Sky+... record something & then put that programme onto DVD?

Question

Series 1 of Gavin & Stacey (a tv programme) just came out on dvd. I really love it & thought about buying it, but then I heard that you can record programmes onto DVD via sky+

Can anybody tell me in detail how to do this & how you know something has been recorded? I know it is not illegal so i am fine with doing this. Thanks x

Answer 1

Connect the DVD player to the Sky+ box via the SCART connection.

The usual way of doing things is:

Sky+ TV SCART out -> DVD SCART in

DVD SCART out -> TV SCART in

This allows the DVD player to receive the RGB signal and record in best quality. However it is also possible to do:

Sky+ VCR SCART out -> DVD SCART in

Sky+ TV SCART out -> TV SCART in

But this only allows recording of using composite (as the Sky+ VCR SCART does not support RGB output).

Then just play the programs on Sky+ you want to record to DVD (either just normally or use the COPY function to play out multiple programmes), select the require AV input on your DVD recorder (e.g. AV1) and press RECORD.

That's a way. I have never tried it but we shall see

there u have it