moving stuff from Sky+HD HDD to PC, possible?

[Flare]

As above really.
I ordered a 500GB replacement HDD today but there is a lot of stuff on the original i want to somehow keep, is it possible to somehow connect it to my pc and just copy the stuff off it onto the pc?

Thanks,

Flare.

 

[Flare]

You can use Copy+ to transfer content from your existing drive to the new one.

thanks a lot.
but will this actually let me view the backs on my pc?

 

[Flare]

anyone know if there is anyone to view the files on a pc so that they can be put on dvd?

 

[Flare]

Thanks but i cant say i have many things recorded from terrestrial channels

 

[Flare]

Now that is a pain
i have so many films that i want to keep

 

[Flare]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17972739

Only if you have the older version of the sky HD box

ooo! thats the skybox i have ( well looks wise), my skybox is a few years old so it might work.

Why not just keep them on an external hard drive and watch them back through your Sky box?

I might give this a go seen as i have a external hard drive.

Just copy them to your new hard disk then!

i want them on DVDs without all the damn adverts!

 

[Flare]

Well as long as the tv liscence and the sky subscription is being paid and its on my skybox i would say that i do own it.
And anyway, what about recordable DVD players and VCRs, do you have something against them?

 

[Flare]

should work then since all those boxes had component outs until the end of last year

Ah right, thanks a lot.
I think i might start saving my pennies then

 

[Flare]

yer be aware hard drive runs out fast ive used ive used up 1TB in a month and a half :/

Is that on your PC?
If so i was just thinking about that, i may get a big external HDD just for it and other DVDs and videos i have.

 

[Flare]

yer on my pc its surprising how quick hd stuff fills up your harddrive

tbh i dont watch that much HD stuff so i doubt much of it will get recorded.
Or does the HD PVR upscale in some way?

 

[Flare]

i think as the sky box upscales the SD content it detects it as HD material. However you could just lower the bit rate to allow smaller files but i have no idea what kind of effect this has on the quality as ive yet to try it.

Ah right, well im sure my dad will have a few spare HDDs lying around in his office so i might be able to 'borrow' them

 

[Flare]

its not too bad to be honest since 1TB drives can be picked up pretty cheap these days

You say 'pretty cheap', they aren't all that cheap when you have 53p in the bank and £20 in your wallet!!

 

[Flare]

oh dear

oh wait! make that £50 in the bank!
but still not good seenas i 'need' to get a Coolermaster V8 and some other stuff for my pc.
Did i mention that i owe my mum £200 as well. . . ?