hard disk recorder

[mindbullets]

im thinking of buying a pvr ,i.e this one:
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx =3V0N

my question is , if at a later date i added a basic sky box to the system could i connect the sky box to the humax pvr to record programmes onto the harddrive.

i realise i could just get sky + but i think it would be a better setup ,if its possible.

thanks , if you can help

[kempie]

Yes, you would be able to record from a Sky digibox via Scart (probably through the RF also). However, unlike Sky+, you would not be able to record one Sky channel whilst simultaneously watching another.

[novanglus]

Don't mean to contradict but I'd find out for definite from the supplier before you buy, as I wanted to do the exact same thing and discovered that all the equipment I checked out only recorded from the built in freeview tuners, and not from external sources via RF or scart.

If you find out you can definitely record from external please let us know as I wouldn't mind buying one of these too.

[mindbullets]

thanks for the replies , done a bit of searching and found that its not possible to do it the way i wanted.

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread .php?t=459230

looks like its gonna have to be sky+ .
no point getting sky if i cant record it . i.e for the ashes this winter ,when its on in the early hours.

[sarah_louise]

Sky + is great amyway . Record two different programs and watch one you recorded if you like. Live pause and rewind I use this a lot when the phone rings or anything you are watching can be rewound if you just missed the joke punchline. I like it !

[kempie]

Sorry for the misinformation... I was basing the ability to record from an external source on that of HDD/DVD Recorders rather than of Freeview PVRs.