Copying Recordings from Sky+ HD Box (Before any upgrade)

[Happydaze1]

It's about time for me to upgrade my Sky+HD Box but I have some programmes recorded that are very personal and sentimental (e.g. grandfather (now deceaced) on BBC News speaking about his D-Day Landings experiences) and I really do not want to lose these.

Please can anyone suggest how I could get these recordings copied to another location before I upgrade my Sky Box? I do not want to contact sky to upgrade until I've worked this out as I can see from other questions posted that once you've upgraded there is no going back!

I am a bit of a technophobe so if this is possible, can you spell this out for me in layman's terms? 

Thanks so much in advance.

[nigea99]

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@Happydaze1 wrote:

It's about time for me to upgrade my Sky+HD Box but I have some programmes recorded that are very personal and sentimental (e.g. grandfather (now deceaced) on BBC News speaking about his D-Day Landings experiences) and I really do not want to lose these.

Please can anyone suggest how I could get these recordings copied to another location before I upgrade my Sky Box? I do not want to contact sky to upgrade until I've worked this out as I can see from other questions posted that once you've upgraded there is no going back!

I am a bit of a technophobe so if this is possible, can you spell this out for me in layman's terms? 

Thanks so much in advance.

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hi @Happydaze1 

it is possible to record from the old SKY HD boxes (unlike SKY Q) boxes

The signal provided is analogue Video (often referred to as composite video) & audio  

This signal was suitable for the old VHS recorders & some DVD / Hard disc recorders - if you don't have one  of these you can get USB devices for computers aimed at recording from  those VHS / DVD recorders/players& usually come with basic software

IIRC the outputs are only via a SCART connector so you might need a SCART to phono adapter/lead

I am afraid I am out of touch with them and thus can't recommend any specific  current ones

[Pier50]

I'm afraid you are out of luck.  A couple of months ago Sky blocked downloads from Sky+.

[Mark39]

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@Pier50 wrote:

I'm afraid you are out of luck.  A couple of months ago Sky blocked downloads from Sky+.

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Not to my knowledge. Certain recordings may be copy protected, as has always been the case, but it's still possible to copy most recordings to a separate storage medium in the ways @nigea99 described.

[TimmyBGood]

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@Pier50 wrote:

A couple of months ago Sky blocked downloads from Sky+.

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That's incredibly unlikely: aside from the technical issues in doing so, Sky essentially aren't doing anything with HD apart from trying to pension it off...