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Remluf
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New v6 box for old?

My V6 box has packed up after many years. I have a technician coming to look at it, but if he replaces it, will it be with another V6? I don't want another type as I can copy recordings from the V6 to an external hard drive recorder which I take with me to watch when I am away from home which is often, and I don't know if recordings can be copied from the other types of TV boxes.

  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    2 months ago
    Remluf wrote:

    My V6 box has packed up after many years. I have a technician coming to look at it, but if he replaces it, will it be with another V6? I don't want another type as I can copy recordings from the V6 to an external hard drive recorder which I take with me to watch when I am away from home which is often, and I don't know if recordings can be copied from the other types of TV boxes.

    If the box you have is this:

    Older TiVO
    It’s a 500Gb TiVO, & not a V6. 500Gb TiVOs are becoming obsolete & are being actively replaced with V6 TiVOs when they fail. These only have an HDMI output, so you will no longer be able to archive recordings I’m afraid.

     

  • jb66's avatar
    jb66
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    2 months ago

    You won't get a Tivo with a scart socket if that's what you mean, you will get a V6

  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
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    2 months ago
    Remluf wrote:

    My V6 box has packed up after many years. I have a technician coming to look at it, but if he replaces it, will it be with another V6? I don't want another type as I can copy recordings from the V6 to an external hard drive recorder which I take with me to watch when I am away from home which is often, and I don't know if recordings can be copied from the other types of TV boxes.

    If the box you have is this:

    Older TiVO
    It’s a 500Gb TiVO, & not a V6. 500Gb TiVOs are becoming obsolete & are being actively replaced with V6 TiVOs when they fail. These only have an HDMI output, so you will no longer be able to archive recordings I’m afraid.

     

    • Remluf's avatar
      Remluf
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      2 months ago

      No I don't have a 500GB Tivo, it's a V6 and I can archive programmes from it.

      • Roger_Gooner's avatar
        Roger_Gooner
        Alessandro Volta
        2 months ago

        Of course you can copy programmes off a V6 (or a 360) but this requires circumvention of HDCP protection and is illegal.

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    Remluf
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    2 months ago

    No it is not illegal!. I used to have a video recorder and recorded from the TV like millions of others, then used a DVD recorder. If you think it's illegal then send the police to my house.

    • japitts's avatar
      japitts
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      2 months ago
      Remluf wrote:

      No it is not illegal!. I used to have a video recorder and recorded from the TV

      Video recorders & DVD recorders are generally used in conjunction with a Freeview service, not Sky or Virgin Media services.

      VM's pay-TV service provides its own recording capabilities with HDCP encryption to protect content. The previous posts are correct in what's been advised.

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    Remluf
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    2 months ago

    The Virgin guy took one look at the flashing red light on my V6 box and replaced it. It had been cycling through the start-up sequence for three days. I asked if I could put a 20TB hard drive in it and he said no, so the 1TB drive will fill up and I will continue to move programmes from it onto my external recorder to make room for more on the V6. If it had a 20TB drive in it then I would not need to use the DVD recorder. 100 hours is not enough storage, but 2000 hours would be plenty.

    • Roger_Gooner's avatar
      Roger_Gooner
      Alessandro Volta
      2 months ago

      V6s come with TiVo and other software pre-installed, so if you replace the hard drive it's no longer a V6.