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Title: Recording off Sky
Post by: omega3000 on 03 October 2014, 19:52:40
Is there an aftermarket recorder that will hook up to the basic sky box and record  :-\ Sky wont give me another recordable box unless i pay another fee  >:( Where's Tunnie when you need him  :-\
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: chrisgixer on 03 October 2014, 19:54:49
Any recorder will do.  ???
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: chrisgixer on 03 October 2014, 19:55:48
Although by no means as convenient.

Leave sky. You'll get a call asking how they can keep you.
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: omega3000 on 03 October 2014, 19:57:46
Any recorder will do.  ???

Any recommendations to what box  :) I thought Sky would have put a chip or something in the basic box to stop you doing that  :-\ Still good news though , just need to know what sort to get  :)

Although by no means as convenient.

Leave sky. You'll get a call asking how they can keep you.

I thought they mite but wouldnt budge last time i threatened  :(

What happened to Tunnie  :(
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: chrisgixer on 03 October 2014, 20:00:54
Somebody shot him. :)
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: chrisgixer on 03 October 2014, 20:01:37
...threatening is no good, you have to actually leave.
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: omega3000 on 03 October 2014, 20:05:06
Somebody shot him. :)

 ???

...threatening is no good, you have to actually leave.

Ah yes but then there's the fee to cancel "i think" ? 
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: Bigron on 03 October 2014, 20:51:46
I plan to do something similar soon - just scart-to-scart lead from Sky box to a DVD recorder should do it.
If I ger to do it before you, I'll let you know how I got on.

Ron.
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: The Sheriff on 03 October 2014, 20:53:12
I plan to do something similar soon - just scart-to-scart lead from Sky box to a DVD recorder should do it.
If I ger to do it before you, I'll let you know how I got on.

Ron.
Hdmi from sky box to recorder, hdmi from recorder to telly :y
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: omega3000 on 03 October 2014, 21:00:40
I plan to do something similar soon - just scart-to-scart lead from Sky box to a DVD recorder should do it.
If I ger to do it before you, I'll let you know how I got on.

Ron.

Cheers ron  :y Ill probably start having a look at some recorders soon  :)
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: chrisgixer on 03 October 2014, 21:03:23
Somebody shot him. :)

 ???

It's ok he was shot in the head. He'll be fine.  :y

...threatening is no good, you have to actually leave.

Ah yes but then there's the fee to cancel "i think" ? 
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Don't tell me your within contract?
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: Jo_Kent on 03 October 2014, 22:23:32
Ive got a similar problem - no longer with Sky and have bought a freeview recorder which works with indoor aerial but I dont get all the freeview channels that should be available.  Wanted to connect Sky Plus box to recorder to use dish as aerial but sky cable is split in two and the recorder only has one port for aerial.  Asked in Currys if there was an adapter I could buy and was told that my recorder uses an analogue signal which it converts (?) and Sky is digital so there is no adapter.  Had I bought a Freesat box it would have worked he told me.

Now trying to get the roof aerial sorted so I can use that.

Sorry for long post but hope this helps the OP.

Lin

Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 04 October 2014, 08:04:37
Ive got a similar problem - no longer with Sky and have bought a freeview recorder which works with indoor aerial but I dont get all the freeview channels that should be available.  Wanted to connect Sky Plus box to recorder to use dish as aerial but sky cable is split in two and the recorder only has one port for aerial.  Asked in Currys if there was an adapter I could buy and was told that my recorder uses an analogue signal which it converts (?) and Sky is digital so there is no adapter.  Had I bought a Freesat box it would have worked he told me.

Now trying to get the roof aerial sorted so I can use that.

Sorry for long post but hope this helps the OP.

Lin

Yes, if you already had a dish, freesat receiver would have been the way to go  ;)

My Humax freeview receiver popped a message the other evening about wanting to retune....so i let it....it found over 200 freeview channels including 11 HD channels   :)
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: omega3000 on 04 October 2014, 11:42:02
So would this work with my existing Sky box ?  :-\


Recorder (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panasonic-HDD-DVD-recorder-DMR-EX769EB-160gb-/221566236470?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_DVDPlayers_Recorders&hash=item3396607736)

 :-\

Or this All singing all dancing (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toshiba-RDXV60KB-Freeview-320GB-HD-TV-DVD-and-VCR-Recorder-/351060985364?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_DVDPlayers_Recorders&hash=item51bcdd8614)  So confusing if you not a techno head  :(
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: biggriffin on 04 October 2014, 11:57:47
Haven't got sky as I cant afford sky,being a hard working middle income blue collar worker. :'(
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: 05omegav6 on 04 October 2014, 12:41:48
Shot in the head you say...

Up to his neck in shitty nappies more like, wishing he'd been shot in the head ;D
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: cnj on 04 October 2014, 14:07:59
have you got a usb port on the sky box, if so why not try that option if it works. failing that a sat card/usb stick for a computer and use the hard drive as a recorder.
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: chrisgixer on 04 October 2014, 16:57:53
have you got a usb port on the sky box, if so why not try that option if it works. failing that a sat card/usb stick for a computer and use the hard drive as a recorder.

If sky allow that to work I'll eat my hat. :)
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: omega3000 on 04 October 2014, 17:09:21
have you got a usb port on the sky box, if so why not try that option if it works. failing that a sat card/usb stick for a computer and use the hard drive as a recorder.

Yep usb port on the box  :)
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: cnj on 04 October 2014, 18:14:06
see if you can record to the usb stick, but as chris says sky may have blocked that option already !
Title: Re: Recording off Sky
Post by: omega3000 on 07 October 2014, 12:36:48
Problem sorted for 99p  ::) :D :D :D Got a HD recordable box off the bay of fleas  :y :y

Sky wanted 150 notes  >:(