Skybox to Laptop ???

[vectra1]

Now that the formula one season is upon us again i would like to record the full season for myself.
Ideally I would like to hook my laptop up to my Thomson sky receiver and record that way
Now.
I am wondering if it is just a simple matter of using something like >>> THIS (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160212258689&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=006) <<<

[Inventive Software]

That'll work, if you have the following:

1) A lotta hard disk space
2) A Sky box with the relevant outputs
3) A fast enough laptop to counter 1) with good compression.

My solution this season is to get the barebones HDD recorder Maplin have got and stick a 250 GB HDD in it, so's I can transfer the races later on to the computer.

[vectra1]

That'll work, if you have the following:

1) A lotta hard disk space
2) A Sky box with the relevant outputs
3) A fast enough laptop to counter 1) with good compression.

My solution this season is to get the barebones HDD recorder Maplin have got and stick a 250 GB HDD in it, so's I can transfer the races later on to the computer.

I have 160 gig hdd space

Outputs on skybos i had planned on using Scart to phono

Laptop is Acer 9304wsmi

Have you got a link to that maplins Item ?? :thanks:

[Inventive Software]

Sure thing. http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=221276&doy=2m3

:)

[vectra1]

Hmm,
I am not sure if that would work for me.
Is this for sat. dish or ariel?

I have to use sat. dish here in Southern Ireland

[Inventive Software]

This is Freeview, aeriel. So you're best off with your original plan. :)

[vectra1]

How about if i got a sat receiver with a hard drive ( Sky+ ? )
could I dump out the recorded stuff onto my PC/Laptop ? ( Similar to what you intend doing ) ?
OH
Thanks for the time to reply. :thanks:

[Inventive Software]

If you can find a Sat receiver with a HDD that receives your F1 broadcasts (I can't think what channel they'd use in ROI, but a quick search tells me it's not ITV :D, it's Setanta 2) (Maplin may have some available, if you look hard enough), then yes, it *should* be possible. But at this stage it's only theory. ;)

[vectra1]

If you can find a Sat receiver with a HDD that receives your F1 broadcasts (I can't think what channel they'd use in ROI, but a quick search tells me it's not ITV :D, it's Setanta 2) (Maplin may have some available, if you look hard enough), then yes, it *should* be possible. But at this stage it's only theory. ;)

Ebay has loads of them that receive ITV,
That is where i bought my current receiver ;)

When you say *should* be possible.
Is this yes or no ?:rolleyes:

[Inventive Software]

This is yes, as I've read it. But I have 0 exp points in actually getting it working myself, lacking both a Sat receiver and a dish. :D