Advantages: Easy to use and plenty to do with it Disadvantages: Can have a few annoying moments
We've recently had Sky+ (well a few months now) and I've finally decided to write about it, feeling that I've used it enough to know enough about it to be able to comment. Sky+ was an extension on to the Sky service in which we were now able to digitally record programs and series. Long gone we're video tapes, DVD's life time as a recording medium was short lived and the advent of digital media recorders are on the rise. Sky jumped on to the concept swiftly following in the steps of TiVo who to the best of my knowledge originated the idea. Sky of course is the satellite TV system run by the BksyB arm of News Corp and the major provider of digital TV in the UK. Their major rival is Virgin Media which provide a cable network (and then theirs also a Freeview system which operates on mainly free to air Digital signals). The idea of being ...
iamasadlittleboy 31.08.2009
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Advantages: Record programmes, pause & rewind live tv! Disadvantages: A few glitches here and there!
I recently decided to get Sky+ installed, after hearing from many of my friends just how good it was. At first I wasn't really fussed on it due to the cost involved, however I'd heard that there was a way of getting it for free. I had read on many internet forums that people had been phoning up Sky to cancel their subscription, and in return, Sky were offering their Sky+ system completely free to tempt them to stay. So I decided to try it, and low and behold it worked! I had Sky+ installed a few weeks ago, and I was even given a 80Gb box as opposed to a standard 40Gb one, which was an extra bonus on top.
Sky+ has many features, but the purpose of the Sky+ box is to give you the ability to record your favourite Sky programmes. It's actually possible to record 2 programmes simultaneously, although Sky must be tuned into one of these ...
danmclovin 18.08.2008
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Advantages: Plenty of recording space Disadvantages: Recording ability not available for free
For a long time I refused to get Sky+ because I said we'd never use it. After giving in to pressure and having it installed I cant believe we ever managed without it. There are very few programmes I watch 'live' anymore.
The Sky + box comes with a hard drive that will store approximately 40 hours of TV, which is more than enough for most people, you would need to be an exteme TV watcher to fill the drive, or be the type of person who saves programmes to watch over again.
The best feature of the Sky+ is the ability to pause live TV, very handy if the phone rings or someone comes to the door. You can also rewind live TV, so if you miss what someone has said you can rewind to hear it again.
The Sky+ box has parental controls, so all adult channels can be blocked and a PIN number can be set so children cant watch films that are too ...
Fiver29 27.11.2008
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