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Wannabe Geek
Topic # 103527 9-Jun-2012 09:59 Send private message

Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone can help me.  I have the following hardware:

  1. A Panasonic DMREH58 Panasonic DVD Player/Recorder with a 250Gb HDD
  2. A Panasonic Viera ET5Z 42" HD TV
  3. A MySky Box
I do not have an external aerial, only my Sky dish.  I want to know if it's possible to record TV to my DVD Drive HDD.  Everything is connected as follows:

Sky -> SkyBox
SkyBox -> TV via HDMI
DVD -> TV via HDMI

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks

Mike

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  Reply # 638165 9-Jun-2012 10:52 Send private message

If you hook the outputs of your Sky box up to the DVD recorder, yes.

I'm not sure what the current status is of copy protection is, but you will find you can't record some channels because of this.





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Wannabe Geek
  Reply # 638207 9-Jun-2012 12:37 Send private message

Thanks for this. If I hook my Sky box directly to my DVD player with the HDMI cable, there is no output available from the DVD player to the TV. Howver, interpolating what you said, I connected my Sky box to my DVD with an old SCART lead I had, and then connected the DVD to the TV.  I works like a dream and will record whatever is on the TV, irrespective of what it is. 

Mike

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  Reply # 638248 9-Jun-2012 14:35 Send private message

bigmikey: Thanks for this. If I hook my Sky box directly to my DVD player with the HDMI cable, there is no output available from the DVD player to the TV. Howver, interpolating what you said, I connected my Sky box to my DVD with an old SCART lead I had, and then connected the DVD to the TV.  I works like a dream and will record whatever is on the TV, irrespective of what it is. 

Mike
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Don't quite follow your reasoning.
You can't connect the Sky Box to the DVD via HDMI as it doesn't have an HDMI input. You need to use the Sky's SCART out to DVD composite or Svid in and connect the DVD HDMI out to the TV. Also connect Sky Box HDMI out to the TV. TV can then select either DVD or SKY HDMI input.



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Wannabe Geek
  Reply # 638251 9-Jun-2012 14:40 Send private message

Yes, you're right, of course :)  I didn't explain myself properly, sorry. 

What I have now is as follows:

Sky -> Sky Box

Sky Box -> DVD via SCART
Sky Box -> TV via HDMI
DVD -> TV via HDMI

Becuase of the Viera Connect function, it all works swimmingly now :)  Mind you, the DVD player will only record what ever's on the Sky box, but at least it's another 250Gb for me to record the football on overnight :D

Thanks again for your help

Mike

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Ultimate Geek
  Reply # 638255 9-Jun-2012 14:57 Send private message

Well done. Now you just need a PVR for HD Freeview.

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  Reply # 638287 9-Jun-2012 17:04 Send private message

B1GGLZ: Well done. Now you just need a PVR for HD Freeview.


Debatable.

Given that he already has a MySky and can (presumably) already record Freeview channels using it. While a separate FV PVR might be nice, given the limited number of FV channels and execrable content selection on them, unless you watch FTA TV a lot I think the investment case for shelling out for one of these in addition to the MySky is pretty marginal.

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