I use a stand-alone DVD Recorder.
Hook it up like a VCR and start recording.

Pooh Bear

If you are skillful with your PC, there are several cards out there that will turn your PC into a viable DVR. Your biggest problem may be having a large enough hard drive.
One manufacturer that comes to mind is ATI. They have one video card that performs hardware compression of the video before putting it on the hard drive.

Jeri, what brand DVR do you have?? Is it hooked up to any kind of service?? I use tivo hooked to my wireless network and can transfer shows wirelessly to my computer, then burn them from there.