Copying a DVR

[wildwood]

How do I copy a movie or TV program recorded on my cable boxe's DVR to my PC? If this is illegal I will not go any further. However I often take my computer on business trips and it make the time pass if I can watch things I have recorded.

Thanks,
Peter

[Geek-9pm]

Look in the Use Guide for the DVR. It may have a way to send files to the PC. If not, yu need and adapter to take output from DVR to PC.
Here is a helpful reference article.
Record TV on your PC
But after that article was written, some newer gadgets have come out. Here is a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Bw_WZDLkw

[Salmon Trout]

If you were able to connect it to a PC you would know from the manual or user guide. I have a DVR with a hard drive, and the only way I could get the programs onto a PC would be if I physically opened up the DVR case and removed the hard drive. Then I would have to use a caddy or USB adapter and copy the recordings (which are in mpg format) to the PC.