Does anyone have the ability to record HD onto a disc?

[audi321]

Hi all. A bit of a strange request, but I have 30 minutes of TV recorded with me on it, and I've recorded it on my Sky HD box (recorded in HD).

I really want it onto a HD DVD or Blue Ray so I can put it onto my PC, but I have no hardware to do this! Does anyone have anything like a HD DVD recorder or anything which I can pop round with my Sky box and record it on? I'm near Hull.

Beers will be provided for the 30 minutes viewing time!

Thanks in advance!

[GC8]

You can probably do it yourself, using conventional DVD media. You keep the resolution and bit rate, but have a far shorter recording time.

[randlemarcus]

Sky HD stuff is encrypted, so you will need to play back the Sky stuff through RF or SCART to a DVD Recorder or some form of computer TV card, then record that on the PC, then burn it to a DVD via MovieMaker etc. Bit of a PITA.

Given its Sky output, has any else made a "personal backup" that's available as a torrent?

[GC8]

Old link found:

http://www.macvideo.tv/distribution/

Wikipedia said:

BD9 and BD5

The BD9 format was proposed to the Blu-ray Disc Association by Warner Home Video as a cost-effective alternative to the 25/50 GB BD-ROM discs. The format was supposed to use the same codecs and program structure as Blu-ray Disc video, but recorded onto less expensive 8.5 GB dual-layer DVD. This red-laser media could be manufactured on existing DVD production lines with lower costs of production than the 25/50 GB Blu-ray media.[83]

Usage of BD9 for releasing content on "pressed" discs has never caught on. After the end of the format war, major producers ramped up the production of Blu-ray Discs and lowered their prices to the level of DVDs. On the other hand, the idea of using inexpensive DVD media became popular among individual users. A lower-capacity version of this format that uses single-layer 4.7 GB DVDs has been unofficially called BD5. Both formats are being used by individuals for recording high definition content in Blu-ray format onto recordable DVD media.[84][85]

Despite the fact that the BD9 format has been adopted as part of the BD-ROM basic format, none of the existing Blu-ray player models support it explicitly. As such, the discs recorded in BD9 and BD5 formats are not guaranteed to play on standard Blu-ray Disc players.

AVCHD and AVCREC also use inexpensive media like DVDs, but unlike BD9 and BD5 these formats have limited interactivity, codec types, and data rates.