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POWNALLEFC1 · 17-05-06, 06:10 PM

HI ALL I AM THINKING OF GETTING A DVD RECORDER WITH HARD DRIVE AND WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY CHANCE OF RECORDING 2 CHANNELS AT ONCE I HAVE SKY

THANKS IN ADVANCE

MuppetBoy · 19-05-06, 01:05 AM

Not possible to record two Sky channels onto DVD/HDD at the same time as the standard Sky box only has one tuner. Very unlikely to be able to do it with a twin-tuner Sky+ or Sky HD STB. I can't see how that would work as AFAIK only one channel is externalised.

Depending on the make/model of your DVD/HDD recorder, it may be possible to record the analogue output of the Sky box and video from a second source, like terrestrial analogue, or the analogue output from a Freeview box though. You would have to check the specifications of the recorder you were planning on buying

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MuppetBoy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 88 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: DVD HD Not possible to record two Sky channels onto DVD/HDD at the same time as the standard Sky box only has one tuner. Very unlikely to be able to do it with a twin-tuner Sky+ or Sky HD STB. I can't see how that would work as AFAIK only one channel is externalised. Depending on the make/model of your DVD/HDD recorder, it may be possible to record the analogue output of the Sky box and video from a second source, like terrestrial analogue, or the analogue output from a Freeview box though. You would have to check the specifications of the recorder you were planning on buying MB __________________ Without TV, it's hard to tell when one day ends and the next begins...