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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Which is exactly why most PVRs will not allow you to save content to another computer.
The published reasons are that they don't want to allow piracy, and while I'm sure that is a consideration, I believe the real reason is they don't want to harm the futue DVD sales. Which is a valid reason from a business point of view, but not one which they can enforce with the anti-circumvention provisions in the DMCA (in the US).
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The bottleneck in recording HD signals from your Set Top Box or Satellite reciever to your computer is the tuner card which doesn't carry a Digital input that is HDCP. They can be recorded but only in analogue, unless you record from OTA with an ATSC tuner. Since there are no OTA TV stations in most of Canada, most of us are out of luck. I'm sure the technology is there to have an HDCP compliant DVI or HDMI input on these cards, but the powers that be won't allow it.
I understand HD Shaw recievers can record HD to a computer via firewire though.