topic Re: HD+ to Q box post installation in Sky Q

HD+ to Q box post installation

Oldtimer67 — Fri, 24 May 2024 12:06:59 GMT

Hi Due to get free upgrade to Q box from Sky+HD due to no longer supporting +HD

1. We have personal stuff (TV appearances) of our recently deceased daughter on the HD + box and Sky tell me i can transfer/ copy this onto a DVD recorder to save it so we can look back and listen to her voice which she lost as part of her terminal illness..... 😞

has anyone recorded off their box onto a DVD recorder successfully ?

2. Someone mentioned also said that there are people who can take an old SkyHD+ box and remove the Hard drive and then get the recorded stuff onto a USB stick after the switch has been done ---im assuming Sky will allow us to keep the old HD+ box ---again has anyone heard of this being done ?

We obviously want to be able to save the recordings of our daughter ...

thanks all in anticipation of your feedback

Re: HD+ to Q box post installation

Raider999 — Fri, 24 May 2024 13:13:23 GMT

@Oldtimer67 yes it is possible to copy recordings from a skyHD+ bo to a DVD recorder. Used to do this all the time. Unfortunately the quality degrades slightly.

It is not possiblevto copy recordings from a HD+ box to skyQ as it uses totally different system.

Your HD+ box belongs to you so if you can find someone to do it you will be able to. I would advise copying to your dvd recorder before you get skyQ just as a safeguard. I have 2 x 2TB HD+ boxes in my garage.

Please make sure your skyQ box is UHD compatible as a lot of the 1Tb boxes given as free upgrades are not. To ensure this you might need to add UHD to your package - you can remove when you get the required box.

Re: HD+ to Q box post installation

Oldtimer67 — Fri, 24 May 2024 14:02:27 GMT

@Raider999 thank you for this

Sky actually stated that the box i would receive would be a 1TB UHD box , but will double check with engineer as you suggest before he does the work

Ive got about a month before tehy come to do it so time to get stuff onto DVD disks ( based on your experience of copying DVDs any particular disks you would recommend to buy ? )

thanks again for your help .

Re: HD+ to Q box post installation

nigea99 — Fri, 24 May 2024 17:12:37 GMT

@Oldtimer67 wrote:

@Raider999 thank you for this

Sky actually stated that the box i would receive would be a 1TB UHD box , but will double check with engineer as you suggest before he does the work

Ive got about a month before tehy come to do it so time to get stuff onto DVD disks ( based on your experience of copying DVDs any particular disks you would recommend to buy ? )

thanks again for your help .

Hi @Oldtimer67

I use Verbatim disks in my Freeview Blu-ray recorder - mainly Blu-Ray these days but occasionally DVDs(ages since I bought any DVDs) - I have used verbatim since getting my first HDD/DVD recorder may moons ago now.

Although you have arranged the switch to SKy Q you may still wish to read/benefit from reading some notes I have made for people considering switching from SKY +/HD to SKY Q

SKY +/HD to SKY Q

BTW If you have a SKY HD box then you may wish to know the lack of support would not really be a problem unless there is an actual failure

Edit : BTW Very sorry to read the sad reason for wanting to transfer your recordings (which to be honest I feel you should have copied before now as HDD's can fail at any time). I would encourage you to copy to more than one disc just in case of any future failure - although rare in the short term on optical media problems can still happen.

Re: HD+ to Q box post installation

Chodley — Sat, 25 May 2024 05:12:48 GMT

Firstly, sincere condolences. Very sorry to read your story.

What channel were these shows on? If it was a free to air one like BBC or ITV then it's pretty easy (for someone with a screwdriver and a free piece of software) to get a 100% fidelity digital copy onto a PC.

If they were on a pay/encrypted channel then I don't know if there's some dodgy piracy corner of the internet where it's possible - in the old Sky+ days there was but the security on skyHD was beefed up a lot.

However, you mentioned that you wanted to hear her voice. The optical audio-only output, unlike HDMI, isn't encrypted and would give a perfect digital recording, you could connect it to a PC and use any sound recording software via one of these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cubilux-Adapter-Receiver-Interface-Computer/dp/B0BQQLFQ59/ref=asc_df_B0BQQLFQ59/

and a cable like this if you don't have one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Basics-Multi-Channel-Gold-Plated-Connectors-Black/dp/B00NH11H38

Re: HD+ to Q box post installation

Oldtimer67 — Sat, 25 May 2024 14:00:15 GMT

Thank you for your suggestions and your thoughts