Originally Posted by Supreme2k View Post
Originally Posted by dvdsham View Post
remove the hard drive and place it into a computer or USB external box and copy the files over to your computer hard drive.
For most boxes, this won't work. The files are encrypted and keyed only to that box. Your PC won't even see the drive because it's a different OS/Firmware.
Yes -- supposedly some type of Unix + encryption. That won't be a solution. There is a program called something like PVR Explorer, but from what I'm hearing there are just a few STBs that it supports. It may not be an answer either. Plus, if you open your STB, this will very likely leave some trace, could possibly damage the equipment, and will abrogate any warranty and violate the agreement you signed with the provider. The only clean and practical solution would be something like that second, expensive gizmo, which attaches externally.