Sky HD - no external HD archiving
We lodged a question with Sky recently about whether there would be any off-box HD archiving possible, via the external ports available: USB2, SATA or Ethernet. Unfortunately, the answer is no... "The Sky HD box will be the only place you can record and playback in HD", which is a shame, considering the US HD boxes with firewire output.
Of course this is in relation to long-time archiving to optical media - it doesn't mean that external HDDs won't be supported.
It does make us wonder what on earth we're going to record on our expensive next-gen BluRay and HD-DVD burners when they arrive. BBC HD is of course available, but can only widely be accessed on the Sky platform. We'll need some non-Sky receivers with HD support and output suitable for a burner to archive that off.
They also say "You will be able to use the Sky HD box to record and playback in SD quality to a second device." which at least means we'll be able to get good, HD sourced SD signals for archiving.
Of course this is in relation to long-time archiving to optical media - it doesn't mean that external HDDs won't be supported.
It does make us wonder what on earth we're going to record on our expensive next-gen BluRay and HD-DVD burners when they arrive. BBC HD is of course available, but can only widely be accessed on the Sky platform. We'll need some non-Sky receivers with HD support and output suitable for a burner to archive that off.
They also say "You will be able to use the Sky HD box to record and playback in SD quality to a second device." which at least means we'll be able to get good, HD sourced SD signals for archiving.
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