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[tunnie]

Not surprised, they won't get much signal in there 

Very true, however you'd think your paymasters would have realised by now that the + boxes they provide are nothing short of shit....and that replacing them for something that actually works (as well as providing slightly more features than what could be expected from a 30 year old VCR) would be a lot more beneficial to them in the long run.

Box production and design was always outsourced, but due to the issues, production has been brought in house in the last 6 months

I guess all the R&D guys have to learn now is that HDD's bigger than 160GB (thats 160GB available to the end user) exist, and to enable all the features that 3rd party boxes have had as standard for years (such as USB & network).

What like the 400Gb ones been used for the past few months?

I am upgrading mine to 1TB

Soon as the warranty is up on mine I am upgrading to biggest HD that will fit.  Unless I get a spare box and sort that instead.

Is it a HD or standard +?

HD - Has to be Sata, use software called 'CopyPlus'

http://www.skycopyplus.co.uk/ - To format it so the box will see it, 1TB's work well.

Normal + boxes are IDE, less than 500GB will drop straight in, no issues, if you want above 500gb, then you need to use that software

[KillerWatt]

What like the 400Gb ones been used for the past few months?

Just how much of that paltry (yes, it is paltry by todays standards) 400GB is available to the end user after the Anytime TV has been taken in to account?

I am upgrading mine to 1TB

If they designed/built it properly like some other countries do, you wouldn't need to f**k about with it in the first place.

[Entwood]

On a slightly serious note .... and I'm FREESAT not SKY

What is the idea behind upgrading to a maoosive HDD  

We've got a Humax HD, no idea what size HD it is .. but is less than 25% used at the moment ...

You record something, you watch it, you delete it.

As you can't transfer from HDD to DVD, if you like what you watch and wish to keep a copy ... USENET, download and burn ...

works for me ...

[tunnie]

What like the 400Gb ones been used for the past few months?

Just how much of that paltry (yes, it is paltry by todays standards) 400GB is available to the end user after the Anytime TV has been taken in to account?

I am upgrading mine to 1TB

If they designed/built it properly like some other countries do, you wouldn't need to f**k about with it in the first place.

Oh so you know about the 400GB ones, before you said it was 160?  Something you don't know everything about? Surely not! 

[Kevin Wood]

i am going to have the same issue, i am going to have multiroom, and a feed taken into my bedroom from the dish, best way i can see is going around the house, but tucked up near the roof so its not seen.

Don't fancy tackling the "loft of doom" then? 

I don't like wiring on the outside of the house if I can avoid it (he says, remembering the hideous bit of cat5 loosely dangling from the eaves, installed in a fit of rage when the wireless LAN wasn't playing)  .

Kevin

[tunnie]

On a slightly serious note ....

What is the idea behind upgrading to a maoosive HDD  

We've got a Humax HD, no idea what size HD it is .. but is less than 25% used at the moment ...

You record something, you watch it, you delete it.

As you can't transfer from HDD to DVD, if you like what you watch and wish to keep a copy ... USENET, download and burn ...

works for me ...

I work 3 days on 3 days off, so i can't watch some stuff straight away, 160gb has been totally fine, never really filled it up.

I want to be able to store some series in bulk and a few films from the box office

[HolyCount]

What like the 400Gb ones been used for the past few months?

Just how much of that paltry (yes, it is paltry by todays standards) 400GB is available to the end user after the Anytime TV has been taken in to account?

I am upgrading mine to 1TB

If they designed/built it properly like some other countries do, you wouldn't need to f**k about with it in the first place.

Hmmm -- that Anytime TV is a PITA -- even if you disable it the disc space isn't free to use 

[tunnie]

i am going to have the same issue, i am going to have multiroom, and a feed taken into my bedroom from the dish, best way i can see is going around the house, but tucked up near the roof so its not seen.

Don't fancy tackling the "loft of doom" then? 

I don't like wiring on the outside of the house if I can avoid it (he says, remembering the hideous bit of cat5 loosely dangling from the eaves, installed in a fit of rage when the wireless LAN wasn't playing)  .

Kevin

I am the only one who used to be able to move in there, but since we had the government grant thingy, we had insulation put in thats about 7 feet deep. I won't be going in there! 

[Eric Olthwaite]

The trouble with Sky.... six minutes of program, eight minutes of adverts and trailers at 120 decibels!

[tunnie]

The trouble with Sky.... six minutes of program, eight minutes of adverts and trailers at 120 decibels!

Press pause, go off make dinner, eat, drink, come back, fast forward adverts 

[KillerWatt]

Oh so you know about the 400GB ones, before you said it was 160?  Something you don't know everything about? Surely not! 

No I didn't know about the 400GB models, although having had a Dreambox that's wearing just under 1TB (usable) for almost the last year, the prospect of having a box where nowhere near the 400GB is going to be available doesn't (unsurprisingly) excite me.

You can stick up for Maxwell as much as you like T...simple fact is they used shit hardware from day 1...and you admitting it's all been done "in house" for the last 6 months and the best they can come up with is 400GB with the network & USB ports still disabled...........pffft, nursery school mate....take on someone that knows what the public want.

[Mr Skrunts]

The trouble with Sky.... six minutes of program, eight minutes of adverts and trailers at 120 decibels!

Press pause, go off make dinner, eat, drink, come back, fast forward adverts 

Pity we cant cant edit them out to save space.

[Kevin Wood]

The trouble with Sky.... six minutes of program, eight minutes of adverts and trailers at 120 decibels!

Press pause, go off make dinner, eat, drink, come back, fast forward adverts 

Pity we cant cant edit them out to save space.

..especially when there are evidently only about 3 advertisers paying, so every break is the same irritating toss.

Kevin

[tunnie]

i hardly watch adverts now, take Road Wars on Sky1HD, i'll start watching it, first advert break, pause, go and sort dinner get it cooking, grab a beer, come back, fast forward adverts, second ad break, check on dinner, maybe quick OOF, fast forward again.

Often if i see something i like to watch, i'll record it, then go do some else on purpose to miss the adverts so i can come back and fast forward them 

[Mr Skrunts]

Not surprised, they won't get much signal in there 

Very true, however you'd think your paymasters would have realised by now that the + boxes they provide are nothing short of shit....and that replacing them for something that actually works (as well as providing slightly more features than what could be expected from a 30 year old VCR) would be a lot more beneficial to them in the long run.

Box production and design was always outsourced, but due to the issues, production has been brought in house in the last 6 months

I guess all the R&D guys have to learn now is that HDD's bigger than 160GB (thats 160GB available to the end user) exist, and to enable all the features that 3rd party boxes have had as standard for years (such as USB & network).

What like the 400Gb ones been used for the past few months?

I am upgrading mine to 1TB

Soon as the warranty is up on mine I am upgrading to biggest HD that will fit.  Unless I get a spare box and sort that instead.

Is it a HD or standard +?

HD - Has to be Sata, use software called 'CopyPlus'

http://www.skycopyplus.co.uk/ - To format it so the box will see it, 1TB's work well.

Normal + boxes are IDE, less than 500GB will drop straight in, no issues, if you want above 500gb, then you need to use that software

Mine is an Amstrad HD, HD was full in a fortnight, I keep 30/35% free for daily recording till I catch up.  I record a few films from the film channels overnight, if they are B/W or look crap they are deleted within the 1st 5 mins.

But yes, I have kept the latest TG's and American Chopper stored on the drive, plus todays TV to catch up on and a few films yet to watch, might keep for viewing over xmas if Sky is crap.


My brother offered me his old Sky Plus box, so if I get the Sky freeview card than day to day TV can be recorded in bulk on that as HD is not essential for that.  Dunno the max HD size on them though.