Freeview Advice

MadDogWoman_2

I thinking of buying a Freeview Box with Hard Disk, can anyone recommend a box and where to buy.

I'm too cheap to go to Sky, I don't to be forking out money for channels I won't watch.

Thanks

MadDogWoman

Mr_Meanie

Well since January I have had a Humax 9200T and I think it’s absolutely brilliant.
Twin digital tuner, 160 GB disk drive which is good for about 100 hours recording.
Too many features to list here and I don’t even know what half the buttons do on the remote control.
I must admit there is a couple of small bugs/niggles but Humax should be doing a software update soon to fix them.
Have a look here:-
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/whisper/index.html
This site will give you links to the best priced suppliers at the moment.

And this one:-
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/forumdisplay.php?f=90
This site shows some of the problems people are having with many of the new PVR’s.

And this is the Humax UK web site.
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/products/pvr-9200t.asp

wonderfullife_2

Hi
Topfield 5800 for me, excellent quality/build and reception, freeview, twin tuner, 160gb hd, watch one programme whilst recording another 2, usb connection, the list goes on, dearer than the Humax though.
Have a look here
http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/page/moreinfo-1.cfm/Product_ID/2379
And their forum, want to know anything about the Toppy just ask here.
http://www.toppy.org.uk/
And NO subscription to Sky.

Hope this helps

frankie1star

I also rate the Humax 9200t, am sure there are a lot of features though that I am not using. Will the niggles be automatically updated, or will I have to do some jiggery pokery. My only complaint is that if I record something it doesnt automatically record the whole programme and invariably leaves the last few mins off at the end