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integrating tv, dvdr, digibox to HD quality
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I've recently bought a HD digibox to complement an HD TV and DVD HDR, to replace a scart powered digibox which worked perfectly. TV has 2 x hdmi ports and the dvd and digibox each have one so (obviously?) I've connected the digibox to HDMI1 and the DVD to HDMI2. I have tried to record what I'm watching; on playback the dvd shows 'space' where it has stored the data but it is entirely blank, no data apparently recorded although the appropriate amount of time is logged. Itseems perhaps either the tv needs to be told where to send the data or the dvd needs to know where to find it. Any ideas please?
For info this isn't a Sky problem. I'm in Spain but pointing at the Astra birdie.
For info this isn't a Sky problem. I'm in Spain but pointing at the Astra birdie.
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The HDMI connection is not as flexible as scart when it comes to recording etc because of copy protection.
You won't be able to send anything via HDMI to your recorder.
Your HDMI sockets are OUTPUTS only .
The only place you'll find HDMI inputs are on amps and tv's
Exactly.
Worries about copy protection mean its still not possible to get recording devices with HDMI inputs.
At the moment the only official way to transfer HD material to Bluray is on a Bluray recorder .
Panasonic do these with Freeview and Freesat but there are also copy protection problems there and IIRC you can record ITV HD to your HDD but it wont let you copy to disc.
However , I'm sure there are more tech minded people out there who will know ways round this.
I can't see why there is any more worry about burning HD to Bluray than there was about burning sd to dvd - its all the same
But a DVD recorder isn't HD anyway, so a SCART lead is pefectly fine.
LIke Nigel asks: how would you expect to record HD content on a dvd anyway?
As said, you can't record hd quality on a dvd recorder. it won't even know what to do with the signal, it would just freak out.
To record hd you need either a htpc and custom software or a hd dvr. Anyways a dvd recorder lacks capacity for hd recording, would you really want to swap discs every 15 minutes or whatever?;)
Why? Don't you actually like watching high definition TV, you just want to be able to record it?
Upscaling (up to 1080) during playback of DVDs.
Basically in order to con people (like you) in to thinking it's HD.
But on a more practical note, SCART sockets are disappearing, and been replaced by HDMI - modern TV's don't have enough SCART sockets, so you need external equipment with HDMI outputs.
The upscaling is another con, your TV already upscales, and probably does a better job than a cheap DVD.
A HDMI lead can obviously output standard definition. They throw 'HDMI' in to fool people into thinking everything they watch will be in HD.
through the following equipment, as it has been mentioned so so many times
You will need a HD-Ready or Full HD-TV
with a Freeview HD Tuner/Freeview HD Tuner inside as is sold today in shops
or a Freeview HD/Freesat HD Box,
plus a Sky HD/Virgin HD/V+ Box (Optional)
and if you want to record TV
then you will also need a Freeview HD+/Freesat+ Box,
if you want to record from Freeview/Freesat,
to watch Films in HD
then you will need a DVD Upscaler Player/Recorder
or better still a Blue-Ray Player/Recorder,
also you will need a HDMI cables to link them all up,
this is true HD
For 3D TV you will need the following
plus a Home Cinema System (Optional) that has HDMI 1.4 Sockets on them
launching soon and a 3D Blue-Ray Player
As has been mentioned many times to your innaccurate posts please check your statements before posting.
A standard DVD player (even one that upscales) is totally incapable of giving true HD - only upscaled SD
I take it, only Blue-Ray Players and 3D Blue-Ray Players
can output HD, so to watch Films in HD,
you will need one of these
Dave
Do you have a link to this Panasonic machine .
Presumably it uses an inbuilt Freeview or Freesat tuner?
Last time I read up on it , even their Bluray recorders would not archive ITV1HD material due to copy protection issues
I have to ask, do you have a narrow PC monitor or do you write such short sentances like this for any reason... it looks like you're writing a poem rather than typing across the full width provided by the forum reply window.
Just curious......
No, I have a Widescreen 3D Ready monitor,
the formatting is done by the bit I type in automatically,
as I have said before in other forum posts,
I hardly control the formatting
I hope I have answered your question
What is a hdfury2/3?
Thanks