I have a Series 2. So there is no good way to do the extraction. Also the 810 has some very nice features.
The DVD menu it creates is TiVo like and includes the video info and all. The other nice feature is that the DVD controls are also TiVo like and ff/rw skip back is more user friendly than my Toshiba.

That and an 18 min batch burn for two hours worth of video in the background while watching a show that is being recorded. Peaked my interested and made me realize that I can live with the commercials in the burned copy.

If I were creating an archive of Family Guy that I wanted to save and pass on to my children then I might care more, then again at that point $40 for the set at Barns and Noble could fix that.

John