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Posted by Spack on 05/08/44 11:40
guv wrote on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:51:22 +0000:
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:37:02 -0000, "Spack" <news@worldofspack.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>>>>> Is it worth upgrading my std sky package to get sky +. my video is
>>>>>> knacked out. I could buy a dvd recorder.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> DinZ
>>>>>>
>>>>> You have to pay through the nose for sky+. If I were replacing a
>>>>> video I would go for a PVR anytime. Tivo transformed our viewing
>>>>> lives - after I got Tivo I bought a DVD recorder, and I never use it.
>>>>> Compared to a VCR it's brilliant, but compared to Tivo it's a pain in
>>>>> the arse.
>>>>>
>>>> Couldn't agree more. I've got TiVo, Sky+ and a DVD recorder. I use TiVo
>>>> for all my main recording with the DVD recorder as a backup, Sky+ is
>>>> relegated to a rarely used third choice, for the rare occasion when
>>>> there is something on two Sky only channels at the same time, without a
>>>> repeat any time soon. Mostly I can get away with TiVo for Sky stuff,
>>>> with the DVD as a backup for Freeview.
>>>
>>> Hmm. I was thinking of outing the TiVo for a sky+! Main reason - well
>>> only reason - is to be able to record one channel and watch another. I
>>> assume if you have a RF distribution system, you can transmit more
>>> than one channel - or is that only if you record?
>>
>> No, it only sends the channel you're watching via RF. I've never had a
>> TiVo so I can't compare it, but I find the Sky+ incredibly handy - I
>> often record 2 channels at once (plenty of stuff on at 7pm and 9pm that I
>> like to watch on various channels), while watching a recorded programme
>> (and so far no stuttering of any kind despite the hard disk working
>> overtime handling 3 things at once).
>
> So you are unable to record a program you are watching and send the RF
> elsewhere. If that is the case, then they can keep it. ie you can only
> record and watch the same program or watch a channel and record
> another without any distribution? Surely the program you record can be
> broadcast and make use of freeze etc? I assume the output from the
> recorder and normal sky channels are different RF signals? If they are
> not, that makes it LESS versatile than any other recording device i
> know of.
There is a single RF signal (ignoring the analog TV that is sent alongside
if you have a normal aerial attached too). It will show whatever is being
watched on the Sky+ box, the same as is sent via the SCART. So you record
one programme, and watch a different one - but that one you're watching will
be on the SCART output and the RF. The RF output is only meant for use where
a SCART isn't available - the Sky boxes are not distribution splitters. How
many Freeview boxes do you know of that will broadcast one signal on the RF
and a different one on the SCART? Note that I'm talking about the digi
signal here, not the standard analog TV. How many hard disk recorders do you
know of that will output 2 different signals at the same time?
I think you've misread what I wrote. I'll try to make it a bit clearer.
You can watch a programme, and record a 2nd programme. You can record 2
programmes at the same time while watching one of them. You can record 2
programmes at the same time while watching a recorded programme at the same
time. Whatever you watch on the TV connected to the Sky box is also sent via
the RF.
Dan
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