Recording / transferring from Sky+ HD box

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Im having to upgrade to a new 2TB Sky+ HD box...but i will lose all that i have recorded.

Can anyone point my in the direction of how to transfer these records?

The ideal would be to get them onto the new box, but i doubt that will be possible. I have a laptop and external hard drive so can transfer them to that.

Ive seen this, but various forums give mixed reports...

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[Danamy]

Im having to upgrade to a new 2TB Sky+ HD box...but i will lose all that i have recorded.

Can anyone point my in the direction of how to transfer these records?

The ideal would be to get them onto the new box, but i doubt that will be possible. I have a laptop and external hard drive so can transfer them to that.

Ive seen this, but various forums give mixed reports...

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I think your out of luck, I don't believe it can be done to be honest.

 

[ninbelindur]

One way it can be done is with a DVD recorder. So you play the recorded program on the tele and record it onto the DVD recorder as if it were a program on tele. You've then got it on disc which you can watch on your DVD recorder.
Alternatively you could get a cheap old video and do the same although I expect the quality would be compromised.
My satellite box has a SATA hard drive which I can swap when I swap boxes, no idea of this is an option ?
I can connect my box to the router then access it via any computer on the network and FTP files to my computer. Is this an option ? Have you tried any forums as they are usually very helpful.

 

[Plain Speaking]

I've got a Panasonic DVD recorder (DMR-EX95VEBS) which also has a larger hard drive than the sky boxes plus VHS and DVD play and recording facilities.

I can play recorded sky programmes on my sky box and record them on my Panasonic hard drive or back up to DVD discs.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Not sure (or confident) about swapping the drive in the box...

So i should be able to transfer to a DVD recorder? Which socket on the Sky box do i run it from?

 

[Plain Speaking]

Not sure (or confident) about swapping the drive in the box...

So i should be able to transfer to a DVD recorder? Which socket on the Sky box do i run it from?

Its not a file transfer of data, but conventional playing your programmes on your sky box, connected via scart socket to a DVD recorder and recording them. Personally I have saved many of my Sky programmes to my hard drive but its a long process. My Pansonic hard drive has about 3 times more capacity than my Sky box so this enabled me to free space for more recordings on my Sky box.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Cool, so its real-time recording?