TV & Home Theater

[midnightrose]

my vcr/dvd recorder will not work  with my dish network because my tv has to be on channel 60 or 73 and my vcr/dvd recorder will only work on channels 3 and 4 I really would like to get my movies that I've got on my dish dvr off onto recordable disks so I wan't lose them and free up space on my dvr,so what kind of dvd recorder do I need to buy?

[Jimmienomam]

Isn't what you are asking to do illegal?

[Dval]

Last I knew, that's correct, Jimmie.  All of the media that is shown on TV is still considered protected content.  There are illegal means to do stuff like that, but you won't find them in any retailer due to their being "illegal".  You can generally purchase larger DVR devices with more memory from your provider, but that's about the only thing I could recommend to you.

[rwillen]

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Dval wrote:

Last I knew, that's correct, Jimmie.  All of the media that is shown on TV is still considered protected content.  There are illegal means to do stuff like that, but you won't find them in any retailer due to their being "illegal".  You can generally purchase larger DVR devices with more memory from your provider, but that's about the only thing I could recommend to you.

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Time and place shifting are perfectly legal. If they werent't than products like Slingbox, DVR's, VCR's, and set top DVD recorders wouldn't be available for sale.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Electronics-Promotions/DVD-Recorders/pcmcat57300050006.c?id=pcmcat573000...

To the OP, you may want to look at Dish Networks Whole Home DVR. It's a centralized 6 tuner DVR with a 2TB drive.

http://www.dish.com/technology/hopper/?WT.ac=ACQ_MKTG_DISH_CAR1S_0312_HopperIsHere

your other option is to add an external hard drive to your Dish Network DVR to expand the storage it has available.

http://www.mydish.com/upgrades/products/expand-dvr-storage/

[NoNoBadDog]

Once again, what you are asking to do is illegal.  You will not find anything on the shelf at a brick and mortar location, and even if you find something online, your actions could lead to a felony conviction.  Do you really want to risk that?

[rwillen]

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NoNoBadDog wrote:

Once again, what you are asking to do is illegal.  You will not find anything on the shelf at a brick and mortar location, and even if you find something online, your actions could lead to a felony conviction.  Do you really want to risk that?

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Archiving recording is not illegal.

Here's one for the OP. Dish provides the functionality.

http://techtips.salon.com/copy-shows-dish-dvr-21539.html

[NoNoBadDog]

The legality is a gray area.  There have been conflicting responses from the courts as to whether "archiving" is legal or not.  Broadcast media is fine for time shifitng, but making permanent copies of *MOVIES* as stated by the OP is not legal, ans the copies are not purchased from the distributor.  It is a complicated issue, and there is clearly no definitive answer.  So, my advice is still that making permanent copies of movies that you didn't pay for (and a subscription to a broadcast service is a subscription to the *SERVICE*, not a license to keep their movies forever) is still illegal.  Yes, Iknow....archiving....yada yada yada...but no one can say with absolute authority that it is legal.

[SlimJim77]

It's unlikely you will be actually prosecuted for archiving. Even less likely you will actually be convicted of such.

[NoNoBadDog]

I realize that.  I was just commenting on the legality of it, and the difference between time shifting and archiving.