Re: Digibox choice

["paul gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

> > a) Are there any digiboxes I can purchase which do have S-video?
>
>No.
>


Another great leap forward in consumer technology then!


>Apparently Pace say S-Video could be enabled merely with a software
update
>as the box has the capability to output it but for some reason Sky
won't
>allow it.  I read somewhere this was because Sky hadn't been able to
get
>Macrovision to work on S-Video but as far as I know Macrovision works
on
>the
>S-Video output of DVD players so this may not be true.

Hmmm... this has peaked my interest - I wonder then if there is a black
market for digibox mods, in much the same way as there is for DVD's (to
multi-region) and playstations.... If it's really as simple as a software
hack, I can't believe it'll be long before someone like Concept UK has an
interface available to enable it... As a matter of fact, this topic reminds
me that I definately remember seeing a small ad in the current "What
Satellite" mag that claimed to be a device to enable you to record all
sky
box office movies (obviously therefore defeating Macrovision)...

Buying my own digibox is definately looking more and more attractive...


>
>Another thing you may want to consider is a box with an digital out
>(audio).
>The Germans already have Dolby Digital being broadcast so Sky may too
in
>the
>future.  I believe one of the OnDigital boxes (Sony?) has an optical
>digital
>audio out but none of the Sky Digiboxes yet.
>
Typical!

don't even get me on the topic of having Dolby Digital sound on digital TV,
another one of the things about this country that makes my blood boil....

>My friend in the satellite business tells me Pace definitely have the
>rumoured digibox that allows the recording of one channel while
watching
>another.  Although he says this will be an up-market product that you
will
>have to pay for rather than get free.
>
>Pace also have a prototype box with a hard-drive in it for recording
>programs (like the replay/tivo in USA).

There's a photo of it in the current What Sat...


Cheers.

Paul G.


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