OK.  I have done some cursory looking around and it seems to me that if I have a DirecTV DVR (the one that came out with the 70 hour hard drive, not the Tivo one) I cannot transfer the programs that I have stored there directly to a computer or a DVD.  However, I could use the record to VCR feature to record to a TV Tuner on a PC or to a DVD Recorder.  Is that correct?  As I understand it the recorded files are encrypted so that even if I hooked the DVR to a PC the files would not be viewable.  Can anyone set me straight here?  I would like to archive some recorded footage.  I find it hard to believe that this is not possible.  Thanks for any guidance you might be able to give me.  (I am nowhere on this, so please don't assume I know stuff if you are relaying a solution.  Thanks from the idiot.)