Sky+

svmitche

shown73 wrote: »

I seem to vaguely remember another thread on here which explained how to access the other 40g of space in the box. As far as I know, the capacity is 80g, but normally only 40g is possible to use, can't remember why exactly, is it something to do with multiroom? I might have got it all wrong, but perhaps someone can make things clearer.....

AFAIK, the other space on the new boxes is set aside mostly for Anytime TV - where they recommend programmes for you and they are downloaded for you without you having to do it. Don't know about older boxes though.

missile

Tipustyger wrote: »

If I did take this route, what do I need to look for in a DVD recorder?

Pretty much any DVD recorder would do the job, but I would not go for a cheap recorder. Depending on your budget you may want to go for a digital PVR so you would have another hard drive to record those free to air channels which are not free on Sky, like More 4 and Dave. Many of the newer DVD recorders have upscalling and this is well worth it, but only if your TV is HDMI ready?

planetf1

One specific feature to look for is RGB input. This means you'll record a better quality signal off the sky+ box onto DVD.

The problem is this often is not listed at all, or is sometimes incorrect on spec sheets. I have returned a number of devices which claimed support, yet did not.

I finally ended up with the wharfedale DVDRHD400F for 59.99 from argos (search google) which *has* rgb in.

It's also useful to have a variety of recording speeds, with dual layer support being useful(the wharfedale doesn't have this)

penrhyn

A point to bear in mind the VCR SCART on a Sky+ box does not have an RGB output, Composite Video out only.
It does have RGB in however.