SkyHD plans SMS remote recording control
by Kevin C. Tofel 
posted Feb 25th 2006 at 9:17AM
We stumbled upon a great report of SkyHD's next and
future plans for the high-definition service prepping to launch this year,
and one interesting tidbit grabbed our peepers. Not out of the gate, but sometime after launch, SkyHD consumers can
text or SMS a command to their set-top box to set a recording. The example given was an SMS of
“24.Sky1.Sunday” indicating to record the show "24" on the Sky1 channel this Sunday. No deets on
the service charge, but we'd expect it to be nominal. We use the MSN Remote Record service over the web as part of Windows Media Center on our box and while that works
well, not everyone has an Internet connection every time they suddenly remember to record a show. Folks typically
do have a mobile phone however, so we would spread some HDBeat luvin' if someone could find or develop
an SMS recording service for WMCE!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ahmed Hassan @ Feb 26th 2006 11:23AM
What if there's more than one airing of 24 on Sky1 on Sunday? Perhaps a repeat that you don't want in the morning, and a new episode that you do want to record in the evening? How would it differentiate between the two? Or would it record both?
Maff Mace @ Feb 26th 2006 11:53AM
@ #1
if the operator is unsure of what to record they send you 5 options back and you choose one of them.
This record by SMS will be available for Sky+ viewers as well, not just SkyHD (Sky+ is available now and is SD)