thanks folks

gratefull to all who gave advice about when our sky contract ends this
month,as we understand it there will still be plenty to watch but the
sky plus recorder will not work,so,we need a dvd recorder linked to the
sky box and then to the television,can anyone advise how we link
these,what we need etc and what do you all rate as a good dvd recorder
to do the job,as b4 many thanks for your time

toyota wrote:

gratefull to all who gave advice about when our sky contract ends this
month,as we understand it there will still be plenty to watch but the
sky plus recorder will not work,so,we need a dvd recorder linked to the
sky box and then to the television,can anyone advise how we link
these,what we need etc and what do you all rate as a good dvd recorder
to do the job,as b4 many thanks for your time

what you will probably have to think about is price. There are
recorders with built in hard drives, usually quite expensive compared
to their disc only counterparts. Of course there are cheaper brands of
those which don't cost the earth but I can't speak for their quality.

A good idea might be to go for a machine which can burn to as many
formats as possible. I think the current range of Panasonic machines
cover just about all bases. They start at around £150 for the most
basic machine which still has all format recording and get very
expensive by the time you get to the top with freeview and big hard
disc etc. The first of their hard disc machines comes in at around
£350
products range (most expensive at the top... shopping around helps
keep price down but obviously buying from somewhere like Argos makes
it easier to return if unhappy)
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/dvd-recorders/index.htm


There are also a few machines which handle things like divx etc if
that's important to you, but I can't name any off the top of my head.

I hear bad things about Phillips. I don't own one so can't say if
they're true or if they have improved or got worse.



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toyota wrote:

gratefull to all who gave advice about when our sky contract ends this
month,as we understand it there will still be plenty to watch but the
sky plus recorder will not work,so,we need a dvd recorder linked to the
sky box and then to the television,can anyone advise how we link
these

Connections depend on which machine you buy and its ability to control
the Sky+ unit for channel changes.

Do you have your old regular digibox? If so bring that back into
service and get a DVD recorder that supports auto-record from scart.
Connect it to the VCR output on the digibox.

If not, think about getting a recorder with GuidePlus+ that supports
the Sky+.

Either way : get a recorder with a hard drive. These are many times
better than the sort without.

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