Sky box auto shutdown nonsence

"JNugent" wrote in message
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Bob Lucas wrote:

"Helen Edith Stephenson" wrote:

We wanted to tape the Australian Open tennis overnight and were *not*
impressed by the digibox developing a mind of its own.

Auto-standby may have nothing to do with the failure to record the
Australian Open.

Auto-standby would cause the failure if the Sky+ box was being used simply
as a digibox, with the recording of its output being made on a different
machine (which is what I understood the PP to mean).

This problem is a luddite problem. Does the world have to stop until they
decide to ditch their VCR? Some of the later VCR's came with various
techniques for controlling external sources which didn't need them to be on
all the time to record from them.

John Russell wrote:
"JNugent" wrote in message
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Bob Lucas wrote:

"Helen Edith Stephenson" wrote:
We wanted to tape the Australian Open tennis overnight and were *not*
impressed by the digibox developing a mind of its own.
Auto-standby may have nothing to do with the failure to record the
Australian Open.
Auto-standby would cause the failure if the Sky+ box was being used simply
as a digibox, with the recording of its output being made on a different
machine (which is what I understood the PP to mean).

This problem is a luddite problem. Does the world have to stop until they
decide to ditch their VCR? Some of the later VCR's came with various
techniques for controlling external sources which didn't need them to be on
all the time to record from them.

I don't agree. The Sky+ box has no facility for burning a DVD-R. If you want
to do that, the easiest and quickest way is to use the Sky+ as a pure digibox
and either record straight to DVD-R or onto the HDD of a suitable DVD-R
recorder (for editing, etc). Recording onto the Sky+'s own HDD means having
to tie up the Sky+ when (later) copying the programme to the other machine.

"JNugent" wrote in message
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John Russell wrote:
"JNugent" wrote in message
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Bob Lucas wrote:

"Helen Edith Stephenson" wrote:
We wanted to tape the Australian Open tennis overnight and were *not*
impressed by the digibox developing a mind of its own.
Auto-standby may have nothing to do with the failure to record the
Australian Open.
Auto-standby would cause the failure if the Sky+ box was being used
simply as a digibox, with the recording of its output being made on a
different machine (which is what I understood the PP to mean).

This problem is a luddite problem. Does the world have to stop until
they decide to ditch their VCR? Some of the later VCR's came with various
techniques for controlling external sources which didn't need them to be
on all the time to record from them.

I don't agree. The Sky+ box has no facility for burning a DVD-R. If you
want to do that, the easiest and quickest way is to use the Sky+ as a pure
digibox and either record straight to DVD-R or onto the HDD of a suitable
DVD-R recorder (for editing, etc). Recording onto the Sky+'s own HDD means
having to tie up the Sky+ when (later) copying the programme to the other
machine.

All decent DVD recorders can be triggered externally. You set up the SKY box
to come on using the EPG, and that triggers the DVD recorder to record.
There is no need to leave the SKY box on all the time if you buy decent
recording equipment. The problem is with those who buy cheap tat which don't
have such features, not with SKY!

John Russell wrote:

All decent DVD recorders can be triggered externally. You set up the
SKY box to come on using the EPG, and that triggers the DVD recorder
to record. There is no need to leave the SKY box on all the time if
you buy decent recording equipment. The problem is with those who buy
cheap tat which don't have such features, not with SKY!

That only applies to standard Sky boxes, not Sky+, so leaving on or in
standby makes virtually no difference.
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There's probably no god, so stop worrying and enjoy your life.

On 25 Jan, 14:05, "John Russell" wrote:
"JNugent" wrote in message

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John Russell wrote:
"JNugent" wrote in message
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Bob Lucas wrote:

"Helen Edith Stephenson" wrote:
We wanted to tape the Australian Open tennis overnight and were *not*
impressed by the digibox developing a mind of its own.
Auto-standby may have nothing to do with the failure to record the
Australian Open.
Auto-standby would cause the failure if the Sky+ box was being used
simply as a digibox, with the recording of its output being made on a
different machine (which is what I understood the PP to mean).

This problem is a luddite problem. Does the world have to stop until
they decide to ditch their VCR? Some of the later VCR's came with various
techniques for controlling external sources which didn't need them to be
on all the time to record from them.

I don't agree. The Sky+ box has no facility for burning a DVD-R. If you
want to do that, the easiest and quickest way is to use the Sky+ as a pure
digibox and either record straight to DVD-R or onto the HDD of a suitable
DVD-R recorder (for editing, etc). Recording onto the Sky+'s own HDD means
having to tie up the Sky+ when (later) copying the programme to the other
machine.

All decent DVD recorders can be triggered externally. You set up the SKY box
to come on using the EPG, and that triggers the DVD recorder to record.
There is no need to leave the SKY box on all the time if you buy decent
recording equipment. The problem is with those who buy cheap tat which don't
have such features, not with SKY!

You're wrong and you're a grotesquely, ugly freak. Thanks.

If my Sky box is off, then the TiVo can turn it on, but with the
delays between turning the Sky box on and sending channel numbers,
whatever I tried there's not always enough time to guarantee that the
Sky box will be ready to receive the channel numbers by the time it's
issued them.

And besides, when it comes to putting the Sky box into standby there
is ABSOLUTELY **** ALL POINT IN DOING SO.

And if you think there is, then go and lock yourself up in a padded
cell because that's the only place for you.