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ian@huth · 09-10-2005, 11:03

When you have Sky+ installed they fit a quad LNB to the satellite dish. Two of the feeds from this go to your Sky+ box to allow the recording of two channels at once leaving two spare. These two spares can be used to connect either a further Sky+ box or one or two standard Sky digiboxes. The wiring for multiroom goes from one of these spare connectors on the LNB directly to your second box location.

There is also a second RF feed on all Sky digiboxes which you can use to connect to a second TV elsewhere in the house. You can use a magic eye with this to control the digibox from the second location. Going down this route you can only watch the same channel on your second TV as on the main TV. With multiroom you can watch any channel in your chosen pack on either TV independent of what the other TV is showing.

Sky+ records the original broadcast stream unmodified meaning that you watch the replay in broadcast quality. When you are watching a recording you can exit that to watch something else and return to the exact point that you last watched when you want to resume watching. You can choose wether to watch a recording from the start, from the last viewed position or from any point during the programme. This is handy if you want to watch say a F1 Grand Prix where you can select to start say 50 minutes into the programme to cut out all the pre race section. You can fast forward and rewind at up to 30x normal speed and still see the picture clearly for skipping through parts (or adverts) you don't want to watch. You can also watch in slow motion if their is some benefit in doing so.

Getting rid of NTL DTV and replacing it with Sky+ was the best decision I have ever made in the home entertainment field, only wish that I had taken the decision earlier.

One earlier post suggested that a NTL PVR system would only have the option to record one channel at once but I doubt that will be the case. The PVR box that Telewest was considering actually has three tuners which would mean possibly having the option to record two programmes at once whilst watching a third programme live. With Sky+ you can only watch one of the two programmes being recorded simultaneously or a previously recorded programme, not a further live programme.

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ian@huth Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire Services: VM 10Mb, TU, 1xSky HD, 2xSky+ (HD,all packs, sports & movies) 2xDVD PVR's, Freesat Freeview & other Posts: 4,536	Re: ntl cable tv vs Sky Plus When you have Sky+ installed they fit a quad LNB to the satellite dish. Two of the feeds from this go to your Sky+ box to allow the recording of two channels at once leaving two spare. These two spares can be used to connect either a further Sky+ box or one or two standard Sky digiboxes. The wiring for multiroom goes from one of these spare connectors on the LNB directly to your second box location. There is also a second RF feed on all Sky digiboxes which you can use to connect to a second TV elsewhere in the house. You can use a magic eye with this to control the digibox from the second location. Going down this route you can only watch the same channel on your second TV as on the main TV. With multiroom you can watch any channel in your chosen pack on either TV independent of what the other TV is showing. Sky+ records the original broadcast stream unmodified meaning that you watch the replay in broadcast quality. When you are watching a recording you can exit that to watch something else and return to the exact point that you last watched when you want to resume watching. You can choose wether to watch a recording from the start, from the last viewed position or from any point during the programme. This is handy if you want to watch say a F1 Grand Prix where you can select to start say 50 minutes into the programme to cut out all the pre race section. You can fast forward and rewind at up to 30x normal speed and still see the picture clearly for skipping through parts (or adverts) you don't want to watch. You can also watch in slow motion if their is some benefit in doing so. Getting rid of NTL DTV and replacing it with Sky+ was the best decision I have ever made in the home entertainment field, only wish that I had taken the decision earlier. One earlier post suggested that a NTL PVR system would only have the option to record one channel at once but I doubt that will be the case. The PVR box that Telewest was considering actually has three tuners which would mean possibly having the option to record two programmes at once whilst watching a third programme live. With Sky+ you can only watch one of the two programmes being recorded simultaneously or a previously recorded programme, not a further live programme.