Freeview Recorder Advice
Discussion
Guys and Gals,
I'm looking to buy a Freeview Recorder, I don't want to spend loads on it as they have come down a bit in price now.
I'm looking to spend £100-£140.
What I've noticed though, is that it's not very clear what the box will do, namely that they all say 'pause live tv', but after reading a bit more carefully, it appears most won't rewind live tv. This is a function that I found really useful on my old Sky Plus, and something I want on the Freeview Recorder.
Are any of you guys using one? If so which one and are you happy with it?
Why won't they rewind live tv if it's essentially recording it anyway? Or have I got that wrong?
Advice welcomed...
I'm looking to buy a Freeview Recorder, I don't want to spend loads on it as they have come down a bit in price now.
I'm looking to spend £100-£140.
What I've noticed though, is that it's not very clear what the box will do, namely that they all say 'pause live tv', but after reading a bit more carefully, it appears most won't rewind live tv. This is a function that I found really useful on my old Sky Plus, and something I want on the Freeview Recorder.
Are any of you guys using one? If so which one and are you happy with it?
Why won't they rewind live tv if it's essentially recording it anyway? Or have I got that wrong?
Advice welcomed...
Edited by Aaron ADI on Tuesday 17th January 20:54
Jamirecluse said:
You can pause whatever you are watching and from that point on it records.But you can't actually rewind LIVE TV as it says it will.
The Logic one on Currys Website says"With the ability to pause and rewind live TV, you should never miss a minute of your viewing, but if you find yourself wanting to watch two programmes at the same time then why not record one for later.
The L250STB11 includes a 250GB hard drive that's perfect for recording everything you want to watch! With up to 114 hours recording, you can be sure that you can fit plenty on there; then you just have to find time to watch it!"
So this one can rewind live tv? Or it says it can but it can't?
Is there a difference between Freeview recorder and Freeview+ recorder?
Rugbyman said:
Humax do a Freeview HD box that you can add a USB external HD to .....or they do a freeview HD+ box with the hard disc internal
Will be investing in one before digi HD goes live in my area on Feb 22nd.... good timing for F1 starting 3 weeks later
Unless you have Sky the only ones you will be watching will be Will be investing in one before digi HD goes live in my area on Feb 22nd.... good timing for F1 starting 3 weeks later
LIVE RACES ON THE BBC
Continue reading the main story
15 April: China
13 May: Spain
27 May: Monaco
24 June: Europe
8 July: Britain
2 September: Belgium
23 September: Singapore
14 October: Korea
4 November: Abu Dhabi
25 November: Brazil
With the rest as highlights.
igiveup said:
Rugbyman said:
Humax do a Freeview HD box that you can add a USB external HD to .....or they do a freeview HD+ box with the hard disc internal
Will be investing in one before digi HD goes live in my area on Feb 22nd.... good timing for F1 starting 3 weeks later
Unless you have Sky the only ones you will be watching will be Will be investing in one before digi HD goes live in my area on Feb 22nd.... good timing for F1 starting 3 weeks later
LIVE RACES ON THE BBC
Continue reading the main story
15 April: China
13 May: Spain
27 May: Monaco
24 June: Europe
8 July: Britain
2 September: Belgium
23 September: Singapore
14 October: Korea
4 November: Abu Dhabi
25 November: Brazil
With the rest as highlights.
Sorry off topic but will the highlights of the non live races be shown as HD on BBC ?
I chose a Sony Freeview+ twin tuner jobbie because I hoped it would integrate with my Sony TV. Well it doesn't much, but otherwise gives superb results. Looks good too.
http://www.froogle.richersounds.com/product/freevi...
http://www.froogle.richersounds.com/product/freevi...
I've got BTVision but without the contract - brought the thing outright for something like £80 a couple of years ago and it does everything really well including rewinding for about an hour on live TV(or when you switched to that channel). The downside is you must be a BT Broadband customer but that makes no odds to me as all the providers give rubbish internet speeds to my village!
Deep within the settings, it appears to be a Pace box which used to be the same as the Sky ones...and could still be for all I know.
Deep within the settings, it appears to be a Pace box which used to be the same as the Sky ones...and could still be for all I know.
I think the Humax's greatest strength is it's menu / interface. It's just very intuitive; when you press something, it does exactly what you expected it to. This may seem fairly innocuous but if you use it every day it makes a big difference (and I'm an interface designer so am naturally quite critical of these things 
)
By contrast I don't like the Sky guide at all, mainly because you can't continue watching your programme while you look at the guide.
The main problems we've had with our Humax PVR is the series link sometimes losing programmes and the odd show just not recording at all but my understanding is these are usually issues with Freeview+ generally than the box itself.
Oh, I should point add that ours is a PVR 9200 so a few years old. I haven't used their latest kit. They might all be s
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)By contrast I don't like the Sky guide at all, mainly because you can't continue watching your programme while you look at the guide.
The main problems we've had with our Humax PVR is the series link sometimes losing programmes and the odd show just not recording at all but my understanding is these are usually issues with Freeview+ generally than the box itself.
Oh, I should point add that ours is a PVR 9200 so a few years old. I haven't used their latest kit. They might all be s
t durbster said:
I think the Humax's greatest strength is it's menu / interface. It's just very intuitive; when you press something, it does exactly what you expected it to. This may seem fairly innocuous but if you use it every day it makes a big difference (and I'm an interface designer so am naturally quite critical of these things )
By contrast I don't like the Sky guide at all, mainly because you can't continue watching your programme while you look at the guide.
Cheers - exactly the info I was after and I see exactly where you're coming from (I don't like my parents' Sky+ for that reason - or the built in EPG on my telly for that matter)... )By contrast I don't like the Sky guide at all, mainly because you can't continue watching your programme while you look at the guide.
What worries me is when people say the EPG isn't that intuitive... Do they think this just because 'it doesn't work like Sky' or because there are other PVRs with better interfaces out there!
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