girofan
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My VHS/DVD player has finally gone to that parcours-in-the-sky. I am looking for a Freeview receiver with a Hard-disk and recordable DVD facility, in the region of £200-£300. Any suggestions?
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derall
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Can't offer a suggestion of one to buy, but here's one to avoid at all costs:
Last week I bought a Toshiba RD88DTKTB HDD / DVD recorder with Freeview tuner at £200. Went straight back to the shop (Tesco) next day. It puts out so much electrical interference it made every other radio frequency device in the room unusable (and that included the TV, which is a bit of a problem...) It was like having a radio jammer right there in the room with me. When I later checked on consumer review sites, all reported the same problem.
Still looking for an alternative, so I'm also keen to hear suggestions!
Last week I bought a Toshiba RD88DTKTB HDD / DVD recorder with Freeview tuner at £200. Went straight back to the shop (Tesco) next day. It puts out so much electrical interference it made every other radio frequency device in the room unusable (and that included the TV, which is a bit of a problem...) It was like having a radio jammer right there in the room with me. When I later checked on consumer review sites, all reported the same problem.
Still looking for an alternative, so I'm also keen to hear suggestions!
Richer Sounds stock quite a few combi ones as it happens. They also stock the Humax PVR9300T & 9150 
. I would think about what you really want it for before buying as you don't want to be going out buying it all over again in 2 years time.
. I would think about what you really want it for before buying as you don't want to be going out buying it all over again in 2 years time.
HLaB
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+1 for sony I've had one for just over a year no problems either, touch wood the dvd player/ recorder is a bonus and the upscaling (if you have a HDTV which I don'tWillow said:
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fossyant
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Got the Topfield 500gb - cracking bit of kit
The latest issue of Which magazine had reviews of Freeview PVRs - these don't come with DVD recorders, but allow up to 250 hours of recording. The four best buys were:
Humax PVR9300T (200 hrs) £194
Humax PVR9150T (100 hrs) £127
TVonics DTR-Z500 (250 hrs) £194
TVonice DTR-Z250 (125 hrs) £176
Humax PVR9300T (200 hrs) £194
Humax PVR9150T (100 hrs) £127
TVonics DTR-Z500 (250 hrs) £194
TVonice DTR-Z250 (125 hrs) £176
goo_mason
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I bought a Humax PVR-9200T three years ago when my VCR died. It's been one of the best buys ever - able to record 2 programs whilst watching a third due to its twin Freeview tuners. You can connect it up to your PC or laptop and copy off the recorded programs, run them through a converter and burn them onto DVD.
Convert the TV programme into a format you can burn onto DVD?
goo_mason
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Dannyg said:What do you need to:
a) Connect the PVR to your PC/laptop
You need a USB cable to connect, and the Humax eLinker program to pull the files off onto your laptop or PC.
The conversion program is called TStoDVD (iirc) - you can find details on the available free software and how-to guides at www.hummy.org.uk
The Humaxes are good pieces of kit because Humax has continually developed the software over about 5 years. If you're not so bothered about the superlarge capacity I'd go for a 9150 and save a few bob.
The 9150 and 9300 are better as they have HDMI. If anybody wants High Definition on freeview either wait or get a cheaper one as the kit will all go partially out of date soon.
The 9150 and 9300 are better as they have HDMI. If anybody wants High Definition on freeview either wait or get a cheaper one as the kit will all go partially out of date soon.
girofan
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Thank you everyone who replied. You've given me such a lot to consider I probably won't be putting my hand in my pocket until after the Giro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
derall
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My thanks also, for all the suggestions. I now have a Humax 9300, and very good it seems too. The Freeview receiver seems better than the built-in on my TV - I can get a clear and good reception on the three 'Five' channels which on my TV are only noise. Better error correction software I'm guessing. Couple of times it's done things I wasn't expecting, but only because I didn't RTFM. Excellent kit, very pleased with it.
