Stand Alone Hard Drive Recorders & Sky

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rikksow

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My Satellite Setup
Huge great Dish in Cyprus
My Location
Tomb Of the Kings
Hi

can anyone tell me which is the best Stand Alone Hard Drive Recorder for recording Sky and any that i should avoid. I want a stand alone rather than Sky+ as I do not wish to go down the route of premium subscriptions

thanks in advance
Rikk
 
I use TIVO which is certainly the best in terms of software. You would also need to get one from E-bay as they are not currently sold in the UK.

One word of warning on the complete subject - when High definition TV starts (next year?) many of the current batch of HD recorders may not work.
 
I am very pleased with my new Pioneer DVR 520 - it's nice to have the added DVD recording capability, although I mostly just use the HD for videoing and timeshift. In the UK you could use it for terrestrial reception as well.
What a shame that the Topfield is only for FTA (UK programmes at least) - the quality of reception (and recordings) on that puts any Digibox to shame, even if it is a bit quirky to set up..
 
As I was paying top whack anyway, Sky+ was not an eye-watering option for me (and with the £10 charge, I wasn't going for it).....but I have to say dual-record is the trump card for this box.

What package are you on right now?
 
if you are paying for 2 premium channels on sky, then you wont pay anymore for sky+....

you only pay the extra £10 a month if you are subscribed to the value or family pack :)
 
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