Which PVR?

[Snowboy]

Can anyone suggest a good PVR for the £150-£200 price bracket.

Something that can record my favourite shows when I miss them.

Ideally able to connect to Netflix, love film, iplayer etc
Play USB based media.
Connect to shared network drives.
Although those are secondary - I have can Xbox that does it.

I can't get sky, cable etc
So it just needs to be a stand alone box.

[SlidingSideways]

The in-laws have one of the Humax YouView boxes and that seems pretty good. It's a bit over your budget though and doesn't do Netflix AFAIK.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00BEVN5J2

[telecat]

The Fox HDR-T2 is now available at £139/£159 from Humaxdirect.co.uk when they have stock Definetley worth the money although the On line services are different to Netflix and are pretty limited. The DTR-1000 is also available for £149 with a shed load more online.

[FlossyThePig]

SlidingSideways said:

The in-laws have one of the Humax YouView boxes and that seems pretty good. It's a bit over your budget though and doesn't do Netflix AFAIK.

The YouView box does have access to Sky Movies.

If your ISP is BT or TalkTalk (and coming to PlusNet soon) they supply a YouView box as part of their TV package.

[probedb]

Do you want terrestrial or satellite?

[paolow]

Snowboy said:

Can anyone suggest a good PVR for the £150-£200 price bracket.

Something that can record my favourite shows when I miss them.

Ideally able to connect to Netflix, love film, iplayer etc
Play USB based media.
Connect to shared network drives.
Although those are secondary - I have can Xbox that does it.

I can't get sky, cable etc
So it just needs to be a stand alone box.

The above are all good - but if you want a really cheap solution get a talktalk hauwei box (320 gb) off ebay for circa £50-£70. good interface with the ability to use net players and though I am not sure about networked drives (and USB wont work) I did this and it works a treat. No subscription is necessary and it works like a charm on my crappy aerial to give far more channels than my (half decent) tv could detect and the HD is flawless....
But I agree there are some better if you wish to part with the cash....
When I was looking the Humax boxes were consistent winners.

[Snowboy]

I have taken a suggestion from above and gone with the BT subscription.

£35 one off fee, then £5 a month for 18 months.
I get a free box, a few extra channels and it works out cheaper than any of the boxes new.

[Hoover.]

Snowboy said:

I have taken a suggestion from above and gone with the BT subscription.

£35 one off fee, then £5 a month for 18 months.
I get a free box, a few extra channels and it works out cheaper than any of the boxes new.

Good luck with BT customer service

[probedb]

I hope they've improved their hardware because they used to be pants.

[Ultuous]

It's a Humax made Youview box now, is it not?

[FlossyThePig]

Ultuous said:

It's a Humax made Youview box now, is it not?

It is, unless you want BT Sport 1 and BT Sport 2 channels then you get a Vision+ box (well that is according to the BT website).

[paps]

Just bought a 2nd hand talktalk box which I'm hoping will do the trick. £66 inc. delivery. Fingers crossed it works.