No it does not. Technically, it never is 'off'. The two lines that come into the back of the DVR are both solid constant feeds coming in, and the DVR is constantly monitoring start times that are...
Yes. The only thing the Phone Line is "required" for is if you want to order Pay Per View Movies and Sports Subscriptions like NFL Sunday Ticket, NASCAR Hot Pass, etc. I have 4 receivers and 3 are HD...
No you cannot. I'm sure there is some computer programmer out there somewhere that knows enough to manipulate the hard drive within the DVR, and with some electrical engineering applied correctly to...