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Thursday, March 11th, 2021

how do i save the movies i have recorded on my old box when I activate my new box.

 Some of the movies and shows my grand kids enjoy watching over and over.

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ACE - Professor

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5 years ago

Only way is to copy them to DVD --or record them again when they are rebroadcast .Once the New receiver is activated all the old recordings are lost as they stay with that DVR. 

ACE - Expert

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5 years ago

The DVR was designed as a way to timeshift programming not as a way of storing programs "for ever".


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