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Originally Posted by corporatejay
So if I want to keep episodes of shows long term how the heck do i do that? is there anyway to do that on shaw as of now?
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I've used the Bell HD-PVR to record shows in HD and the installed 250 Gig harddrive holds about 25 hours of HD content (180 hours of standard definition). The good news is that if you are technically savvy enough and unafraid of jeopardizing the warranty on the PVR, you can swap hard drives and keep shows permanently instead of having to erase them when you've reached the 25 hour capacity. At roughly $90 for a 250GB SATA drive, it's fairly economical in terms of $/hr of HD programming, but it's hardly convenient or easy for most people.
I've heard though, that the Shaw PVR has an active firewire output (it's disabled on the Bell unit.) And that means you can buy a capture card such as a "MyHD" card for your computer to record via firewire from the HD-PVR. The filesizes involved are huge and then you have to learn to use editing software etc.
It's too involved for me to delve into,
but people do it all the time.
Have a look at
http://www.avsforum.com to find a thread on this very topic.