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HR23-700 Output through composite and S-video connectors
Cut to the chase - does anyone know if DIRECTV upgraded these DVRs to prevent clear output to a recording device? I sometimes will send a show or movie from the DVR to a capture card on a computer so I can get it off the DVR and watch it on the computer at a later time. Until a few months ago it worked fine but then I started seeing grey horizontal bars all through the video whether using the composite or S-video connections. The HDMI output to the TV is fine. It happens on both SD and HD programming. It's not the capture card because I still have an old VCR with a few tapes laying around and when I connected it to the capture card it was fine.
TexasBrit
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13 years ago
They all still provide clear output, many people use them this way. What you are seeing seems to be either some sort of interference, or an "anti-copying" signal, although I have not seen one quite as you describe. If it really is an "anti-copy" signal, it's placed there by the program originator. Does it happen on all channels or just some?
You can try a reset using the red button under the smartcard flap, see if this clears the problem..
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jmshumakersr
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13 years ago
It doesn't matter what channel it is, I get the bars. Modern HD programming, old movies on SD channels, whatever. Everything recorded to the DVR plays back clean but when I look at it on the computer it has the bars. I can't imagine the Brigham Young channel is doing anti-piracy.
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dcd
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13 years ago
Are you aware of Directv2PC? This provides for full HD showing of DVR recordings on a capable networked computer. If watching is your goal then this feature warrants a look.
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