Re: Re: Sky+ Press Release and Info

["Clive Chapman" <clivechapman@xxxxxxx>]

Kieth,

The problem of loosing REAL time channels is only the same as it is now
when
playing back from a DVD or VCR.

I suppose it would be possible with the appropriate software that when
playing
back the programmes on disk the box could als  be saving to disk in that
same way
it does when in pause mode.  there by time shifting everthing ??

We used to do a similar thing with a Local Advert insertion system we
developed at a
for Cable TV systems.  Most systems used RAID 5 arrays but some of the
smaller
cheaper systems used single disks and performed read/writes at the same
time.
The drive heads used to make some horrible noises be we never had a
failure.

Being of a  rather sceptical nature I am pretty sure that the system will
only storing the
encrypted stream to disk !!

Clive

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
To: "ukha_d" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:09 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Sky+ Press Release and Info


> Thats what worries me about what they propose.
>
> To record a second channel you d  need 2 tuners, however you could
then
> record the digital bitstream.
>
> What worries me is the playback, to convert the digital bitstream to
video
> requires an MPEG decoder. There is already ONE in the box that you use
for
> normal viewing. If they include a second then there should be no
logical
> reason why you cant WATCH a second channel.
>
> If however they DONT put a second MPEG decoder in the box you would
have
to
> use the normal decoder for playback of recorded material. Whilst you
would
> be able to record a second program at the same time as viewing a
different
> channel it would mean that when you came to watch what you had
recorded
you
> would LOSE ALL REAL TIME SKY even though you had 2 tuners.
>
> By recording the digital bitstream straight off air they dont have to
worry
> about encryption until playback time either.
>
> I hope my cynicysm is misplaced and they will allow dual live viewing
but
as
> they have announce the intention for multioutput boxes as well I
suspect
the
> worst :-((
>
> Keith
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Pollock [mailto:pollocmc@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 July 2001 15:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Sky+ Press Release and Info
>
>
> With dual LNB, dual cable and dual tuner, can you watch two different
> channels at once? The press release only mentions recording another
> channel. If not, has anyone heard of any enterprising individuals
> looking to "engineer" such a solution. By enterprising, I
mean the
> sort of bloke that supplies gold cards for onD  boxes etc ;)
>
> Mark Pollock
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Clive Chapman"
<clivechapman@s...> wrote:
> > Mark,
> >
> > I suspect you will als  need a dual LNB.  Other wise the tuner
front
> ends won't be able independantly select between horizontal and
> vertical polarisation.
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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