Can I Make a TIVO into a Security Camera DVR?

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Leo John

So I have this old working Tivo Series 2 DT DVR. And I also have a security camera. Can I hook it up to my security camera and record footage?

Thanks

Answer
Yes you can. However, the Tivo will not let you continuously record more than 30 minutes of "past" recording. You can program it to record a fixed amount of time (for example 8 hours) every day.
However, you will need to manually enter the recording for each day.

The other answer is wrong. You do not need to subscribe to the Tivo service to do this.

Can I hook up a security camera to a Verizon DVR box?

Sue C

I see you can buy a DVR box to hook up with the video camera. But if you already have a DVR box from Verizon can you just use that? Or does the DVR box have to be specifically for the security camera?

Answer
The DVR has to be a box that has a video input that can record.

The Verizon box has no such inputs; it records only form its digital cable/IPTV input.

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