RE: OT: SKY +

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

I don't know, for as far as I'm aware, there is currently no type of
network
interface (ala TurboNet) available for sky+.

However, I would guess that it wouldn't help anyway, as the Sky+ records
the
raw (encrypted) digital bitstream to the disk... - during playback it *has*
to go through the decrypter stage to become viewable, and therefore
involves
the sky viewing card and all the associated decryption mechanisms that
surround that process, of which, I would assume, billing is one....

Paul G.



>From: "Stuart Billinghurst" <stuart@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: SKY +
>Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:24:44 +0100
>
>
>   If you could view the recorded material via a network interface,
would,
>it
>then charge you for the recorded PTV movie, of could you circumvent the
>payment process this way?
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
>     Sent: 17 June 2003 21:37
>     To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: SKY +
>
>
>     One other point with the Sky+ box that you may not be aware of is
that
>you
>     can get it to record box-office or PPV events and the payment is
only
>     triggered when you subsequently *watch* the recording, - payment
is
>not
>     triggered by the mere act of recording a pay programme, - so you
can
>     speculatively record stuff without worrying about being charged
for
>things
>     you might not watch...
>
>     Paul G.
>
>
>
>
>     >From: <mrf@xxxxxxx>
>     >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>     >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>     >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: SKY +
>     >Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:41:01 +0100
>     >
>     >Fantastic ! I love my Sky+
>     >
>     >I've got the pace box, and I can't praise it enough. I've had
no
>problems
>     >at
>     >all, it's fast, and reliable. I now find that I record loads
of stuff
>that
>     >I
>     >normally wouldn't have bothered with. The main point for me
though
>has
>to
>     >be
>     >the speed of the EPG etc... much MUCH better than my old pace
box. So
>far
>     >it
>     >hasn't missed anything I've asked it to record. The only
problem I
>have
>had
>     >with it, was with it recording to late, thus missing maybe
30-60
>seconds.
>     >
>     >Although the box does have Dobly Digital, sadly not many films
are
>     >transmitted with the signal, but some are.
>     >
>
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