Hi Iam thinking of buying one of these. Just how easy is ito transfer a programme on to DVD via the USB. My PC is upstairs so a bit difficult! Can I use a memory stick? And can you transfer more then one programme at once? What sofware is needed to burn a DVD? Any other tips would be helpful

Thanks
Last edited by Howard : 21-01-2009 at 15:27

Using “Altair” software it is relatively easy to transfer files from a Toppy box and a PC but there are technical limitation of 5M (maybe 10M) for a “USB 2” connection. Note a friends Humax USB connections are more flaky than the Topfield box. I now connect to my Toppy with a laptop and save the files to an external USB disk drive.

Once on a PC I use “Videoredo” to edit the “rec” file produced from the Toppy box and to produce a DVD. While “Videoredo” can produce dvd’s directly I tend to save the outputs as MPEG and wait until have enough to make a full DVD, I master the DVD with Videoredo but cut it with Nero

The Videoredo software cost be $20 about 2 years ago and is probably the best value software I have ever brought. Some users have managed to produce DVD’s using free software but when I couldn’t get it to work when I tried.

Further information and software can be found the excellent site http://www.toppy.org.uk/

Just to be clear: You can't transfer to a USB stick or external USB drive. It has to be a PC (or Mac or Linux box) of some description.

Transfer speed is approximately 4x, i.e. an hour of TV takes about 15 minutes.

You can transfer a batch of files sequentially, so it can be left to do its stuff overnight.