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SKY+ Dual Recording Feature Now Enabled

  • 02-12-2003 07:34PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,789 ✭✭✭


    From mediabullet:
    Dual recording "Days away" for Sky+ users
    Sky's technical department have informed us this afternoon that Sky+ users should start getting their long awaited software upgrades from Thursday 4th December. This will enable the dual recording facility as well as some other enhancements. It may take a day or two for all of the software to download to your box, but if you get up in the morning and your box has reset to EPG 998 then you should have the software on board.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Lukin Black


    That sounds good - might actually get it when it comes through. Though am I right in thinking that you have to be watching one of the programmes that you're recording, if you're recording two, or can you record two stations and watch another?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,789 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    Record two programmes at the same time i assume you dont have to be watching one your recording.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭Thorbar


    How much space does the box have? How many minutes can you record?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭Charles Slane


    20 hours.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭bf1


    SO SO HAPPY I ONLY GOT IT TODAY YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS
    (it aint installed yet.............. D'oh!)

    but anyway:D :D:D:D:D:D:D :cool:

    bf1


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  • Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,225 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Originally posted by Charles Slane
    20 hours.

    Or if you're mechanically minded, you can change the HDD to a bigger one and hold much more! (note that not any HDD will do, so research would be needed first) :)

    Damn I would like Sky+ but I don't want any premium channels :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,962 ✭✭✭Greenman




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    i wait and see. it would be a very handy addition


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭thrillseeker


    Hot off the presses from Media Bullet -

    Sky+ Software updates downloading today!

    you will be able to record up to two channels at once whilst either watching one of the recording feeds, or watching something from the Planner that has been previously recorded.

    The latest software version, sky+1.26.v2 also should fix some stability issues which have been affecting certain viewers.

    The software rollout should be complete by the end of the afternoon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,732 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Digital Spy has this too.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    hmmm, my sky+ boz had rebooted this morning when I got up...maybe that was the update. Cool...must check it out tonite.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    this is great news. Can anyone confirm that they have recieved the software update yet or will us 2nd class sky citizens have to wait a bit longer than our UK counterparts as is usually the case?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭ShaneOC


    No we won't have to wait. I can confirm that I now have dual recording on my Sky+ box (version 1). The box was reset last night.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,369 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    Working here too

    Tony

    Owner: satellite.ie



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    From reading the "other forum" there are some people experiencing problems with playing back recorded programs after the software update.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,732 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Just changed the title of the thread.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    \o/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    guess what

    no dual record for me :mad: hopefully a software upgrade will sort it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,596 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    I am just trying out dual record. You need to watch one of the programs you're recording but you can always play back a previously recorded one instead (while recording two channels).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    after a forced upgrade still no Dual Record :mad:

    maybe tomorrow :(


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 494 ✭✭Lukin Black


    Originally posted by digitaldr
    I am just trying out dual record. You need to watch one of the programs you're recording but you can always play back a previously recorded one instead (while recording two channels).

    So just to make sure I'm getting this right, there's only two feeds in from the satellite, and so you can't have two recording while watching another live programme?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,596 ✭✭✭digitaldr


    Originally posted by Lukin Black
    So just to make sure I'm getting this right, there's only two feeds in from the satellite, and so you can't have two recording while watching another live programme?

    Exactly!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭kevmac


    Sky+ was great but now with DR it's amazing.

    Just unplugged the VCR and dumped it in the attic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Now if there was only enough quality programmes on.
    What are the odds that two programes worth recording are on at the same time with the amount of crap out there :-)

    Always a complaint isn't there...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭robert muldoon


    I must be missing something, but why would you want to record two programs at the one time while watching one of them?- someone give me an example pls


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Originally posted by robert muldoon
    I must be missing something, but why would you want to record two programs at the one time while watching one of them?- someone give me an example pls

    something which has happened to me a few times

    a) i am not in the house and there may be a film i want to see on one channel and a documentary on another channel at the same time. Dual Record would be handy for this eventuality

    b) i am recording something whilst watching something else, but someone else in the house may also want to see both but arent there

    i am still waiting for the upgrade Sky :mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Owenw


    Also DR gets round the problem of overlaps between 2 programmes on different channels (especially useful for movies and programmes on BBC 1 & 2 which often overlap by several minutes).


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 3,821 Mod ✭✭✭✭LFCFan


    Originally posted by robert muldoon
    I must be missing something, but why would you want to record two programs at the one time while watching one of them?- someone give me an example pls

    you can also watch a previously recorded programme while 2 others are recording. Using it last night and it's excellent. If you try to view a live programme other than the 2 you are already recording you will get a warning message asking you to cancel a recording first. All we need now are Channel 4 and UTV and we're sorted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭ShaneOC


    Originally posted by LFCFan
    All we need now are Channel 4 and UTV and we're sorted.

    And the digital BBCs. :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    One problem I have noticed with Sky+ is recording to consecutive programs on the same channel...it doesnt handle this too well.
    For Example...Recording the double header of Will and Grace on Living.
    Set them both to record.
    The recording of the first episode ends after the second episode has started due to the buffer settings.
    The recording of the second episode misses the start as a result...I wonder if DR will sort this annoying issue.
    The only I could do it up to yesterday was to use a manual recording.


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