Moving and changing Cable

[Ohiodislover]

More of an issue--DVR.

We are moving next weekend. My daughter is gone for the week and has the DVR set for a few of her shows. A couple of them are not available online.

She asked me if our DVRd shows will transfer to the new house. I told her I didn't think they would, but I really didn't know.

I tried calling Comcast, but was on hold for a long time (being a weekend)

Does anyone here know?

 

[DebbieB]

Sorry to steal your thread but I have a similiar question. My aunt has direct TV with a DVR. They have been having problems with it, she plans to call tomorrow. Not sure if it's their line from the dish or the DVR. She is concerned because they have a couple of things saved on the DVR that they don't want to lose. If they have to replace the DVR, is there anyway to save the shows?

 

[Tina]

DVRs contain a hard drive inside the box, similar to a computer. So unless you are able to transfer your old DVR box to your new cable account, then shows will not "transfer." If you're dealing with the same cable company at both addresses, just ask them if you can keep your equipment.

As for the Directv DVR, if you have a recordable DVD player, you can record the shows from playback.

 

[Ohiodislover]

Great---Thanks. We are staying with the same company (at least for now) so the equipment will move.

I wasn't sure if the shows were actually saved, or if it was just a signal that was saved. As you can tell, I am not very technical.

 

[LisaInNc]

We have dish Network and we actually transfer the DVR stuff to an external hard drive so it's ours no matter who we get cable through.

Can't ever lose my 100+ Barefoot Contessa cooking shows!

Lisa

 

[bicker]

We are moving next weekend. ... She asked me if our DVRd shows will transfer to the new house. I told her I didn't think they would, but I really didn't know.

For cable, generally a box needs to be located within the same head-end (and areas representing about 2500 homes) in order for it to work after a move. While a box could technically be re-provisioned, it requires a change in inventory - basically one department would have to sell the box to another department - and that cost is basically never incurred, since it happens so infrequently, and therefore putting processes in place to make it possible is not worthwhile. The service provider simply retrieves the old box, returning it to the old neighborhood's inventory, and issues a new box for use in the new neighborhood.

Subscribers are advised to watch all recorded programming before moving.

 

[bicker]

Also, you didn't indicate whether you're referring to standard definition or high definition programming. Assuming you're talking about HD... It depends on the DVR, but generally cable company DVRs provide the ability to off-load content via IEEE 1394 interface. Note that it is a one-way trip; there is no way to put the content back onto a new DVR. You'd have to watch the content on a computer.

Keep in mind that only over-the-air programming must be allowed to be copied. Other programming may be protected from copying.

 

[Robinrs]

I moved last Saturday and was worried about the same thing, especially my Lost episodes!

Since it was a transfer, we moved our DVR box and all of our DTAs to the new residence and lost NOTHING!! I couldn't lose LOST!