As I do not have a " generic HD recorder " , I assume you are talking about a non - Freesat HD PVR?
If so, how do you copy from that to another device in HD? and then to a bluray disc?
Are you saying that these machines totally ignore the broadcast flags which exist even on some FTA broadcasts?
Can you identify an example unit?
Thanks
The so called broadcast flags require a Freesat/Freeview box to even recognise they are present, let alone respond to them.
Any of the dozens of generic HD satellite boxes that are pvr ready will record free to air content as is.
You can record any of the HD channels using a Foxsat-hdr without encryption by simply switching to non-freesat mode and rebooting the box.
HD recordings are then standard H264/AVC files in a transport stream container. Essentially identical but at a lower bitrate to those produced by an AVCHD high definition camcorder.
These files can be
Copied to USB and transferred to a PC
Ftp'd to a PC using the patched firmware
Streamed across the network using the same patched firmware.
Once on a PC short content (up to about 40 min for a single layer, double for a dual layer) can be burnt losslessly to a DVD blank using the AVCHD codec. Any modern blu-ray player will replay 1080i AVCHD content on a DVD blank. Longer content requires a blu-ray burner to commit to a optical disc.
Just keeping the file on a PC allows streaming of the content to a suitable device. A networked PS3 will stream the file to a HD TV.
Like I said it's a complete farce.