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Recording live sports on Sky+

  • 18-06-2012 4:19pm
    #1
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,830 ✭✭✭


    Hi

    Has anyone figured out a foolproof way of ensuring you don't miss the end of a sporting event that you are watching on Sky+?

    I was watching the US Open last Saturday, but as it didn't finish until 3 a.m., I went to bed and recorded the last couple of hours. The golf didn't actually finish until around 3:30 a.m. so I missed the finish.

    Last night, I went to bed early so that I could get up early this morning and watch the golf before hearing the result. In order to ensure that I would not miss the finish, I recorded both the golf and the program that was on immediately after it.

    I got up at 6 this morning to watch it and, sure enough, the main program finished with four players still out on the course and the result still in doubt. I switched over to the second program I had recorded to find that it started 45 minutes late and did not start recording until 3:45. However, the first program finished recording at 3 as scheduled!

    What a shower of muppets! I tried calling them today and got put through the usual call centre nightmare of having to listen to interminable options, none of which seemed to be the one I needed and I eventually hung up after disappearing into a black hole for around 60 seconds.

    All suggestions gratefully received.


Comments

  • #2
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    Sky+ the program as per usual then manually record the time afterwards?


  • #3
    Steven81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,253 ✭✭✭Steven81


    Yes in services go to manual recording and key in the times you want to record.


  • #4
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,830 ✭✭✭abff


    Thanks folks. I had forgotten you could do a manual recording. I'll do that the next time and will hope they don't switch channels when it runs over.


  • #5
    eirman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭eirman


    I always manually record the golf in two hour segments and allow an overrun of one hour (for play-offs etc). The only disadvantage is having to enter the pin everytime I decide to jump forward. My pin is 1111 so it's not too much of an imposition.

    My old man takes a simpler approach and just records the next program (or 2) in the planner.

    BTW The golf is repeated several times today and tonight.


  • #6
    abff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,830 ✭✭✭abff


    eirman wrote: »
    My old man takes simpler approach and just records the next program (or 2) in the planner.

    BTW The golf is repeated several times today and tonight.

    Thanks Eirman

    I think I'll follow your approach. Unfortunately, using your father's approach did not work for me last night, as outlined above.

    I know the golf is repeated, but I wanted to see it 'as live' without knowing the result.

    Cheers
    abff


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