Copy from Sky Q box to Panasonic DVD recorder

[Chodley]

Possibly. It's flawless digital copies they care about these days though.

[rob68]

You would have thought that the composite AV output on Sky Q mini box wouldn't have copy protection on it these days. Nobody is going to copy stuff this way to sell it. Most of us would just like a way to copy something for our own personal use to be able to watch, even in SD when it's inevitably removed from Sky Channels. 

[Chodley]

I agree although they absolutely do not want you copying things for your own personal use, neither do we have any right to do so even though VHS gave us the impression it was allowed.  They want you to need to pay for it again (or sit through ads) and as the content rights owners, that is a legitimate legal and commmercial attitude to adopt, even though it seems properly humbug. Especially if it's something that is unlikely to ever be re-broadcast such as a family member on the news or something. A smartphone on a tripod is probably better than composite at that point though 😆

The only exception to this is if you buy a permanent right to a copy of the media like a bluray and how many of us do that these days? (confession: I love a decent 4K bluray)

[maccafan1]

I have used the system to record a couple of things and the quality is slightly better than Sky+HD but now a couple of chanels used to record from have gone from Sky so looking at setting my DVD Recorder to receive Freeview which have never done so can then use that to record to DVD Recorder, I record Beatles things which have done since 1987

[Marjlon]

I understand copyright protection etc but there are things on my SkyQ box that I want to keep forever such as The Masters in Augusta the year I attended.  The moment I cease to have SkyQ I will lose a precious memory.  Isn't that an infringement of my human rights?  I now feel I have to stay with SkyQ forever because of their restrictive practice.

[Quoman7]

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@Marjlon wrote:

I understand copyright protection etc but there are things on my SkyQ box that I want to keep forever such as The Masters in Augusta the year I attended.  The moment I cease to have SkyQ I will lose a precious memory.  Isn't that an infringement of my human rights?  I now feel I have to stay with SkyQ forever because of their restrictive practice.

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Hi @Marjlon unfortunately SKYQ won't be forever as that platform now has a limited  lifespan as satellite broadcasting is being phased out at the end of the decade! 

and no it's not an infringement of your human rights! 

[MightyQuinn]

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[BenJoBanjo]

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@Marjlon wrote:

I understand copyright protection etc but there are things on my SkyQ box that I want to keep forever such as The Masters in Augusta the year I attended.  The moment I cease to have SkyQ I will lose a precious memory.  Isn't that an infringement of my human rights?  I now feel I have to stay with SkyQ forever because of their restrictive practice.

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Sky Q was never sold, nor marketed as a device for archiving recordings. They are satellite PVRs loaned to you in order to receive a service that you pay for. You do not own the recordings you make. Sky Q is intended for time shifting - watching programmes at a time more convenient to you. You then delete those recordings to make space for new ones. 

The ability to record a piece of broadcast television for posterity is not a human right. It's a privilege that you chose to pay for with the Sky Q service. Sky own the hard drive and the technology that allow you to make that recording.

Hard drives also fail. When the one in your box does, that recording will be gone forever. 

Isn't the more precious memory of The Masters in Augusta that you attended, the actual experience of being there?  

[TimmyBGood]

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@Marjlon wrote:

 Isn't that an infringement of my human rights? 

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Strangely enough, it's a right which the United Nations somehow overlooked when they were trying to tackle genocide, totalitarianism, slavery, torture and other minor inconveniences back in 1948

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

A quick look online suggests there are DVDs of Masters tournaments going back to when that format was invented.