series 2 Tivo record with an integrated
DirecTV tuner? I want to be able to transfer video content to a
PC using the TV Desktop software, for editing and then burning to
DVDs.

--
Will
Internet: westes at earthbroadcast.com

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So if I don't want to hassle with hacking the machine, I need to
get the regular Series2 DVR and combine it with a separate tuner?

--
Will
Internet: westes at earthbroadcast.com

"Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
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> > Does anyone make a series 2 Tivo record with an integrated
> > DirecTV tuner? I want to be able to transfer video content
to a
> > PC using the TV Desktop software, for editing and then
burning to
> > DVDs.
>
> While the current crop of DirecTV DVR receivers with TiVo
service are on the
> same base hardware as Series 2 machines, that's not the holdup.
DirecTV
> won't release the software to enable the features the hardware
is capable
> of.
>
> You could hack the unit to add those capabilities, or wait and
hope DirecTV
> sends them our way.
>

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"Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
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>> So if I don't want to hassle with hacking the machine, I need to
>> get the regular Series2 DVR and combine it with a separate tuner?
>
> If transferring to your PC is more important than 2 tuners, lower monthly
> service rate and availability of DolbyDigital sound.
>
> Me personally, I would stick with a DirecTiVo and use a video capture on
> the PC rather than a regular DirecTV receiver and standalone.
>
> Or, a standalone DVD burner attached to the output of the DirecTiVo.

That's a decent solution. I just picked up a Magnavox combo DVD+R/RW/VCR and
have used it to transfer a few shows to DVD, using the Save to VCR feature.
It is not horribly inconvenient, and resulting picture quality (using
SVIDEO) is much better than I would have expected.