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Drongo45 · 15-12-2015, 18:16

Hello Everyone -

I am new on this forum as of today, so thanks in advance for reading this "plea for help" !

I have Virgin Media cable (with TV, Internet and 'Phone), with Tivo box included. I have hours and hours of unwatched programmes recorded on the Tivo box - but early next year, I am emigrating and thus terminating my Virgin subscription. I would dearly like to take some of the recorded programmes with me, as they will remind me of the UK and where I am going doesn't have very good TV...

I have done quite a lot of inconclusive research on how it might be possible to copy or transfer some of the recorded programs from the Tivo box to another storage device. Two things seem agreed upon by everyone: that content can only be recorded in real time (i.e. if there is a 2 hour movie, it will take 2 hours to transfer) and that it can only be done via a SCART lead, meaning it will be analogue. After that, I am in the dark. Someone said that it is possible to do it straight to an iMac into iMovie, with a Scart/USB converter. To this end, I bought today something called Vidbox by Honestech, with all the necessary leads.

My questions are: does anyone on this forum know the definitive answer as to what is/is not possible ? Does the Vidbox solution work (I would like to know as once I open the packaging, I can't return it for a refund if it doesn't work). It would be great to be able to put the content on my iMac, as then I don't have to end up buying a DVD recorder and buy/use piles of DVDs, also because with the content on the iMac I can stream it back to my TV via an Apple TV box.

Apologies for the long email and thanks for reading this far. Grateful for your advice.

15-12-2015, 18:16	#1
Drongo45 Inactive Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 7	Tivo box recordings transfer Hello Everyone - I am new on this forum as of today, so thanks in advance for reading this "plea for help" ! I have Virgin Media cable (with TV, Internet and 'Phone), with Tivo box included. I have hours and hours of unwatched programmes recorded on the Tivo box - but early next year, I am emigrating and thus terminating my Virgin subscription. I would dearly like to take some of the recorded programmes with me, as they will remind me of the UK and where I am going doesn't have very good TV... I have done quite a lot of inconclusive research on how it might be possible to copy or transfer some of the recorded programs from the Tivo box to another storage device. Two things seem agreed upon by everyone: that content can only be recorded in real time (i.e. if there is a 2 hour movie, it will take 2 hours to transfer) and that it can only be done via a SCART lead, meaning it will be analogue. After that, I am in the dark. Someone said that it is possible to do it straight to an iMac into iMovie, with a Scart/USB converter. To this end, I bought today something called Vidbox by Honestech, with all the necessary leads. My questions are: does anyone on this forum know the definitive answer as to what is/is not possible ? Does the Vidbox solution work (I would like to know as once I open the packaging, I can't return it for a refund if it doesn't work). It would be great to be able to put the content on my iMac, as then I don't have to end up buying a DVD recorder and buy/use piles of DVDs, also because with the content on the iMac I can stream it back to my TV via an Apple TV box. Apologies for the long email and thanks for reading this far. Grateful for your advice.