Comments on: Dish Network killing my illegal TiVo-patent-violating 942 DVR after all

By: Audrey I. Field

Audrey I. Field — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:27:09 +0000

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By: Gloria Smith

Gloria Smith — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:06:06 +0000

My husband has taped over 100 NCIS episodes. He wants to transfer them to DVDs. Is that possible? Legal? If so, how does he do it? Thanks for the help–he is driving me crazy–using up all our recording time for NCIS!!

By: Cap'n Ken

Cap'n Ken — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:24:09 +0000

D Gray – yes, you can use the old DVR as a playback-only box. We’re doing that for some kid shows our daughter watches that aren’t on anymore. You get an “acquiring signal” message when you turn it on, but you can just go to the DVR recordings menu and it’s no problem.

By: D. Gray

D. Gray — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:19:46 +0000

I’ve been following Ken’s story here for a while, and I’m still not sure of
something.

Can you still play back the old recordings on a disconnected Dish DVR ?

Of course, I can disconnect from Dish and the satellite for a time and
still play back old recordings; but for how long ???

I’ve received conflicting information on this.
Some say indefinitely, others claim only for about a week to a month.

If anyone out there has any real experience with this, any information would be appreciated.

Thank you.

By: Cap'n Ken's Homespun Wisdom » Dish Network lied to me; executive customer service guy is a douche

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:08:08 +0000

[...] I mentioned about six weeks ago, Dish Network killed off my 942 HD-DVR and other older models either as part of their TiVo mess or just as policy during [...]

By: Law News

Law News — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:09:21 +0000

Thanks, this article help me understand about patent.

By: Cap'n Ken

Cap'n Ken — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:09:57 +0000

Bonnie – I own my 942 (I do not lease it), so I can keep the box. Dish will give me $10 for it, but I’ll just keep it.

If you keep your 942, you should be able to watch the programs that you’ve recorded even though you won’t get the satellite programming any longer. I also plan this weekend to transfer the more important programs to a USB drive (I understand 942 has been updated to accommodate that). I should be able to move those programs back on to the new 622.

By: Christopher Dahl

Christopher Dahl — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:36:19 +0000

Cap’n Ken,
I suspected this might begin to happen… eventually.
I am not looking forward to transferring my recordings either.

Tivo is making a lot of people (potentially millions of people)
very unhappy.
We have $4.00 a gallon gas, mortgage crisis, a deepening recession,
airlines in trouble, and now we have this to deal with.

This may seem unimportant to some people, but it’s annoyance
I (we) really didn’t need at this point in time.

Tivo playing the role of the pious downtrodden inventors slighted by large successful satellite provider doesn’t quite ring true for me.
Chris

By: Bonnie LG

Bonnie LG — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:51:01 +0000

So your 942 will not receive dish programming after Aug. 1, 2008.

Does this mean you have until August to transfer all your recorded program ?
Or will you lose your ‘dvr functionality’ before that date?
Can you continue to keep your dvr after Aug. 1, since you own it?

Perhaps I should be asking Dish these questions, but I don’t trust
their objectivity. Maybe you (or other readers) have first-hand information about this.

I have a different model, which seems safe for now (mine received updated software), but I suspect it would take more than a few days
to tranfer all of my recordings.
I think mine got run over by a bus and can’t be replaced.

Others have continued to watch old recordings on their dvr’s without a service card or Dish service (This comment):

http://www.avianwaves.com/Blog/default.aspx?id=47&t=Dish-Networks-DVR-External-Hard-Drive-F