topic Pucks and recording in Sky Stream

Pucks and recording

siggyrettes1 — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:21:05 GMT

As a thought for sky, can Pucks be made with a USB port to allow a memory stick to be added for recording of programmes?
i am sure im not the only one who misses the recording capability of Sky Q (sadly i cannot get a dish signal where i am now)

Re: Pucks and recording

SKY1992bf — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:28:07 GMT

@siggyrettes1 there is almost no chance of that happening as it's not the way streaming platforms work

If you wanted physical recordings Q was the only way forward with sky

Re: Pucks and recording

MarkGoldsmith — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:28:59 GMT

@siggyrettes1 wrote:
As a thought for sky, can Pucks be made with a USB port to allow a memory stick to be added for recording of programmes?
i am sure im not the only one who misses the recording capability of Sky Q (sadly i cannot get a dish signal where i am now)

Highly unlikely as one of the main drivers for those media companies to want to move to streaming and launch their own on-demand services is to keep people subscribing to their content (as it's a guaranteed regular income). Ultimately this is the way the content owners have decided to move to compensate for the drop in advertising revenue.

Unfortunately the idea of recording TV to keep for as long as you want or record shows so you can fast forward through the ads is becoming a thing a past and just doesn't fit into the modern broadcasting landscape.