[MacDV] Transferring Dish DVR to PB?

[Patty Winter]

   >From: Brian Olesky <brian4 at sbcglobal.net>
   >
   >Patty, the Canopus looks great, but all I want to do is grab a few hours of
   >old shows to take with me, watch and trash, and $300 is a bit pricey to do
   >that. 

Oh, so you're only going to do it once? I suppose even the low-end
Canopus (MSRP $219; street price probably less) wouldn't make sense
then, either.

As someone else suggested, if you have a video camera, you can use
it as an A/D converter.
 
   >As far as Dish's tech support saying it couldn't be done, I suspect their
   >call center people aren't techies, just people with a cheat sheet of
   >frequently asked questions having to do with DVR problems.

I suppose so, although you'd think they would at least be aware
of the RCA and S-video outputs.


Patty