Re: PVR / HD recorder recomendations

"Colin Irvine" <look@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8chhd49084kfbvdg6h9vqgen7v0ir49v0r@xxxxxxxxxx
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:23:36 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear@xxxxxxxxx>
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In article <h1ghd4t5norprv7vrfkunnpe277ibnsfc0@xxxxxxx>, Colin Irvine
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:02:15 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear@xxxxxxxxx>
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>In article <gbadrh$cfe$1@xxxxxxxx>, Ash says...
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>> <boots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > however, any personal recommendation, especially as to ease of use >> > for
>> > a technologically challenged parent would be good.
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>> I got my mum a TVonics PVR, mainly because the menu system is easy to >> use
>> and very similar to the menu on a Sky box.
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>> Review of one here:
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>> http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-cinema/review/2008/09/20/TVonics-DTR-Z250-Freeview-PVR/p1
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>Apart from the lack of HDMI that's pretty cool.

I liked their comment "Twin tuners are an essential feature of any PVR
(a fact DVD/HDD combi manufacturers still seem blissfully unaware
of)".

Yeah I saw that :) I also like the fact it can record 2 shows at once,
whereas the PVR I saw a while back could record one and watch one, but
not record 2, which struck me as a bit dismal.

I'm seriously thinking about getting one of those now ... any reason I
shouldn't? I've got plenty of SCARTS on my Samsung gas-plas, so no HDMI
isn't the end of the world ... might even be better - I was staggered
when Pip confirmed HDMI doesn't auto-switch; how fucking pikey is that?

As I said in an earlier post, we've just got the Humax PVR-9300T -
there's a link to their review of that at the end of the review of the
TVonics you posted. It has its drawbacks but I've not seen one I'd
prefer.

TBH I'm reluctant to say "buy this" about any of them because they all
seem to have faults or disadvantages of one sort or another. We don't
watch much TV, but what we do like we hate to miss - and it always
seems to be on at the same time and/or when we're out. So a dual
digital tuner with HDD of some sort or other is a must for us. That's
about as much as I'm prepared to commit!


I just can't help but recommend my Humax as it was just such an incredibly massive leap up over the cheapo Thomson I had, and it's never given me any bother at all, and it's so easy to use. I assume the 9300T is just an improvement, with more space. Does it have the Series Link record feature? So you can set to record a whole series just from selecting an episode of it to record? It's a brilliant feature as you never go "Oh ***, I forgot to set that to record!" because it just does it for you :-)

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Dan B
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