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[quote user="Andy TW"]You can record from the Sky+ box to your computer unless the content is copy protected (mainly box office stuff, some films and some sport).
Firstly you need to have a TV/Video capture card and software on your PC.
Then you need to connect the scart output from the Sky+ box to the PC.
You can do this using a scart to composite video + stereo phono lead. You should then be able to record whatever is playing on the Sky+ box.
You may also be able to connect the Sky+ to the PC using the s-video and stereo phono outputs on the Sky+ box if your video capture card allows s-video input (most do).
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This is hardly a good way to record good quality dvd's tho is it, scart to composite is not going to give you dvd quality and svhs is not much better. There is also the expense of buying and installing the card where you could go out and buy a cheep dvd recorder and record via RGB scart offering a far better result. You could always get the dvd recorder from some where, use it, put it back into its box and go get a full refund, very naughty but hey
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If quality is the prime consideration then I agree that a DVD recorder fed with RGB is the best option.
However if the original poster already has suitable hardware/software on their PC then all they require is a cable and while s-video is not quite as good as RGB it is still acceptable.
An external usb video capture box costs around £50 which is close to the cost of a cheap DVD recorder. The choice then comes down to the better quality (via RGB) of the recorder against the extra flexibility of recording via a PC (albeit at a slightly lower quality) which is up to the original poster to decide.