Q: I just upgraded from a TiVo Series 2 to a high-definition TiVo. How do I transfer my old recordings to the new box?

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Digital video recorders or DVR’s record videos that are in digital format to a medium. A disk drive is a sample of this medium. These digital video recorders come in the form of stand-alone set-top boxes that are connected to a monitor or television set for viewing. By connecting a digital video recorder to your video surveillance system, you can easily record the images captured by your security camera.

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the current splitter has 2 inputs and 4 outs. all 4 are being used by the current converters. 2 by the DVR and 1 each by the regular converters. I want to add a additional converter to the system but when I try to split one of the signals from one of the outputs of the splitter with a 75 ohm splitter it doesnt work. How do I achieve my goal of 3 regular satellite boxes and 1 DVR box with 1 4 output splitter??? HELP!!!!!!

You probably aren’t aware of it but there is a good chance that your digital video recorder has the ability to be programmed to record specific TV shows from places other than your living room. This might sound a bit strange at first but let me try to explain how this works. You are especially lucky if your digital video recorder happens to be a TiVo.

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I recently moved to my uncle's house, who has DirecTV programming. He's had a Tivo box for a few years and it is simply amazing. The other day I went to Best Buy and purchased a DirecTV-branded DVR (I think it's the R15) because they didn't have any Tivo boxes for DirecTV. After several nights of frustration with the user interface and overall poor design, I have decided to look elsewhere for a new Tivo-branded DVR.

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