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Maplin HDD 160 GB Twin Tuner with Freeview £99.98 (merged)

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  • litebluecanary
    litebluecanary Posts: 26 Forumite
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  • welshblob
    welshblob Posts: 450 Forumite
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    I'm very tempted too. I've just bought the Aldi one but its not very good so its going back. Now apparently you can upgrade this one via a serial cable to make it a proper dual record box as it's a record one watch one natively but you only then get a 2 day EPG.

    See ...
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=432303
    and
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=492057

    Btw don't blame me if you break your box ;-)
    Rob
  • caspol
    caspol Posts: 83 Forumite
    I did have a look on the trhreads to see if anyone has posted this but couldn't find it so here goes. On Maplin clearance section a 160GB HD twin freeview recorder for under hundred quid. Seems like quite a bargain and plenty in stock, don't know the make but this is the spec:
    A great price for some great features!

    77 Hours recording time
    Up to 33 free channels including BBC3, ITV2, E4, Film 4, CBeebies...
    Twin tuner means you can record one channel and watch another
    Picture in picture
    Time shift (keeps recording whilst paused)
    One button record
    Record one channel whilst watching another
    1/4, 1/2, normal, x2, x4, x8, x16, x32 play speeds
    Records DVB subtitles
    Automatic daylight time changing
    MHEG-5 Engine
    7 day electronic programme guide (EPG)
    Auto detaction of new channels
    Channel and Menu lock
    Optical SPDIF + phono sound output sockets
    2 Scarts
    4:3 16:9 aspect ratios supported

    And this is the link: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=99076&doy=7m12&criteria=CLEARANCE
    No reliance should be placed on the above, as i don't believe anything i say either...
  • rebeccaj
    rebeccaj Posts: 1,390 Forumite
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    caspol wrote:
    I did have a look on the trhreads to see if anyone has posted this but couldn't find it so here goes.

    you didn't look very hard :rotfl:

    a quick search for the term maplin brought up this thread just 4 lines down on the search results!
  • caspol
    caspol Posts: 83 Forumite
    lol, ungrateful thing...I meant to say i had a bloke look!! anyway the site itself is so slow tonite it's taken ages to get anywhere
    No reliance should be placed on the above, as i don't believe anything i say either...
  • rebeccaj
    rebeccaj Posts: 1,390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    caspol wrote:
    anyway the site itself is so slow tonite it's taken ages to get anywhere


    I know what you mean, it's awful tonight again :rolleyes:
  • rizla01
    rizla01 Posts: 7,260 Forumite
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    And this must be one of the ugliest boxes around.

    Might have some goodies inside but it looks like its made of cardboard.
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  • caspol
    caspol Posts: 83 Forumite
    quote:And this must be one of the ugliest boxes around.

    Might have some goodies inside but it looks like its made of cardboard:quote

    yeah i see what you mean alright. the buttons look like they were designed for children with _really_ fat fingers...
    No reliance should be placed on the above, as i don't believe anything i say either...
  • Gondo_2
    Gondo_2 Posts: 116 Forumite
    rizla01 wrote:
    And this must be one of the ugliest boxes around.

    Might have some goodies inside but it looks like its made of cardboard.

    Might be a nostalgia thing - I'm old enough to remember the days when all Maplins 'projects' came in boxes like that...:D
  • GibsonSt19
    GibsonSt19 Posts: 2,736 Forumite
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    Well, fortunately for me, my mum doesn't mind how eletricals looks, so I bought this for her. She's over the moon that she can now record all her favourite soaps and dramas and movies over christmas.

    Bless her, I love my mum.

    It was a breeze to set up (i.e. just plug in and away it went), and everything's so easy to use. I think I'll so the updrage on it for her soon, it's just a pitty she'll loose the 7 day EPG.

    Anyway, in my opinnion, it's as ugly as sin, but it works pretty well.
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