If you’re like most people, you probably watch a fair amount of television. And if you’re like most people, you probably have hundreds – if not thousands – of dollars invested in your television set. So it only makes sense to protect that investment by learning how to record television to DVD.

There are a few different ways to go about this. The first is to use a device known as a digital video recorder, or DVR. This is a small box that you connect to your television set, and it allows you to record your favorite shows onto a …