Capturing HD TV into Apple TV

I am getting several HD channels via cable using a "Scientific Atlanta" decoder provided my by cable company in Canada (videotron) which has an internal hard drive to record HD TV programs and I plugged it with HDMI cable to my HD TV and it word fine.
I am looking for a way to capture HD programs from this decoder directly into a computer hard drive and burn the program on a blue ray of HD-DVD as a second step.
Would I be able to capture from the decoder into the Apple TV if I connect the two machines with an HDMI cable ? If yes do I need a special software I could install in the Apple TV?
If not what solution can you suggest ?

Dormoy....
This may or may not help you with your end result....but I have the same type of box.
Our local provider allows us to hook an external HD to the cable box. This in turns allows me to record and keep as much HDTV as I can. I have a 500 GB hooked up to my cable box. I have tried almost everything to get the shows off and onto a DVD but no luck.
Just call your provider to see if they allow external Harddrives......
The External SATA is enabled when the box ships from SciAtl, the cable company can disable it, but most don't as there is no benefit to limiting. To use the sata, you must have a sata1.0 to sata2.0 cable, as a 1.0 cable will not work in the dvr. Once plugged in and powered on the OS will detect the new hdd and ask you if you'd like to format it.

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