Switching PVRs

[DebDiane]

My friend is afraid to switch to Rogers ignite because he has many movies saved on his own personal PVR and he is afraid he will no longer have access to them. Does anyone know if that is true? Will he be able to access his own personal PVR in any way once he switches to Rogers ignite? Thanks.

[-G-]

Yes, that is true.  If you leave the PVR connected to the cable outlet when your legacy Digital TV service gets cancelled, the PVR will be de-authorized and you will no longer be able to access recordings.

If you disconnect the PVR's coax cable before switching/cancelling, you can continue to view recordings... BUT... as soon as the device loses power or reboots, it will not authorize and you will lose access to recordings.

[Biollw]

And more than likely the movies they have recorded atr available on demand anyway.

[57]

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@-G- wrote:If you disconnect the PVR's coax cable before switching/cancelling, you can continue to view recordings... BUT... as soon as the device loses power or reboots, it will not authorize and you will lose access to recordings.

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I'm not sure that's the case any more at least it wasn't for me and my 9865. My experience is outlined in the post link below.  I believe that the PVR may have the need to boot nightly or weekly (or call in) programmed into RAM or HDD and will not boot since it's not connected to the RF-coax.  As I mentioned in that thread, the recordings are still on the PVR (in my case a 9865) but the PVR will only work when connected to a working digital cable signal - in my case a friend's home.

Different PVR models may behave differently (say the 8300 or 8642)

https://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/Ignite-TV/Transfer-Recording-From-Digital-TV-To-Ignite-TV/m-p/...