Anyone know about sky boxes

[pollingstationpooch]

Anyone know how to get programmes you have saved off the box? We have had our box for 16 years, but I have saved/kept programmes on there for years (eg when my friend went on first dates 😂)
Can we get them off somehow?

Maybe, I've not had sky for a while.

https://www.sky.com/help/articles/copying-programmes-to-dvd

They are designed to not let you copy from them, for copyright reasons.
The same goes for all the other TV boxes, Virginmedia etc.

Yes I suppose
I am talking twenty mins of one prog from 7 years ago, not pirating the latest cinema releases but I guess there is a line. I will keep looking into it.

Could you play the programme you want and somehow record it on something like an iPad so that it's on a newer device?

If your friend was on first dates there might be an online archive with the channel (was it channel 4? E4? I can't remember now!) that might be another option?

I moved from sky+ to sky glass (no planner so no use to me) and therefore subsequently sky Q.

They told me I couldn't take my programmes with me. Which was annoying as I had stuff for years that i loved and had no automatic deletion date on them. But now have to buy from them if I want them.

I decided not to and bought dvds of all the programmes (mostly films so that was possible) instead. There's only one I couldn't get cheap second hand at the time. Must look for that now you've reminded me...!