Freeview box. (any good)?

derrick

Anyone got any ideas if this freeview box is any good? i.e. decent specs and can it be used to record a prog whilst watching another prog on the tv?

It has just been delivered to my e-mail box, and I have left the DVD recorder in the post in case it is of any use to anybody.

Also if any one does decide to phone this company, I do have the geo number, so just ask

To celebrate the launch of the new 2007 CPC Catalogue we have put together 20 of our hottest offers which we will be sending you throughout September.

There will be 1 offer advertised each day (Monday to Friday) and for each of these emails, you will have the opportunity to unsubscribe from both the daily mails and also the main email list
Normal mailing will resume in October.


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tel Orders: 08701 20 25 30 Tel Enquiries: 08701 21 29 81 [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fax: 08701 20 25 31 E-Mail[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]: [EMAIL="sales@cpc.co.uk"]sales@cpc.co.uk[/EMAIL] [/FONT]

Terms And Conditions

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][SIZE=-2]Please Note: Handling Charges are as follows (Exclusive of VAT):
Orders up to £14.99 - charge £5.99;
Orders between £15 and £29.99 - charge £4.99;
Orders between £30 and £39.99 - charge £3.99.
Orders over £40.00 - no charge.

All price comparisons are taken from standard CPC catalogue prices. Prices on the CPC homepage exclude VAT. Stocks of certain items are limited and CPC makes no guarantee of availability. In certain circumstances, alternatives may be offered. CPC take your privacy seriously. We do not share your details with any other company and are committed to Data Protection. . If you would like to remove yourself from our promotional mailing list, please click the Unsubscribe link above. Please note it may take up to 28 days for your name to be removed


[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]

Tallymanjohn

It looks identical to one in Asda, though theirs is a different brand and is a couple of £ cheaper.

djl

it looks ok to me if it does the job its better than 4 channels

espresso

Tallymanjohn wrote:

It looks identical to one in Asda, though theirs is a different brand and is a couple of £ cheaper.

And less the £4.99 P&P

:eek:

penrhyn

I think Tesco had one at a similar price, with clubcard points. Not such a Noddy brand.

A_Nice_Englishman

I agree with Tallymanjohn and penrhyn - have a look in Tesco or ASDA firsr. As well as being cheaper it's easier to take it back if there any problems.

And to answer the OP's question; yes you can record a (Freeview) channel through the box while watching an analogue channel on the TV if you connect everything up correctly. Analogue is going to be switched off with a few years though, remember.

derrick

A_Nice_Englishman wrote:

I agree with Tallymanjohn and penrhyn - have a look in Tesco or ASDA firsr. As well as being cheaper it's easier to take it back if there any problems.

And to answer the OP's question; yes you can record a (Freeview) channel through the box while watching an analogue channel on the TV if you connect everything up correctly. Analogue is going to be switched off with a few years though, remember.

It is very easy to return items to this company, however if you do not live locally it would incurr expense of postage, but that is the same with any web purchase

I was under the impression that not all Freeview digi bixes could record at the same time, some thing to do with more than one tuner?

It might be being switched off, but the with a digi Freeview box that does not mean you need to get rid of your analogue t v, assuming anyone still has one at that time, but I think there will still be a lot of them out there at switch off time.

espresso

derrick wrote:

I was under the impression that not all Freeview digi bixes could record at the same time, some thing to do with more than one tuner?

A_Nice_Englishman wrote:

And to answer the OP's question; yes you can record a (Freeview) channel through the box while watching an analogue channel on the TV if you connect everything up correctly.

:doh:

I don't think that you understood the previous post. No cheap Freeview box with a single tuner can record another digital channel while you are watching a different digital channel.

:eek:

derrick

espresso wrote:

:doh:

I don't think that you understood the previous post. No cheap Freeview box with a single tuner can record another digital channel while you are watching a different digital channel.

:eek:

I did, but it was not answered, (hence why I asked the question in my OP), which wasn't fully answered in A Nice Englishmans reply re the single tuner, and there is no description of this in the advert, nor does your reply clarify the situation, does anyone know if this digi box has 2 tuners, because, AFAIK, it will only record and be able to watch another channel at the same time if it has 2.

nickmack

espresso wrote:

:doh:

I don't think that you understood the previous post. No cheap Freeview box with a single tuner can record another digital channel while you are watching a different digital channel.

:eek:

I think he means you can record the Freeview signal and change to another channel on the TV and watch that.

espresso

nickmack wrote:

I think he means you can record the Freeview signal and change to another channel on the TV and watch that.

That is what A Nice Englishman said in post #6 but it is one digital channel and one analogue channel, unless the TV has it's own built in digital tuner.

:beer: