Freeview with watch a channel record another

rtm

Cheers for the reply.

He was stating that a freeview box with one tuner will be a bit pointless come the day analogue goes west.

2 boxes? along with the VCR and DVD? Don't have that much room under the telly

xlt_hunter

I agree with your comment regarding 1 tuner - as you cant watch another channel when recording - twin tuner is all in one unit - mine is the same size as a DVD player (slim line type one)

veronarona

It's so annoying that the loss of the facility to watch one channel whilst recording another is largely being ignored. IMO the switch-off of analogue should not be allowed to take place until dual-tuner digiboxes are available for peanuts.

veronarona

Woby_Tide

how many dual tuner VCR's are there nowadays though?

by the time the analogue switch off comes around all VCR's(if around) and DVD-Recs and TV's will all have digital tuners so we'll be in much the same position as now. Saying that you shouldn't switch off analogue until twin tuner PVR's are available seems a bit daft as people manage now without twin tuners.

Woby_Tide

how many dual tuner VCR's are there nowadays though?

by the time the analogue switch off comes around pretty much all VCR's(if around) and DVD-Recs and TV's will have digital tuners so we'll be in much the same position as now. Saying that you shouldn't switch off analogue until twin tuner PVR's are available seems a bit daft as people manage now without twin tuners.

Bargain_Rzl

Woby_Tide wrote:

how many dual tuner VCR's are there nowadays though?

by the time the analogue switch off comes around all VCR's(if around) and DVD-Recs and TV's will all have digital tuners so we'll be in much the same position as now. Saying that you shouldn't switch off analogue until twin tuner PVR's are available seems a bit daft as people manage now without twin tuners.

TVs will not all have digital tuners - only up-to-date ones will. My mum still has the same TV she's had since 1992. It works perfectly well and she can't afford to replace it. Anybody who wants 2 tuners to accommodate their TV and video simultaneously will have no choice but to upgrade their equipment, however they choose to go about it.

rtm

Twin tuners in vhs? HUH?

But nowadays you can watch one terrestrial channel and tape another....with digital that will disappear

Woby_Tide

rtm wrote:

Twin tuners in vhs? HUH?

But nowadays you can watch one terrestrial channel and tape another....with digital that will disappear

to do that on terrestrial you need two tuners, to do that with digital, you need two tuners

Given the cost of freeview boxes now, by the time most regions actually do switch off analogue most people will have at least one, if not more, they'll be a pittance.

Bargain_Rzl

rtm wrote:

Twin tuners in vhs? HUH?

But nowadays you can watch one terrestrial channel and tape another....with digital that will disappear

Point is, you don't need "twin tuners" in VHS because you have one tuner in your TV and another in your VCR.

To watch one channel while taping another you use both.

To do this with digital, you similarly need two tuners. Either you have to buy a TV and VCR which both have built-in digital tuners, or you have to adapt your TV and VCR separately (i.e. with two digi boxes) OR you get a PVR which takes care of both. I simply don't see why nobody is making/marketing simple twin tuner digi boxes - presumably because they have a financial interest in encouraging the consumer to buy new tellies and videos with built-in digital capability.

grumbler

Aldi will sell twin tuner freeview 80Gb HDD recorder for £100 next week (I think from next Tuesday 15/12) ...