Posted by Sean Black on 02/17/06 09:42

In article <9l0av1phls9m82h63junkia02bdj7hqi9e@4ax.com>, guv
<guv69@msn.com> writes
>On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:12:38 +0000, Sean Black
><sean@bucks-aggs.demon.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?

That was my original plan too, at the time, sell the TiVo for an
extortionate amount on Ebay and rely on the Sky+. In the end I decided
all the wonderful TiVo features (season passes that work, sp manager,
suggestions) were far more use to me than being able to record two
things at once.

Hadn't planned to buy a DVD recorder, but it came free with my plasma,
didn't really expect to use it much, but as I said, it now takes the
place of Sky+ as backup.
--
Sean Black

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