ntl/cable and timeslip pause live TV

[cheetah]

I have just moved home and swopped from sky+ to ntl cable and am now missing the timeslip pause live TV

has any one got a set up using a HDD and DVD recorder or a shuttle that works well with cable tv

Finding programmes to record and a good tv guide ETC

i do not want to go back to sky just yet

[MovedGoalPosts]

I have a Pioneer DVD/HDD player recorder that is supposed to have the timeslip function, albeit that I haven't used it this way.

Simple to connect (in place of a VCR) via SCART leads
STB#1 > TV #1
STB#2 > DVD/HDD in
DVD/HDD out > TV#2

Only issue is the programming of the STB does not trigger the DVD/HDD in the same way as SKY+ boxes are integrated, so you need to be a bit more clever in setting up both STB and DVD/HDD to start/stop together.

Dunno about SKY, but as NTL's EPG only runs for three days that can be an issue for advance programming of many channels

[Tezcatlipoca]

It's possible to connect one of the outputs of an ntl cable TV set-top box to an analogue TV card in a PC, & then record to the HDD. "Showshifter" is a good piece of software for this: http://www.showshifter.com/

"DigiGuide" (http://www.digiguide.com/) is a very good listings prog, which can work in conjunction with Showshifter.

[cheetah]

thankyou team ;-)