I know that you can fast forward through commercials on a dvr from the Dish providers, but I'm wondering if you can completely cut them out and get rid of them when you save the show so that they will be gone if you want to watch the show again. I presently have a dvd recorder with a hard drive which allows me to do this, but I would like to know if you can do this with the dvrs provided by dish companys, particularly Dish Network.
2007-12-14 01:05:57 · 2 answers · asked by sharbysyd 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
No.
Your DVD recorder has some simple editing software built in that lets you do this. None of the Tivo, Dish, or TimeWarner DVR's that I have seen or used have this feature.
Keep in mind: a DVR's mission allows you to time-shift shows. It was NOT designed for permanent storage so it does not have features like your recorder.
2007-12-14 05:42:15 · answer #1 · answered by Grumpy Mac 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The concept of the dish dvr's is supposedly the same as regular Tivo, but I'm not sure about networking capability.
If you can network to your computer with it... download Tivo desktop (or what ever your dish company uses) and load it on your hd temporarily. Then use a program called Tivo Extractor on it. Then use a video editor on it--you can find free/cheap versions all over the net. Then you can burn it to a good disc to play in a dvd player.
All Tivo Extractor does is change the video format from being tivo only to something dvd players can play.
I did this a few times, but haven't had anything to transfer in a good while now. Not positive it will work with a dish branded dvr (Tivo makes them not the dish company).
If you go to Tivo.com and look up the community help forums, there is a section on there for dish owners (that use dish branded boxes)
2007-12-14 21:59:01 · answer #2 · answered by cbb1430 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋