provided with the offloader agent step 210 for example the offloader agent may be embedded in the pvr such as in a read only memory rom or other storage device for loading upon startup of the pvr alternatively the offloader agent may be installed on the pvr by the user or as part of the client side components of the server the pvr is configured to access content on the server step 220 for example for a media center computer this may be done manually or may be done automatically by the offloader agent using an application programming interface api to the pvr software for an stb configuration may be performed manually on the stb configuration can include identifying where recorded content will be copied after the system is set up content can be copied from the pvr storage device to a server storage device step 230 this can be accomplished by the user such as by using a user interface provided by the offloader agent or other storage management mechanism of the pvr alternatively in an embodiment the offloader agent can cause content to be copied automatically from the pvr to the server preferably after recorded content is copied to the server it can be deleted from the pvr step 240 again this can be accomplished either by the user using a user interface or can be accomplished by the offloader agent for example automatically deleting from the pvr content copied to the server after copying is complete after the content is copied.