[jhb] Re: Off Topic
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:47:45 +0100
I'd be interested to know if this works. If you can bang the HD into an
external casing and connect by USB without any problems it should give you a
spare external drive.
I guess the real question is what format the data is in..
bones
bones@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 15 June 2009 17:44
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Off Topic
I just asked the techie but he says Sky have gone out of their way to
try to prevent it. If I connect to another TV, then it won't allow a DVD
write unless connected to the Satellite dish and then it would be seen
as an unauthorised second set.
However, I asked if it would work if I just remove the HD and hook that
up to a PC, copy across, remove the HD and burn a DVD from the PC. He
thinks that should work. A job for a rainy day!
Gerry Winskill
Fossil wrote:
> Have you got a spare TV you can plug the old Sky box into? If you do and
can
> bring up the menu system then you should be able to burn to DVD. The
trouble
> is that I don't know if the menu is only activated with a live feed..
>
> bones
> bones@xxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Gerry Winskill
> Sent: 15 June 2009 15:11
> To: JHB Restricted
> Subject: [jhb] Off Topic
>
> It's a long time since I last used this title!
>
> Anyway, the knowledge is probably out there, somewhere.
>
> The TV techie had to be called in, last week, as our Satellite channels
> were playing up. Sound would continue but picture lock up. Then we
> started to get "no satellite signals detected". He eliminated the dish
> end of the setup, since he was getting good signals. That left the HD+
> unit. It's a Sky supplied box and he was quite scathing about the
> quality and poor life of the units. So, he's coming back later to instal
> a replacement. No problems so far.
>
> However, it's just dawned on me that the existing unit's HD is about 50%
> full, with recordings that SWMBO wants to keep and that I've never got
> round to recording to DVD. With the old unit removed, is there a way of
> downloading the recorded material to this PC, so that I can move to DVD,
> when time and inclination permit?
>
> Gerry Winskill
>
>
>
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