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USB port on sky box... to laptop? possible?

  • 12-11-2009 9:50pm
    #1
    ride the spiral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭


    I'm trying to connect my sky box to my laptop hopfully to access all of the recorded programs and movies to move them to the laptop... (then to the external hard drive)

    There is a USB port on the back of the digi box... so if it can access the hard drive within the digi box... well that would be just super.

    Does anyone know of anything about this? has it bein tryied befor? and what kinda format would the recorded movies and programs be in?

    I'd love to know if anyone has ever done this befor.

    Andy
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  • #2
    manutd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 988 ✭✭✭manutd


    The USB port is not connected, so you cannot wire up a laptop to it. DVD recorder is the only way.


  • #3
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    or video :)


  • #4
    ride the spiral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭ride the spiral


    why would they put a USB port there and not connect it? are you sure?

    it seams kinda silly...


  • #5
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    i wouldve thought maybe a external hard drive for extra storage ??


  • #6
    Manc-Red
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭Manc-Red


    ride the spiral wrote: »
    why would they put a USB port there and not connect it? are you sure?

    it seams kinda silly...

    Just think of the amazing Interactive Card Slot....

    Nothing unusual with them so lol:D


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  • #7
    ride the spiral
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭ride the spiral


    touché sir...


  • #8
    mossym
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,766 Mod ✭✭✭✭mossym


    ride the spiral wrote: »
    why would they put a USB port there and not connect it? are you sure?

    it seams kinda silly...

    it could be a USB master port, in which case hooking it tot he usb master port on your pc would do nothing, so it could be there for external storage in the future or firmware upgrades or something along those lines.

    but what you have been already told is correct, you can't use the usb port


  • #9
    fat-tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    Whether the USB port works or not is a moot point - the files stored on the disk in the SKY+ box are encrypted and can't be played without a valid subscription card.


  • #10
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    I have heard of some people connecting a USB powered fan to the Sky box to keep it cool.


  • #11
    celticfc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,884 Mod ✭✭✭✭celticfc


    It's handy for iPod charging too. :)

    Currently it's not an active USB port, Sky say it's for "Future use".


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  • #12
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Apogee


    Well, it's all still a little hush-hush, but the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources are working on a secret project in conjunction with Sky and NDS. This special USB device, when plugged into your Sky box, will give you all the Irish channels in HD for free.

    4101711186_c7b99da241_o.jpg


  • #13
    manutd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 988 ✭✭✭manutd


    ^^^Keep dreaming^^^


  • #14
    Dman001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Dman001


    I wish Sky would give us the same freedom as Tivo does in America. With a Tivo box, you can wirelessly send recored content to your PC and even make MP4 files from the content to put on your iPod/PSP etc. That's what I'd love to see in future Sky boxes/Firmware.


  • #15
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Dman001 wrote: »
    I wish Sky would give us the same freedom as Tivo does in America. With a Tivo box, you can wirelessly send recored content to your PC and even make MP4 files from the content to put on your iPod/PSP etc. That's what I'd love to see in future Sky boxes/Firmware.

    You will never EVER get something like that, considering Rupert Murdoch has just given the following interview.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7GkJqRv3BI


    His comments on Google 'stealing' from him are laughable, and his crusade against 'fair use'.. Not someone you can ignore either, sadly.


  • #16
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Apogee wrote: »
    Well, it's all still a little hush-hush, but the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources are working on a secret project in conjunction with Sky and NDS. This special USB device, when plugged into your Sky box, will give you all the Irish channels in HD for free.

    4101711186_c7b99da241_o.jpg

    I think you are getting confused with what Sky Italia are bringing out. http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2009/10/20/usb-key-brings-lost-channels-back-to-sky-italia/


  • #17
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Apogee


    Merely life imitating art.


  • #18
    Dman001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Dman001


    Amalgam wrote: »
    You will never EVER get something like that, considering Rupert Murdoch has just given the following interview.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7GkJqRv3BI


    His comments on Google 'stealing' from him are laughable, and his crusade against 'fair use'.. Not someone you can ignore either, sadly.
    True but he talks only of his newspaper websites which make damn all money anyway. (correct me if Im wrong as I did not watch the full video).

    The main reason that Sky wont do it is because they dont exactly have to. They have no serious competition, in Ireland anyway. The VOD service will be making use of the ethernet port on the Sky HD box, but Id rather an easy way to get content off the HDD than a VOD service which I probably have to pay extra for.


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