External tv recording storage.
Discussion
Hi right.
Sadly its time for me to look like a numpty.
I have a sky+ box and xbox. Would like to be able to connect up a hard drive to record from my old non lcd hd etc tv. It has two scart sockets on the back not sure it has anything else.
Would like to have around 1tb space possibly with room for expansion and would like network access to the pvr/dvr. Also would like to be able to have 2-4chan available so mutliple streams at once 1 rec one playing etc.
My issue is i am unsure how they work how they connect up etc so would like some advice.
Would rather not spend a gazzilion pounds a solution in the 50-200 quid range preferred.
Any help much appreciated.
Sadly its time for me to look like a numpty.
I have a sky+ box and xbox. Would like to be able to connect up a hard drive to record from my old non lcd hd etc tv. It has two scart sockets on the back not sure it has anything else.
Would like to have around 1tb space possibly with room for expansion and would like network access to the pvr/dvr. Also would like to be able to have 2-4chan available so mutliple streams at once 1 rec one playing etc.
My issue is i am unsure how they work how they connect up etc so would like some advice.
Would rather not spend a gazzilion pounds a solution in the 50-200 quid range preferred.
Any help much appreciated.
I got a 1T NAS drive for about £80 about a year ago. Simply connects to my BT router with ethernet cable so any PC/laptop etc with connection to the network can access it. I use it for recorded TV from Media centre and backups. Its fast enough to stream recorded HD TV. I would think you'd be able to connect to your broadband or cable router.
Nobody makes a stand-alone consumer device that will encode the signal from SCART into digital format AFAIK.
You'd need some sort of media computer with a SCART input encoder attached to it - something like this : http://www.cables-leads.co.uk/computer-cables/kits...
You'd need some sort of media computer with a SCART input encoder attached to it - something like this : http://www.cables-leads.co.uk/computer-cables/kits...
marshalla said:
Nobody makes a stand-alone consumer device that will encode the signal from SCART into digital format AFAIK.
You'd need some sort of media computer with a SCART input encoder attached to it - something like this : http://www.cables-leads.co.uk/computer-cables/kits...
Seems odd. No difference between a vhs/dvd/hdd other than formats. I would have thought that someone would have come up with a way to record from scart lead to hdd.You'd need some sort of media computer with a SCART input encoder attached to it - something like this : http://www.cables-leads.co.uk/computer-cables/kits...
Are scarts not normally inputs not outputs anyway? In the old days you plugged your Aerial into the vcr and then out to the tv not the other way around.
I looked at getting something like MythTV which will work as a centralised multi channel receiver and PVR with recordings centralised and available from any connected TV. However it seemed flawed to me in that the front end needed to be quite powerful regardless that all the processing was done at the server side.
I looked at getting something like MythTV which will work as a centralised multi channel receiver and PVR with recordings centralised and available from any connected TV. However it seemed flawed to me in that the front end needed to be quite powerful regardless that all the processing was done at the server side.
goldblum said:
Can you not just upgrade your Skybox or have you already done so?
Right was unaware they offer a 1tb option.Not sure its big enough though. I live with someone who likes to record tons of stuff and then never watch it.
Seriously irritating. However 150 for the box doesnt seem too bad. Any other indy suggestions ? In a real world something where i can transfer stuff around and share over network?
This - http://www.mythtv.org/detail/mythtv but it's a bit of a geeky/self build solution and outside of what you wanted to spend in your OP. And it won't be sky compatible.
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