Just got Sky+ - lots of questions

Sean Black wrote:
Well i've just cancelled my Tivo subscription and plan on
selling it over the next few days. I would have loved to
keep it but I cant stand paying £10 a month for the EPG.

Still got to be worth a lifetime sub if you can afford it.
If not you
should get a decent price for it on Ebay.

I should have got the lifetime when I first bought the
machine which was last year. Rookie mistake, I didnt realise
how good the Tivo was.

Still on the plus side, I can now have space to fit a DVD
player on my big tv :-)

Regarding the Tivo, what size disk have you got in it ? Might be
interested.

Phil

Cheddar wrote:
Jono wrote:

Are you saying Dual Record doesn't work? The version on my

V1 box is

1.3.0BF & the EPG version is sky+1.26.v2


I had to do a forced update to get it to work, all seems
fine now.


5. I noticed that a 1 hour show takes up 6%, that's only
16hrs of recording time! What happens when I run out of
space and I have a show to record? Will Sky+ just delete

the

oldest show like a Tivo does?


It depends on a number of things - whether you've "Kept"

the

recordings with the blue button; whether you've got the

disk

management set to automatic.....


Whats the difference between automatic and manual, i'd
rather Sky didnt start deleting the shows I have recorded
and aint got around to.


8. I currently have my Tivo unplugged, is anyone using

their

Tivo with Sky+?

Many use a Tivo - the general advice seems to be "Don't

get rid of it"

Well as it stands I think I will get rid of the Tivo and
just add a bigger HD to Sky+.

Anyone want a 1yr old Tivo in great condition. boxed (no
lifetime sub), only £160 inc p+p.

Yannick wrote:
Regarding the Tivo, what size disk have you got in it ?
Might be
interested.


Standard hardisk, I never got around to updating it. I have
deleted all the programs off the drive and reset it to
factory settings. It's in very good condition and comes with
original box, remote, manuals etc.

Cheddar wrote:
Anyone want a 1yr old Tivo in great condition. boxed (no
lifetime sub), only =A3160 inc p+p.

That sounds good to me (been directed here from another group) - is it=20
still available?

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Jon Skeet -
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Jon Skeet wrote:
Cheddar wrote:
Anyone want a 1yr old Tivo in great condition. boxed (no
lifetime sub), only £160 inc p+p.

That sounds good to me (been directed here from another
group) - is it
still available?

YGM.

16hrs isnt really that long recording time if you go on holiday for a
week or so.

As the recording rate is variable it all depends on what you're
recording as to how long you get. Sky claim an average 20 hrs or so, I
think, for a standard drive.

The actual space requirement is down to the bitrate that the
broadcaster transmits. In my experience, the Sky+ planner
over-estimates the space requirement. An hour can vary from 3% to 7%
(though 7% is unusually high) - the average seems to be 4%-5% for an
hour. The film channels tend to be a little higher.

Simon Kempster