Thread: Any one here testing the NTL S/A Tv drive
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Old 28-10-2006, 15:28   #54
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Re: Any one here testing the NTL S/A Tv drive
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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
I think you misread my post. I said "you can't archive with RGB whilst watching something else". The TVDrive has two video decoders, but the second one, which is used by the archive function, is only connected to the (non-RGB) VCR SCART socket.
That's disappointing for what is intended to be a high-end box. Is there any technical reason why both SCARTs couldn't be RGB?

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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Note that if you have the output set to HDMI or Component, the TV SCART socket is disabled completely, because it can't decode both in HD and SD at the same time.
Could you, hypothetically, archive to an HDMI connected DVD recorder, or is such a facility banned by the Copyright Gestapo?
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