A particular method includes receiving a request to record television programming at a digital video recorder. The request specifies a recording resolution. The method includes receiving the television programming at a first resolution at the digital video recorder and determining whether the first resolution matches the recording resolution. The method includes converting the television programming at the first resolution to the recording resolution with the digital video recorder in response to determining that the first resolution is different than the recording resolution. The method also includes storing, via the digital video recorder, the television programming at the recording resolution at a storage device.