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« Reply #135 on: June 01, 2010, 12:05:47 PM » |
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All of this could be solved if Microsoft and AT&T just let us copy our recordings to a PC via the network. Then drive size would be irrelevant. The number of recordings could still be a serious limitation but it took me about 6 months to amass about 75 recordings, both SD and HD.
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« Reply #136 on: June 14, 2010, 06:38:46 PM » |
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Whether the content production people have there heads in the sand or are living in the past but the problem is DRM. People download the content and then pass it on for free or pay to other people. The result is honest people can not use the material in their own home as they please. Like most laws on the books if everybody was honest there would be very few laws. it only takes the actions of a few jerks to punish everybody else.
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« Reply #137 on: June 15, 2010, 07:02:20 AM » |
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Whether the content production people have there heads in the sand or are living in the past but the problem is DRM. People download the content and then pass it on for free or pay to other people. The result is honest people can not use the material in their own home as they please. Like most laws on the books if everybody was honest there would be very few laws. it only takes the actions of a few jerks to punish everybody else.
The problem isn't DRM, otherwise you wouldn't be able to copy material from your TiVo, ReplayTV, MythTV, BeyondTV, SageTV, or any of the many other DVRs out there. The problem is Microsoft and AT&T. Hell, many of the content providers are providing the content for free on the web, all you have to do is go get it. |
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« Reply #138 on: July 20, 2010, 10:22:21 PM » |
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The problem isn't DRM, otherwise you wouldn't be able to copy material from your TiVo, ReplayTV, MythTV, BeyondTV, SageTV, or any of the many other DVRs out there. The problem is Microsoft and AT&T. Hell, many of the content providers are providing the content for free on the web, all you have to do is go get it.
Debatable. Since U-Verse is a relative upstart to the Pay TV game, AT&T may have agreed to tougher DRM rules with the Content Providers in exchange for more competitive rates I have no idea one way or the other, but it is food for thought |
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« Reply #139 on: July 26, 2010, 01:24:08 PM » |
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Will it improve HD picture quality? I'm with Direct TV right now and the only thing keeping me from making the switch are th chronic complaints I read about the poor HD quality of Uverse. Will this help?
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« Reply #140 on: July 27, 2010, 10:25:48 AM » |
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Will it improve HD picture quality? I'm with Direct TV right now and the only thing keeping me from making the switch are th chronic complaints I read about the poor HD quality of Uverse. Will this help?
If by "this" you mean the subject of the thread and using a larger hard drive in the DVR then the answer is no. Storage space has nothing at all to do with HD quality. |
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« Reply #141 on: July 27, 2010, 11:21:11 AM » |
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I haven't tried this, but in skimming the thread it seems like people are just putting a new blank drive in and hoping that it will be formatted and updated by At&t. Has anyone tried to clone their old drive onto a new larger size drive before putting it in the DVR STB? I wonder if that would make a difference? I have successfully cloned drives in the past for a computer switch without any difficulty. Is there something about the DVR STB or the At&t network that recognizes the drive size and disables functionality?
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« Reply #142 on: July 27, 2010, 01:48:40 PM » |
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I haven't tried this, but in skimming the thread it seems like people are just putting a new blank drive in and hoping that it will be formatted and updated by At&t. Has anyone tried to clone their old drive onto a new larger size drive before putting it in the DVR STB? I wonder if that would make a difference? I have successfully cloned drives in the past for a computer switch without any difficulty. Is there something about the DVR STB or the At&t network that recognizes the drive size and disables functionality?
I don't know if a recent firmware update disabled certain drive sizes or not but I do know that people were at one time reporting success using some drive types up to 750GB. They did state that bringing up an index of saved shows was extremely slow which has been attributed to the Windows CE operating system and it's ability to address large drives along with the file system being used. As soon as you install a new drive the DVR will recognize it as a new drive and format it (if the drive is compatible) regardless if you have already cloned it. |
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« Reply #143 on: July 27, 2010, 03:12:06 PM » |
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How hard is it to do this? I looked on the first page and all the links are not valid anymore
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« Reply #144 on: July 27, 2010, 04:46:25 PM » |
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How hard is it to do this? I looked on the first page and all the links are not valid anymore
It's not hard at all. The bigger problem is making sure the replacement drive is compatible. Some users have reported that nothing larger than 250GB drives are being accepted now which would make replacing the drive useless. |
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« Reply #145 on: July 28, 2010, 07:59:32 AM » |
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How hard is it to do this? I looked on the first page and all the links are not valid anymore
It's not hard at all. The bigger problem is making sure the replacement drive is compatible. Some users have reported that nothing larger than 250GB drives are being accepted now which would make replacing the drive useless. So it is basically like switching out a hard drive on a pc? |
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« Reply #146 on: July 28, 2010, 07:38:21 PM » |
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How hard is it to do this? I looked on the first page and all the links are not valid anymore
It's not hard at all. The bigger problem is making sure the replacement drive is compatible. Some users have reported that nothing larger than 250GB drives are being accepted now which would make replacing the drive useless. So it is basically like switching out a hard drive on a pc? Yes. Be aware that you will be dealing with hardware that you do not own and as such AT&T has the right to demand that you pay for it if you damage it. |
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« Reply #147 on: July 29, 2010, 07:04:41 AM » |
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How hard is it to do this? I looked on the first page and all the links are not valid anymore
It's not hard at all. The bigger problem is making sure the replacement drive is compatible. Some users have reported that nothing larger than 250GB drives are being accepted now which would make replacing the drive useless. So it is basically like switching out a hard drive on a pc? Yes. Be aware that you will be dealing with hardware that you do not own and as such AT&T has the right to demand that you pay for it if you damage it. I do not plan on doing it as do not want to go through the hassle of something that may or may not work. |
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