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Re: [DVR] Transfer from old DVR to new ? I guess I should have mentioned that I planned to use a computer as the middle man...I will try and see what happens
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| Unless you're planning on doing some interesting hacks (which to the best of my knowledge have never been successful), you can't do what you want. DirecTV encrypts the stream that's on the DVR hard drive, and uses the smart card id to forever link that drive and its contents to that particular receiver. People who've taken the drives out of the DVRs and hooked them up to a PC basically see nothing - no files - because of the format used.
The newer DirecTV branded DVRs can use an external SATA drive (which disables the internal drive) - but the same as above applies. The hard drive cannot be connected to another DVR, even the same model, and be 'read'.
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1 edit | said by dbmaven:The newer DirecTV branded DVRs can use an external SATA drive (which disables the internal drive) - but the same as above applies. The hard drive cannot be connected to another DVR, even the same model, and be 'read'. Really? With the DISH ones, both drives are active, and the external can be moved from receiver to receiver. Its stil encrypted as far as taking the data off system, but they can be moved around, though likely still keyed to only receivers on your account.
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