Can I record shows from the Discovery Channel?

[Wonderwoman]

Hi out there,

I am a huge fan of the discovery channel! I really love the shows! Unfortunately I am sometimes not able to watch them and sometimes they are not available in the internet, therefore I'd like to ask if it is possible to record them somehow? I know it may occurs as an simple questions, however I am a newbie with electronics in general!
Thank you for any suggestions you can provide!



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[Nograts]

Can I has free ipod now?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yep VCR is way to go. Head to any electronics store and you should be able to pick one up if you don't have one. The newer fancy ones even let you set you a start and end time so you can have it record a hockey game while you're away for example. Technology is great and has come a long way.

 

[sdifox]

Hi out there,

I am a huge fan of the discovery channel! I really love the shows! Unfortunately I am sometimes not able to watch them and sometimes they are not available in the internet, therefore I'd like to ask if it is possible to record them somehow? I know it may occurs as an simple questions, however I am a newbie with electronics in general!
Thank you for any suggestions you can provide!



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Does your satellite/cable box come with pvr function?

 

[KeithTalent]

I do my own handwritten transcripts for all Discovery shows; I may be willing to share them with you. Which show(s) are you specifically interested in?

KT

 

[Newbian]

Get a dvr or learn to internet better.

 

[Stopsignhank]

Can I has free ipod now?

Yep VCR is way to go. Head to any electronics store and you should be able to pick one up if you don't have one. The newer fancy ones even let you set you a start and end time so you can have it record a hockey game while you're away for example. Technology is great and has come a long way.

The one pictured is the VHS type. There is a better technology of VCR called Beta. Make sure to buy that type. The tapes are smaller and the resolution is better. It is a win-win.

 

[John Connor]

Bah.. Beta? You want a VHS-C and a tripod. Just mount that in front of the TV screen.

 

[John Connor]

Hi out there,

I am a huge fan of the discovery channel! I really love the shows! Unfortunately I am sometimes not able to watch them and sometimes they are not available in the internet, therefore I'd like to ask if it is possible to record them somehow? I know it may occurs as an simple questions, however I am a newbie with electronics in general!
Thank you for any suggestions you can provide!



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It's called a DVR. The first one was TiVo that came out circa 2000. Computers can record too. It's called a HTPC (Home Theater PC) http://forums.anandtech.com/forumdisplay.php?f=61

 

[John Connor]

OP, has no SEO hidden links and doesn't show up on the stop forum spam list, but I'm curios what part of the world she is located in.

 

[DeadFred]

The one pictured is the VHS type. There is a better technology of VCR called Beta. Make sure to buy that type. The tapes are smaller and the resolution is better. It is a win-win.

I can vouch for this, Beta Max rocks!

 

[CraKaJaX]

Holy shit, it's Wonderwoman! TTIWWP.

Is it me, or are we are getting a lot more new (weird) threads from randoms these days...??

 

[SlitheryDee]

Click here for this weird Discovery channel recording trick!

 

[HN]

the other day they had a special on a rare breed of giraffes that sounded like cows (gows). i've tried my best to recreate the scene here. hope that helps!

 

[DesiPower]

Do you live in US? any decent size city's public library will have all that

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Why don't you just lasso someone who watched the show and make then speak the truth?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I do my own handwritten transcripts for all Discovery shows; I may be willing to share them with you. Which show(s) are you specifically interested in?

KT

What a coincidence; my wife painstakingly recreates every frame of every Discovery show in a combination of watercolor and macaroni art. We could make a flipbook and I'll record your transcripts in a high falsetto, and BAM; Discovery Channel on demand.

 

[slayer202]

What a coincidence; my wife painstakingly recreates every frame of every Discovery show in a combination of watercolor and macaroni art. We could make a flipbook and I'll record your transcripts in a high falsetto, and BAM; Discovery Channel on demand.

I'll give you guys 2 bucks an episode

 

[Schmide]

The only true record is by Community Theatre

 

[NoTine42]

I can vouch for this, Beta Max rocks!

Or you could go all-out and get a High Def VCR
http://www.amazon.com/JVC-HMDH40000U-D-VHS-Digital-Recorder/dp/B0000ACY2B

(Although it requires a source outputting FireWire or (u encoded?) QAM MPEG2

 

[mmntech]

What an odd question. Even my 92 year old Grandma knows how to record shows off the TV.

OP needs something like a DVR or DVD recorder. A lot of cable and satellite boxes do allow you to plug a USB hard drive into the back for recording, or have a DVR built in.

 

[sdifox]

op was hoping to spam

 

[BurnItDwn]

The discovery channel stopped being the discovery channel like 15 years ago when garbage and crap and bullshit started to fill time blocks instead of nonfiction television.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

The discovery channel stopped being the discovery channel like 15 years ago when garbage and crap and bullshit started to fill time blocks instead of nonfiction television.

What are you talking about? It's the finest programming available that can be cheaply filmed in Alaska. Deadliest Catch, Gold Rush, Flying Wild Alaska, Into Alaska, Alaska The Last Frontier, Alaskan Bush People, Buying Alaska, Edge of Alaska, Bering Sea Gold, Klondike, Yukon Men, a dozen more shows filmed in Northern Canada or the North Atlantic, and special episodes of all their other regularly scheduled programs that take place in Alaska because it's important for the Mythbusters to determine if explosions still look cool in a sub-zero environment. How does that not hold universal appeal?

 

[Ken g6]

There's something called a DVD recorder now too. Sort of like a VHS recorder, but it records digitally to DVDs.

You can do even better if you can get a ClearQAM signal, but the chances of that are pretty small.