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How dare you refer to me as a tool :D

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:D never

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Ive just printed off a list of all channels and channels numbers so i cant learn the channel numbers for my main channels

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For anyone interested Touch starts this Tuesday on Sky One HD

http://tv.sky.com/showpage/touch

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I've got that series linked already, it looks fantastic on the adverts. :)

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When is the new EPG coming out?

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Is it Season 1?

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Yes its a brand new show.

If you want to keep track of the major new shows that start you can go to the 'Showcase' section of the Sky+ app and it usually lets you know what new shows are starting and also returning series for the popular new shows.

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From forum suggestions April-May possibly but nobody knows for sure. As Lex says Touch is a new show.

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Ive been reading on DS that it was meant to be 16th April but they need to give broadcasters 10 weeks notice. Thanks for the Touch info i saw the tralier and liked it. It set it to record series when i get home as my Remote Record still cant be used to this Thursday :(

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Infact ive done it now via Sky TV Guide website, ill just change it to series link when i get in :)

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P.S. Sorry if some of the questions i have asked and ask now are a bit noobish but never had Sky before so getting used to things from it

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After being a VM customer it took me a while to get used to Sky too :)

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Ive been with VM for about 6 years, since they were NTL so itts taking time to get used to Sky, box, ETC

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Just tried Sky+ Record from my iPhone and it works, even thou i dont have the phone live active yet. My Anytime+ started working over weekend as well so it must be somethign to do with my box being connected to my VM BB connection

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Have you ordered Sky talk and Sky BB if so they'll have activated Anytime+ hence why it's working with a VM BB connection either that or they've started the roll out to non Sky BB customers early.

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I have ordered Sky Talk Free time and BB Unlimited. It wasn't activated when i had install as they said i needed an active Sky line. I rang up about Remote Record and again they said i needed an active Sky Line. My line doesnt get activated till this Thursday. Checked on Saturday and Anytime+ was activated and now Remote Record is active

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They always activate Anytime+ for anyone who's ordered Sky BB so even connecting another ISP will make it work , I take it you already had a BT line and socket it just needed activating by Sky. What speed estimate have they give you ?

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It was a BT line before i moved in so VM used the same line so they are just transferring it over. Speed estimate is 9.6 -16.6 MB

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Had an email auto generated email saying i have now activated Sky Remote Record. This came after i Remote Recorded from Sky TV Guide site, done a few from phone and says all ok. Maybe it was just that i need to activate from site first

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Anyone know when Game of Thrones is coming to Anytime+? I have Episode 8 record and so far only ever watch episode 1 so want to watch the rest before i watch episode 8

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AFAIK they don't announce boxsets in advance of adding them so there is no way to know.

My personal feeling is that they won't be adding this for some time yet as they just repeated the whole of S1 on Atlantic in the lead up to S2 arriving.

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Ok thanks. Ill just keep the series link going and hope it records the older episodes as well afterwards

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I'm not sure if the series link will record previous episodes.

You could try adding it to your never miss list and Sky will let you know when its on again.

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I forgot about that, i will try that when i get home

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Broadcast: More4+2 to preceed 4seven launch.

Channel 4 is to launch a new time-shifted version of More4 ahead of the launch of repeats station 4seven.

More4+2 will broadcast from 16 April on the Sky platform. It will be on air for a short segment of the day, likely to be in the evening. The EPG slot has yet to be confirmed.

4seven is expected to launch in June.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/m...039491.article

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Do you have Anytime+ up and running ?

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I do indeed MM, all present and correct and looking really impressive! :D

I'm downloading the first series of Boardwalk Empire as I type this and I'm surprised how big the files are. Episode 2 was 5.41GB of HD goodness, I'm expecting great PQ with that kind of file size for a 51 min show! :)

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Is it working on both your Sky+HD boxes ? I had to make a few phone calls to get it up and running on my second box , hopefully they've made it less complicated now.

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I'm not sure yet, I need to get some home-plugs or the Sky WiFi adapter to connect the bedroom box to the internet. I have to admit though that I thought it was activated by account rather than per box. Was your 2nd box an older Thompson one?

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No both new Amstrad DRX 890 Sky+HD but my first was activated about a year ago.

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Ahhh, ok. That blows a hole in my theory then :p:

I notice that downloading things from anytime+ causes the record light on the box to turn on. Does this mean that we're unable to record a further 2 channels when downloading?

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No you can still record two I think.

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I think it looks at the planner first and only downloads in free slots. Not really noticed it though but I have missed a recording.

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I'm 90% sure I've had a download with two tuners both recording. I'll try it after.

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How much of the 250 gig HDD is reserved for Anytime+ Downloads? I know the 1TB is actaully a 1.5TB HDD and 500 gig is resevered for Anytime+

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The 250gb box is actually 500gb with 250gb reserved for Anytime the other 250 is your personal planner allowing 60hrs HD recording.

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Thanks. Its a shame you cant change the partition info to make more room for recordings and less for Anytime+

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No need from Sky's POV all their boxes equal or better TIVO on storage.

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That is true. Just had a thought. Even thou i have just had Sky installed can i buy a 1TB box from else where (not Sky direct) and if so will it work as soon as i plug it in and put in my vewing card or would i need to ring them up to say i have a new box?

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Sorry to ask yet another question (suprised i havnt been shot yet) but im having issues with series links. I do a series link on planner and its not recording them all, it only shows a few its going to record and thats in playyer any tv guide. I did a series link for MOTD on my iPhone using Sky+ app and when it got to the box it didnt have the green series link line to it so i had to put that on manaully but phone said series link was sent, do i have a fault with the box? I have done a Sky+ rebuild a few times and same thing

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You can download and record 2 programs at same time. Ive just tried it now. Downloading from Anytime plus while recording Sky News and MTV Music

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You can buy a box anywhere however you have to ring to pair the card with the box. I'll try a series link from my iPhone for MOTD , I'll let you know if it reaches the box correctly.

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Thanks

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Sky names IPTV service Now TV.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/uks-...ent-on-demand/

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My MOTD series link sent from my iPhone arrived no problems and was a working series link. Here's how Sky+ series link work as they are different to TIVO.

Say Episode one of Hawaii Five O is on Sunday night at 9pm on Sky One HD and you've set a series link for it youll see that episode in your planner , once that episode has aired and been recorded you'll see Episode 2 in your planner and so on , basically you'll only see the next episode listed. Hope that makes sense.

Just checked myself and you are correct you can record two shows whilst downloading and watching Anytime+.

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It will be interesting to see how they price this service up as they have to be careful that they don't price it too high in order to compete with other competitors.

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Thanks for checking the Anytime+ downloading for me lads.

I had the same problem with sending series links from my iPad & iPhone. The solution I found was to unplug the box, hold the backup button on the box and then plug the box back in whilst keeping back up pressed down. After a few seconds you'll see an updating screen. Once the update has been completed, wait 3 minutes before turning it back on as normal. :)

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Excellent advice , occasionally the installer can forget to update the firmware , this happened to me on my multiroom install and the procedure you've described remedied it.

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Thanks for checking. I seemed a bit weired

Glad it wasnt just me. Ill try it a bit later and let you know what happens

He was a bad engineer so i blame him. I cut my cables for freesat and for my Virgin so i cant have Virgin in the bedroom now unless i get VM to redo the install. I was very mad as if i wanted to go back to VM imn the 14 day period i have with Sky i now cant unless i oay for an install again

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Its intresting. Hope the price is good for us.

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Scripps buys Travel Channel Int'l

Scripps Networks Interactive (Who own Food Network and part own UKTV (Dave and Watch)) will pay £65m (US$102.7m) to acquire Travel Channel International Limited (TCI), the UK-based distributor of the Travel Channel brand across EMEA and Asia Pacific.

http://www.c21media.net/archives/788...m_medium=email

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I noticed before leaving for work this morning that Behind Enemy Lines has a deletion date of 31st March. This has been downloaded from Anytime+ and saved to my Planner, will that still apply?

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It shouldn't I've had recordings what have still played after the expiration date on Anytime.

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Just tried this and then sent a series link from my phone and now works a treat. Thanks for the advice

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No problems, glad it worked for you. :)

What to you think of the Sky+ app, did you ever use the VM TV Guide app for comparison?

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There is no comparison ;) last time I tried the VM app it didn't even have a search feature :shocked:

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I like it. I did use the VM one and the Sky+ app is alot better

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Yeah, the VM TV Guide app is the only iOS app I've ever used that doesn't feel right when scrolling. Maybe this has since been fixed in an update but I had to delete it because the scrolling felt so.... Off.

The TiVo app on the other hand was excellent. :)

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It would appear the Sky Anytime+ website has had a revamp since opening it up to customers of any ISP

http://www.sky.com/products/ways-to-watch/anytime-plus/

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As long as you have a Sky subscription and a Sky+ box.....

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Sorry to be pedantic Hugh , but it's customers with a Sky+HD box only :D

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Does it not work on the HD non-PVR?

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Im sure your well aware it doesnt ;) Anytime+ is a progressive download service the Non PVR has no HDD hence why it doesn't work , later in the year when the shared planner is released I'm presuming you'll be able to watch shows downloaded on your Sky+HD box off Anytime+ through your HD non PVR

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Way i read that is that this will be very simuliar to Tivo Multi Room Streaming, meaning we can watch programs off the HDD on other Sky+ box, or is it just for Anytime+ downloads?

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You've read it correctly mate, the shared planner will allow you to look at the recordings from every box in the house and playback from whichever room you like. :)

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To be fair, the picture at the bottom of the Anytime+ page you linked to des show the non pvr SkyHD box.

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That's the Sky wireless router :D

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I like the sound of this. I defo made a good move now. When will this be happening?

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Have a read of this thread

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1601801

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ill take a look, cheers MM

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:o::p:

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On the contrary, I'm sure I'd read it did. I assumed it did progressive download into RAM or flash.

Just can't trust the Internet nowadays :)

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To be fair this website does suggest it , however I'm sure it doesn't have this function.
http://beta.techradar.com/reviews/au...-973143/review

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Yeah, that was where I read it.

It's not unreasonable. My Samsung TV does a fine job of streaming over ADSL without a hard drive.

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... and also customers with the "latest black Sky+ box" [which is of course just the Sky+HD box but without the HD Pack]

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Sky Atlantic to air Mad Men premiere with vintage 1960s ad breaks

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-...960s-ad-breaks

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Sorry to be ultra-pedantic, but I was going on what the Sky web page for this stated, under 'Compatible Sky+ box' ;)

http://www.sky.com/products/ways-to-...me-plus/facts/

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That's because Hugh the new Sky+ box is just a Sky+HD box without HD activated , hence it won't work on the old white Sky+ boxes ;)

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More Content for Sky 3D

http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/...-aenetworks-3D

Golf The Masters 3D
Thursday 5th April 9.30 pm on Sky 3D

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http://www1.skysports.com/golf/news/...re-golf-on-Sky

New deal brings more Ryder Cup and European Tour golf to Sky Sports.

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Nice to see we'll be able to watch on the move through Sky Go.

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Yes yourself and others will certainly enjoy that.:)

Game of Thrones now on Sky Anytime

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Update – New release for 1TB & DRX890

http://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-HD/U...90/td-p/365299

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Excellent find mate, downloading the 1st season in HD now! :D

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:(

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24 BBC Olympic channels on Sky

http://advanced-television.com/index...annels-on-sky/

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Thanks MM, ive signed up

I downloaded the remaning episodes i need to watch. in HD and DD

You know what you need to do to get them :D

I thought it was only excluvise on VM?

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Nope and the beauty with Sky they are channels on the EPG meaning you can record them.

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Which is better than VM's Tivo app as they cant record :D

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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/ne...-on-may-6.html

Sky News Arabia to launch on May 6

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Ive not read up on the app but generally I'd always prefer a channel , usually better PQ and the ability to record is indeed a plus.

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I think alot of people are saying it cant record and they are disappointed that they are not getting the 24 HD channels that Sky are getting

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I've noticed that you're spending more & more time with us these days Den, are you considering coming to Sky for TV?

All episodes of Game of Thrones Season 1 are now sat in my planner, all in HD ready for me to watch! Anytime+ has some really great content. :D

Yeah, I'd much prefer to have the channels and be able to record things to watch back at a more convenient time.

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Remember the old saying and you will not go far wrong " Better the devil you know then the devil you don't know":D

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I've also noticed the same :D he's even posting Sky news for us :)

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Come to the dark side Denphone..you know you want to :D

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My god you have got big eyes.:D

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Colin Remember these wise words A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.:D

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and
Some things you can’t control. If you fear them, then those things control you.

Look for the third of two options.

Luke Skywalker

Sky tv..Virgin broadband :D

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You know you want to Den, its quite clear. As MM said you are spending alot of time over here and posting news for us. You know that you will have us lot with you, we will protect you from the light of VM

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Maybe your jedi quotes is a sign..Luke Skywalker (Look for sky denwalker?) :D

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l might criticise Virgin sometimes but the master will just have you as his minions l am afraid.:)

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But if you stay with VM just think about how many swords your missing out on from GoT and all the extra HD channels :D

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Game of Thrones' season two premieres to 520,000 on Sky Atlantic

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...-atlantic.html

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How much does it cost for a multiroom hd sub with their top tv package, but no broadband?

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Sky World is currently £53.00
HD Pack £10.25
Multiroom Sub is £10.25
Sky Talk £12.25

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Nice one, and cheers for the link ;)

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No probs mate :)