To Bin... or Not To Bin

Andy Burns wrote:

On 28/01/2008 00:00, Agamemnon wrote:

If it was a Virgin+ box then it would have had two built in tuners and its
own hard drive recorder. You were probably watching one channel on one tuner
and recording the output from the other via analogue, that's if you were
recording it on the DVD recorder and not on the Virgin+ box itself.

Yep, I think you've got to the bottom of the OP's confusion.

this was my original thought. in fact doesn't the virgin+ box record
two channels while watching a third?

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On 28/01/2008 08:25, Paul Heslop wrote:

My dvd recorder does not tune into my sky+ or my old sky box.

Why do people keep referring to "tuning" via scart leads?

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Andy Burns wrote:
On 28/01/2008 08:25, Paul Heslop wrote:

My dvd recorder does not tune into my sky+ or my old sky box.

Why do people keep referring to "tuning" via scart leads?

because they don't know any better?

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Andy Burns wrote:

On 28/01/2008 08:25, Paul Heslop wrote:

My dvd recorder does not tune into my sky+ or my old sky box.

Why do people keep referring to "tuning" via scart leads?

exactly :O)

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Paul (We won't die of devotion)
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Why do people keep referring to "tuning" via scart leads?

Because usage can transcend the original, literal meaning of a word, I'd
imagine.

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MHW

In article , Andy Burns wrote:
On 28/01/2008 08:25, Paul Heslop wrote:

My dvd recorder does not tune into my sky+ or my old sky box.

Why do people keep referring to "tuning" via scart leads?

For the same reason they refer to "filming" things with video cameras.

Rod.

On 27 Jan, 23:42, "Stephen Wilson"
wrote:
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message

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Stephen Wilson wrote:

Incorrect. There is a single lead connecting the Virgin box to the DVD
recorder - a scart lead. I'm selecting the channel I want to watch on the
Virgin box. I'm selecting the channel I want to record on the DVD
recorder.

I don't think I've ever heard of a tuner signal being carried by
scart.

so what model recorder was this again?

I'm not sure - it's not mine, but a friend's which I installed. I tried
plugging in the aerial but the recorder failed to find any channels when it
did an autoscan. So then I plugged the Virgin V+ box in to the recorder via
the scart lead, rescanned, and the recorder detected all the digital
channels available via the Virgin STB.

No offence, but, i'd *love* to see how that worked.....

Doc

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:59:16 -0000, "MHW" wrote:

"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Why do people keep referring to "tuning" via scart leads?

Because usage can transcend the original, literal meaning of a word, I'd
imagine.

That's right. As a computer tech people often tell me about "loading"
or "downloading" a program when what they mean is "installing" it.
Perfectly valid usage, of course. The fact that it seems wrong to me,
and actually misleading in some cases, is entirely my problem, and it
serves me right for being a nerd.
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On 28 Jan, 12:36, Roderick Stewart
wrote:
In article , Andy Burns wrote:
On 28/01/2008 08:25, Paul Heslop wrote:

My dvd recorder does not tune into my sky+ or my old sky box.

Why do people keep referring to "tuning" via scart leads?

For the same reason they refer to "filming" things with video cameras.

I'm often asked to tape stuff on my HDD recorder....
and once thats done tape it to DVD

Doc

"Dr Hfuhruhurr" wrote in message
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On 27 Jan, 23:42, "Stephen Wilson"
wrote:
"Paul Heslop" wrote in message

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Stephen Wilson wrote:

Incorrect. There is a single lead connecting the Virgin box to the DVD
recorder - a scart lead. I'm selecting the channel I want to watch on
the
Virgin box. I'm selecting the channel I want to record on the DVD
recorder.

I don't think I've ever heard of a tuner signal being carried by
scart.

so what model recorder was this again?

I'm not sure - it's not mine, but a friend's which I installed. I tried
plugging in the aerial but the recorder failed to find any channels when
it
did an autoscan. So then I plugged the Virgin V+ box in to the recorder
via
the scart lead, rescanned, and the recorder detected all the digital
channels available via the Virgin STB.

No offence, but, i'd *love* to see how that worked.....

Quite quickly and very easily. I'm assuming that there is 2-way
communication between the Virgin box and the DVD recorder, that the channels
available from Virgin were sent via the scart lead to the DVD recorder. And
when the EPG is accessed via the DVD recorder, it is accessing it via one of
the Virgin box's tuners.

All makes it very easy to record. Instead of setting the DVD recorder to
being recording a particular channel at a particular time, and either
leaving the Virgin box tuned to a particular channel or having to programme
it to switch over at appropriate times, all you have to do is highlight the
programme you want to record and the DVD recorder takes care of both its
operation and the Virgin box simultaneously.