which tv??

shaun40400

hi
im looking for advice on a lcd?? tv..for my parents

my cousin will take them to the shops to get it ,,,save me flying over:T
but im not up to speed on tv,,,or uk shops

so what we know

32" lcd is what they wont
and a dvd recorder,or video dvd combi
budget tv 250-300
player 60-100
what i need
help:rotfl::rotfl: from a man in a white jacket:o:rotfl::rotfl:

inter net site or shop linc

oh and they dont have use of quidco,,,eth

thanks

MX5huggy

http://www.richersounds.com/ are a highly rated uk shop with online and high street shops

Your budget for the TV will just do, but the DVD recorder will be a bit more probably.

How do they get there TV? Freeview (arial) Sky or Freesat (Satellite) or Cable (virgin).

I would not bother with a DVD recorder Harddisk recorders are the way forward in my opinion unless you really want to archive loads of stuff or send stuff to people.

shaun40400

they have a digital Ariel,,and a free box

dvd....i was thinking just a basic unit ,that records like the old video players
dont think theyed cope with a hd unit,,,,,has to be simple mum is a technophobic,,,,dad had a stroke 2 years ago and cant do,multy instructions any more

MX5huggy

I would not consider DVD recording easy compared with hard disk, my in laws have never mastered DVD recording the media is the wrong sort or the timer is set wrong or they try to watch something else and it messes up.

Topfield hard disk recorder just select the programme in the EPG and its done.

shaun40400

are we talking much ore cash for a hd reorder??

MX5huggy

£120

http://www.richersounds.com/product/freeview-freesat-pvr/humax/pvr9150t/huma-pvr9150
but £50 more gets you twice the HD space.

hethmar

Do you mean they have freeview already? And they are getting a tv with freeview built in? The link above seems to be for a satellite system.

Ive got a Samsung tv with built in freeview and just got the Humax dvd recorder with a hard drive and Im useless with techie stuff but had this up and running in ten minutes. Its very easy to use. If you meant they will just have freeview rather than satellite, this is the one they need:

http://www.richersounds.com/product/freeview-freesat-pvr/humax/pvr9150t/huma-pvr9150

shaun40400

this is a freeview version of a sky box?? yes
as they have a free view box would a plain dvd unit not be better,,,

or would it be better to combine them as in the above example....
then they can get a tv without dvd or freeview built in??

shaun40400

sorry dont use theses systems as im not in the uk

as far as im aware
they have a digital Ariel
and a free-view box

so im thinking they have both systems running into the tv ..
they want a 32-36 "tv...and a dvd recorder,,or dvd video combi??

one of the posters suggested a hd version as they are easy for the old folks to use ??

shaun40400

hethmar wrote: »

Do you mean they have freeview already? And they are getting a tv with freeview built in? The link above seems to be for a satellite system.

Ive got a Samsung tv with built in freeview and just got the Humax dvd recorder with a hard drive and Im useless with techie stuff but had this up and running in ten minutes. Its very easy to use. If you meant they will just have freeview rather than satellite, this is the one they need:

http://www.richersounds.com/product/freeview-freesat-pvr/humax/pvr9150t/huma-pvr9150

that looks better,,,so if tv has freeview built in they can remove the fv box as it not needed..

shaun40400

sorry:o
my fingers don't type what my brain is thinking:rotfl::rotfl: