DVR question

[Tank]

So we finally got a dvr when we switched to u-verse. Pretty awesome stuff so far.

The stuff that I record on a dvr, can it be saved onto a flash drive or something like that? The nice thing about a VCR was once you taped something, you always had it. I'm wondering if its possible to do something similar with the dvr.

And so you know, I wasn't home when it was all installed so I never got to talk to the tech about things like this.

[nate]

Nope.  Sometimes you can hook up an external hard drive to it but they are pretty exclusive about the stuff you record for piracy reasons.

[Tank]

Piracy? So it's illegal? And to think, I was worried about it being difficult to hook up equipment.

[nate]

Yeah because once you have that file you could easily share it with others.  Just save it on the hard drive.  Most DVR's can hold 100+ hours of HD video.

[Brandon]

Finally upgraded from laser disc, eh?