O/T: Sky +

[Heffle Gull]

Cancel your sky subscription, then wait foer the offers to start coming in. We cancelled Sky back in January, and have just had Sky + installed. The offer was a free box and free installation.

Sky+ is the dogs dangly bits

 

[Willow]

What can it do that a standard DVD hard disk recorder can't do?

 

[algie]

Pause and rewind live tv,thats about it.Also true HD i believe

 

[Cian]

Pause and rewind live tv,thats about it.Also true HD i believe

HD only on Sky+ HD boxes.

You can configure a DVD-RAM (but not any other kind) recorder to do pause and rewind but its a f***ing hassle (you need to watch TV through it and use two remotes to do it!)

Also the Sky+ has two tuners so you can watch one channel and record another, or record two. Can't do that with a Sky box plus a DVD recorder.

 

[Easy 10]

The thing I really love, I mean LOVE about Sky+, is watching something that you've STARTED recording but not finished.

Get in for the match at 4.30 on a Sunday when it kicked off at 4 ? No problemo hombré. Just watch from the start whilst its still recording. FF past the injuries and the rolling around and the shit, through the ads and eventually you'll catch up to LIVE.

I'm sorry, but thats just genius. There really is no other word for it. Apart from f***ing BRILLIANT. And maybe amazing. Well there's loads, but you catch my drift.

 

[Cian]

DVD-RAM does that as well.... but again, Sky+ has the two tuners. Biggest advantage it (and Freesat PVRs when they come on the market in a few months) has. That and being able to store more than about 8 hours shows like a DVD...

 

[Easy 10]

I try not to sound like crodo if I can help it, but it quite literally does REVOLUTIONISE the way you watch television. TV schedules mean nothing any more. I can record and watch what the hell I like, when I like. And its so piss-easy it borders on the insulting. I cannot comprehend how I ever survived without it.

I would pay a thousand pounds for Sky+ without a second thought. There, I said it.

 

[Seagull over NZ]

The thing I really love, I mean LOVE about Sky+, is watching something that you've STARTED recording but not finished.

Get in for the match at 4.30 on a Sunday when it kicked off at 4 ? No problemo hombré. Just watch from the start whilst its still recording. FF past the injuries and the rolling around and the shit, through the ads and eventually you'll catch up to LIVE.

I'm sorry, but thats just genius. There really is no other word for it. Apart from f***ing BRILLIANT. And maybe amazing. Well there's loads, but you catch my drift.

Used to love that with 24. ALways got in on a Sunday night at 9.15 when the programme started at 9. Started watching it, by the time I finished fast forwarding adverts etc I had caught up.

Somehow I can't do that with live sport though. Somehow when I know what I am watching is not live, I feel cheated and less excited about it.

 

[Gazwag]

I try not to sound like crodo if I can help it, but it quite literally does REVOLUTIONISE the way you watch television. TV schedules mean nothing any more. I can record and watch what the hell I like, when I like. And its so piss-easy it borders on the insulting. I cannot comprehend how I ever survived without it.

I would pay a thousand pounds for Sky+ without a second thought. There, I said it.

Its fine until the box dies, mine did on Tuesday morning, with about 80% of programmes on the disk, not all mine I may add, including Top Gear, havent watched one of this series yet . Got a replacement box yesterday, couldnt save the old one.

 

[clippedgull]

Its fine until the box dies, mine did on Tuesday morning, with about 80% of programmes on the disk, not all mine I may add, including Top Gear, havent watched one of this series yet . Got a replacement box yesterday, couldnt save the old one.

yeah, that's a downer alright.

that's why I ripped my HD box open and copied all my stuff I wanted to keep to an external disk using copy +.

appreciate it's not for everybody to attempt, but it gives you a little bit of re assurance in case the worst happens!

I now have about 8 500gb discs full of stuff

 

[gripper stebson]

Just ordered it today (Easy10 swung the vote!!)

Told them I needed to update my old Skybox as it was a bit knackered but was a bit strapped for cash.

They did me Sky+ for 75 quid with free installation (usually 30 quid) thought this was OK.

I'll be SKY+ ing by Monday.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I try not to sound like crodo if I can help it, but it quite literally does REVOLUTIONISE the way you watch television. TV schedules mean nothing any more. I can record and watch what the hell I like, when I like. And its so piss-easy it borders on the insulting. I cannot comprehend how I ever survived without it.

I would pay a thousand pounds for Sky+ without a second thought. There, I said it.

I'm waiting til they release Sky++ which allows you to watch programs in advance of their broadcast time

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I wouldn't have the first idea how to transfer something on Sky+ onto a blank disc.

No, nor do I. Recordable DVD players scare me.

.

 

[Easy 10]

I'm waiting til they release Sky++ which allows you to watch programs in advance of their broadcast time

When they do that, I'm getting a subscription to the RACING channel

 

[Tricky Dicky]

When they do that, I'm getting a subscription to the RACING channel

The right idea but I think I'd go for the lottery first.

 

[Marc]

someone needs to hack Sky+ boxes so that when you watch recorded programs you can skip the ad breaks in a millisecond and not have to fast forward 30x!

 

[Easy 10]

Just ordered it today (Easy10 swung the vote!!)

I can guarantee you will consider it the best thing you have bought in the last ten years. Maybe ever.

 

[Napper]

The thing I really love, I mean LOVE about Sky+, is watching something that you've STARTED recording but not finished.

Get in for the match at 4.30 on a Sunday when it kicked off at 4 ? No problemo hombré. Just watch from the start whilst its still recording. FF past the injuries and the rolling around and the shit, through the ads and eventually you'll catch up to LIVE.

I'm sorry, but thats just genius. There really is no other word for it. Apart from f***ing BRILLIANT. And maybe amazing. Well there's loads, but you catch my drift.

This is brilliant but I find the only downside is you need your mobile off, house phone off hook and can't go online .....otherwise their is always some fucker that will spoil it for you

 

[Wozza]

I try not to sound like crodo if I can help it, but it quite literally does REVOLUTIONISE the way you watch television. TV schedules mean nothing any more. I can record and watch what the hell I like, when I like. And its so piss-easy it borders on the insulting. I cannot comprehend how I ever survived without it.

I would pay a thousand pounds for Sky+ without a second thought. There, I said it.

I have Sky+ (HD flavour) but, in fairness, a Freeview PVR does pretty much the same.

The Humax 9200 revolutionised our viewing habits when we got it.