I work for a cable company and as for using your phone to operate your dvr that is a no. however, if you have a slingbox, you can. if bb has an app for slingbox then yes, havent run into it in the field yet, kinda pricey.
as for recording dvr to dvd yes, hook into a dvd recorder
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Same way you would with any cable provider. Buy a dvd recorder, hook the outputs of your dvr to the inputs of your dvd recorder, hit play on the dvr and record on the dvd recorder.
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