Transferring from Comcast DVR to iMovie

I have an old documentary on my Comcast Motorola DVR that I'd like to get onto my 15" MBP. The DVR has two FW400 ports and a USB port. I'm not sure how to do this. I have iMovie, iDVD, and Final Cut Express. Any suggestions? Thanks.

To know for sure, you could check the forums at EyeTV and ask for people with real world experience with the Turner Channel on comcast.
Personally, I am getting really good 1080i recordings through the EyeTV Hybrid over a rabbit ears antenna. This would not help you with a cable channel, obviously. The EyeTV Hybrid will hook up to the outputs of a DVR and record non-encrypted channels, but only in standard definition. The EyeTV HD is supposed to be able to work with premium HD content. The forums might put you in touch with someone who is using it as you would.
The EyeTV software is good for getting material to iMovie. My signal contains all the closed captioning information and metadata about the program. However, I can share the file to iMovie using a preset, and it will create a simple h.264 file without the extra tracks.
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*(Below is a thread I started in another forum, but, didn't get my final questions answered (see at bottom of this post in BOLD), and am hoping for further help and suggestions. I know there is a lot to read here, but, I think this information will help other novices, such as myself. Thanks!)*
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Thanks for the correction- my bad. No familiarity with non-Intel Macs.
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