Sky+ or DVD Recorder
- Thread starter Wiggis
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Sky+ is a different thing altogether, i started with a DVD recorder and while OK its nothing fantastic, nothing better than just sticking a VCR with your sky box.
Sky has twin tuners and you can record no matter what the box is doing, whether iot be on standby, viewing another channel, playing back a recording etc. You can also pause live tv at a whim etc. Recording is one touch while in either the search and scan banner or in the tv guide, you just press R on anything and it is guaranteed not to be missed. You can also link the programs so it'll record all of one series completely automatically.
Much much better. Btw £200 for the box? I paid £50, just moan at them about it and they will reduce it.
Cant compare the two though, i have both for when i want a movie off the sky+ onto DVD or whatever, but i never ever record straight from sky onto the DVD recorder.
Sky has twin tuners and you can record no matter what the box is doing, whether iot be on standby, viewing another channel, playing back a recording etc. You can also pause live tv at a whim etc. Recording is one touch while in either the search and scan banner or in the tv guide, you just press R on anything and it is guaranteed not to be missed. You can also link the programs so it'll record all of one series completely automatically.
Much much better. Btw £200 for the box? I paid £50, just moan at them about it and they will reduce it.
Cant compare the two though, i have both for when i want a movie off the sky+ onto DVD or whatever, but i never ever record straight from sky onto the DVD recorder.
Soldato
Sky + is amazing, much better than a DVD recorder, no faffing with plus codes, just look through the tv guide and press record on what you like. If the doorbell rings, just pause it, and if Tea is ready halfway through a program it will record the rest of it, including the previous half an hour of it. also everything is just there in a nice list, no faffing with DVD-Rs or anything. The interface is so easy to use, even my parents can use it with ease with no teaching!
I thnink you are being harsh on dvd / hdd recorders here
Dont get me wrong sky + is an amazing bit of kit and with two tuners this makes it highly versatile, however;
I have a sony dvd / hdd recorder with an inbuilt EPG ( like Sky +) so you dont need to faff around with codes, you literally select the prog you want to record as you would on sky+ , in most recording modes ( there is a HiQ choice where this isnt possible) you can record onto hdd and play a dvd or previously recorded prog from hdd simultaneiously
I believe there is also a delay tv option also - for the channel you are watching - even though I havent played with this yet
Series or one off recordings can also be done with single touch
Sky+ was one of the originals, and as I said twin tuner devices are hard to come by and very useful, but any hdd recorder can do most of what sky+ can ( apart from accessing sky that is)
There are even freeview boxes available now with twin tuners and a hdd inside ( albeit only 80Gb ones as yet)
Dont get me wrong sky + is an amazing bit of kit and with two tuners this makes it highly versatile, however;
I have a sony dvd / hdd recorder with an inbuilt EPG ( like Sky +) so you dont need to faff around with codes, you literally select the prog you want to record as you would on sky+ , in most recording modes ( there is a HiQ choice where this isnt possible) you can record onto hdd and play a dvd or previously recorded prog from hdd simultaneiously
I believe there is also a delay tv option also - for the channel you are watching - even though I havent played with this yet
Series or one off recordings can also be done with single touch
Sky+ was one of the originals, and as I said twin tuner devices are hard to come by and very useful, but any hdd recorder can do most of what sky+ can ( apart from accessing sky that is)
There are even freeview boxes available now with twin tuners and a hdd inside ( albeit only 80Gb ones as yet)
The point is that it is a sky dual tuner device though, which nothing can emulate without having 2 sky feeds from seprarate decoders.
With the sony i assume it changes the channel etc on the sky box feeding it automatically? If so that does sound pretty good, but is still a far cry from what sky+ offers imho
With the sony i assume it changes the channel etc on the sky box feeding it automatically? If so that does sound pretty good, but is still a far cry from what sky+ offers imho
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Why not go for a Tivo they can still be found if you look around.
Much better than Sky+ imo although you won't have the benefit of 2 tuners.
Much better than Sky+ imo although you won't have the benefit of 2 tuners.
As I dont have sky, I wouldnt be able to tell you whehter an external recorder would change the channel you are watching so that it can record
I would hope that there is some way of defining which tv tuner you watch, or record from - ie is the scart socket ( where an external recorder would be plugged into)always used by one of the tuners?
And I dont believe standard sky voxes ( the non plus versions) are dual tuners are tehy? Ie if OP doesnt have dual tuners now, he could still record freeeview / bbc from dvd/hdd machine and watch sky - its not exactly as though he is downgrading from dual sky tuner to a single one
I would hope that there is some way of defining which tv tuner you watch, or record from - ie is the scart socket ( where an external recorder would be plugged into)always used by one of the tuners?
And I dont believe standard sky voxes ( the non plus versions) are dual tuners are tehy? Ie if OP doesnt have dual tuners now, he could still record freeeview / bbc from dvd/hdd machine and watch sky - its not exactly as though he is downgrading from dual sky tuner to a single one
Soldato
When you get SKY+ You get a new dish with dual LNB's so I can't see how normal sky digital connected to whatever could ever provide the features of SKY+.
As for the £200 + installation, I sincerely doubt that as I paid that ammount years ago for it and recently had a reccomend a friend card where they basically get the whole lot for less than £50 IIRC.
As for the £200 + installation, I sincerely doubt that as I paid that ammount years ago for it and recently had a reccomend a friend card where they basically get the whole lot for less than £50 IIRC.
Soldato
DarthYoda said:If anyone has one of thos recommend a friend card then please look my way.
Its only the price that is putting me off.
I can reccomend you if ya like. MSN in my trust