2 weeks ago
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.
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2 weeks 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:
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.
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2 weeks ago
V6 are replaced like-with-like.
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2 weeks ago
You won't get a Tivo with a scart socket if that's what you mean, you will get a V6
2 weeks 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:
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.
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2 weeks ago
No I don't have a 500GB Tivo, it's a V6 and I can archive programmes from it.
2 weeks ago
2 weeks 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.
2 weeks 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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a week 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.
a week ago