Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted January 4, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 4, 2012 Just to confirm what others have said, you will be absolutely fine Sky+'ing the live HD showing for watching later. This is what I do each time since, as you point out, the HD version is only shown once. It will remain on your hard disk for about 3 weeks (the info box after you've recorded it tells you when it will be deleted).  I've never tried to then copy the recording for keeps/lending onto, say, a DVD:R, though. Not sure if there's a copy protection signal on the play back.  I'm sure I attempted this once, however, I can't remember my findings. I don't recall a copy protection signal, but I may have attempted it on a 'free' PPV rather than a Box Office one. The one thing that stays in mind is the lack of a HD output on the sky box. So any recording onto a DVD would only be in SD  Surely the hdmi is a HD output?! Yeah, but that's normally plugged into your TV, not your DVD Recorder....and even if you wanted to mess with the cables you can't record HD on a normal DVD:R, as far as I am aware... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomsday Device Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Just to confirm what others have said, you will be absolutely fine Sky+'ing the live HD showing for watching later. This is what I do each time since, as you point out, the HD version is only shown once. It will remain on your hard disk for about 3 weeks (the info box after you've recorded it tells you when it will be deleted).  I've never tried to then copy the recording for keeps/lending onto, say, a DVD:R, though. Not sure if there's a copy protection signal on the play back.  I'm sure I attempted this once, however, I can't remember my findings. I don't recall a copy protection signal, but I may have attempted it on a 'free' PPV rather than a Box Office one. The one thing that stays in mind is the lack of a HD output on the sky box. So any recording onto a DVD would only be in SD  Surely the hdmi is a HD output?! Yeah, but that's normally plugged into your TV, not your DVD Recorder....and even if you wanted to mess with the cables you can't record HD on a normal DVD:R, as far as I am aware...   Trust this man, he has the answers!  Indeed, an HD output does exist on the Sky box. I was actually thinking about the lack of an HD input into the DVD-R. I think the only way to connect the box to the recorder is via SCART or composite cables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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