If I want to record or pause a program, can I just add a disk drive via the USB port and use the remote to record/pause?
2072141
This device is a cable box/media player only. It doesnt have any dvr features. I bought a tv card for my computer that I have hooked up to my tv as well and that works great.
2072142
I tried to do this, but the device doesn't work with a hard drive. I wish they would make a version with a DVR or hard drive storage.
1682613
Already answered...but add my two cents. It works 'almost' like a VCR. Will only do one thing at a time. The biggest difference is it will still record when in pause mode and assigns a 'name', albeit confusing to each recording. The USB port is very sensitive...doesn't fit tightly. It will often get 'no USB device found'. The plus is both outputs work together AVI and HDMI.
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You can record TV shows onto the Tivo HDD. They are encrypted so you can copy them someplace else. TIVO is always recording which is why you can pause live TV, or if a show is playing on a channel it's already on, and you missed 30 minutes, you can hit record and it'll record from the beginning onward. if you change the channel that data would get tossed and it'll start recording on the new channel, just in case you want to do that again or just pause live tv to take a piss break or get something to eat. Nothing any other DRV can't also do. Netflix is different. You're not recording content from your Antenna, you're streaming a program from a service. In this case it's Netflix. You are only streaming it directly from Netflix. Nothing is getting recorded to the HDD. It's no different then if you were using a ROKU Box, or a Chromecast, or watching on your computer.
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John:I bought this unit for my husband for Christmas and I just checked with him. He said that you can record directly from the TV into this unit. If you want to save the program after you have watched it, you need to save it to a disc while recording or once you watch it, it automatically deletes
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Yes! I use this very simple, but great feature all the time when I transfer footage to DVD. The Pause feature "stops on a dime", so it's an immediate reaction to the remote. You can be very precise with it. The recording will pick up immediately when you press pause a second time.
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yes you only use USB to put on the file , then you use the remote to enter the code
2140207
Yes I believe you can record to a flash drive just a hard drive, although I have not tried
1973862
Yes you can, and if I recall you can save folders of different recordings. The instructions are horrible and I no longer use it, but if it only came with decent instructions it would be great. I think I finally googled directions on how to program different tasks.
974242
No it doesn't. Maybe you can use an smart TV app that records to an attached hard drive via one of the USB ports on the tv. But not sure if could work
1037322
I'm unsure, however, I have connected a USB3 hard drive to the unit. I've found that even passport drives work well with the unit as it relates to recording even HD video and being used as a DRV. The only devise that seems to have issues when recording are the slower flash drives/USB Sticks
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If it's a DVD or Bluray and you've set the remote up for that device, then yes, you can *pause* the program. If you're referring to On-Demand or a streaming video service such as Netflix, then I can't say for sure.
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Yes you can add a hard drive (I put a 1 TB SATA) and then set it to record to it.
952093
Absolutely. That is exactly how I use it. The Menu button replaces the Xfinity button. Note: When watching recorded TV use the Play button for both Play and Pause. Use the Exit button to Stop your recorded TV program as the Stop button will not do it. However, the Stop button works on DVD's, Blu-Ray Disks, and when using things like Netflix.
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You can. Not a feature I have tied yet. USB drive seems to be the best answer and of course you would need to set it up in your setup menu.
523581
just make sure that you have one of the the remote/10sec or remote/2sec delay options selected in drive mode .
1306833
No you can't, but you can plug a roku into the HDMI and plug the USB drive into it and watch it that way
832022
Yes, you can. This unit only records when there is a DVD in the drive bay-I originally thought there was a hard drive to buffer the recording; there is not. Great unit, have using ours for a couple of years.