Humax etc

Can you output a digital signal – download recorded stuff onto a DVD/computer directly or does it have to go as RGB/Pal or whatever ?

(I know sky boxes have usb ports etc but don't think you can make use of them)

Probably depends on the recorder?

do go on, coffee – I've a pen & paper ready 😉

scart out of humax into av2 on a dvd recorder , record on av2.
to record onto a computer you need to download some software.

I was afraid that'd be all Ton – do they not even have Digital outputs (HDMI or summit?)

Have a look at the Foxsat HD PVR

I've not had chance to play with one yet but it may do what you need

http://www.satbuyer.co.uk/humax-foxsat-hdr-freesat+-hd-pvr-digital-box-p24.html

i was talking about the foxsat pvr….

cheers uplink

"…and will be capable of linking up to an external hard drive for further storage capacity…"

I like it when they talk that way!

(it's just disc spave that worried me – happy to store stuff on external disc (more happy than DVD actually))

If it's only the disk space that's an issue, buy the Foxsat, open it up and chuck a bigger hard drive in there.

A good resource for Humax products here

TBH, the real issue is that I want unlimited storage from a sky+ 🙁

but this'd be a way to approximately achieve that by diverting anything that's on freesat to this format & keeping sky for sky only

i have a toppy (topfield)

you can download the recording via USB to your pc and play them back with VLC player or convert them to AVI/MPG and record them to a DVD

TOPPY ROCK (tp5800 owner) you can custominse the look and feel to look very much like a sky plus box (without the annoy crap) and they have more power..
i can search all tv for the week and show all films etc.
depending on your setup (if you need HDMI) you can pickup a tf8510 cheap now

oh thats not satalite verion the tf8500, they do a sat version but i haven't used it sorry

cheers all (fozzy included)

next daft Q – can you buy 2 in 1 (or better, 4 in 1) shielded coax cable (and is it any good) ?
(yeh, I've heard of google but don't know how to find it 😉 )

I've not seen a quad cable but WF100 twin is a good cable

Ton is your man for this sort of stuff as he works for a distributor