pvr/recording for satelite and freeview?

allan673

hi,
i am looking at getting rid of sky and having a satelite system installed.

i will watch freeview with the built in tvs built in freeview, and use the satelite for football, films etc.

i need a recording facility as i am getting rid of sky plus.

i need to be able to record both freeview and satelite programmes onto something, can you recommend anything simple to use please?

what are my options.

cheers !

macman

You'll need a separate PVR for both systems (Freesat and Freeview) if you want to record both.
Humax PVR 9300T for Freeview and Humax Foxsat HDR for Freesat.
Or wait for the imminent Humax Freeview HD box if you want Freeview HD.
No quite clear what films and football you are expecting to get on Freesat though? Since the channel line ups are quite similar, do you really need to record from both?

DCFC79

macman wrote: »

No quite clear what films and football you are expecting to get on Freesat though?

what i think the op meant was he wanted to record football, films etc from the satellite feed

OP you posted it in 2 different areas, the 2 need to be merged

allan673

im not after freesat, but another system.

and yes i want/would ideally like to record from both satelite and freeview.

cheers.

macman

DCFC79 wrote: »

what i think the op meant was he wanted to record football, films etc from the satellite feed

OP you posted it in 2 different areas, the 2 need to be merged

That's what's puzzling me, as I can't think what channels they might be that are not available on Freeview as well?
For example, any football that is not exclusive to Sky Sports is going to be on ITV1 or BBC1 on both Freeview and Freesat platforms. Similarly with films.
In that case best to buy a Foxsat for the Freesat recordings and a standard digibox for Freeview.

DCFC79

allan673 wrote: »

im not after freesat, but another system.

and yes i want/would ideally like to record from both satelite and freeview.

cheers.

have you checked the other thread you started,

DCFC79

macman wrote: »

That's what's puzzling me, as I can't think what channels they might be that are not available on Freeview as well?
For example, any football that is not exclusive to Sky Sports is going to be on ITV1 or BBC1 on both Freeview and Freesat platforms. Similarly with films.
In that case best to buy a Foxsat for the Freesat recordings and a standard digibox for Freeview.

yes its a bit puzzling,

maybe the OP will enlighten us

allan673

i dont want freesat, but a different satelite system from a european broadcaster.
and i need to be able to record from both sources.

what is puzzling? as i have never once mentioned freesat ! all i said was a satelite system.
"i am ditching sky and buying another satelite system, not freesat"

i need to be able to record from freeview digital tv, and also a new satelite system "not sky or freesat"

thanks for advice, tried to merge the thread or delete it but i cant?

sorry for any confusion.

macman

OK fair enough, so you could use a Foxsat HDR in non-Freesat mode to record the European broadcasts, and a 9300T for Freeview.

ukcarper

I have a dvd recorder with built in freeview and analogue tuners and have connect the scart from my skybox to that and record that and I can record from the analogue tuner no freeview in my area but I can’t see why you wouldn’t be able to record that.

scotsbob

Like others here who have offered advice, I am a bit puzzled as to exactly what you want. You say in your first post "i need to be able to record both freeview and satelite programmes onto something"

I have a non Freesat receiver and record via usb onto a Seagate Freeagent 320 GB external hard drive. It is silent, and at one hour per GB has enough capacity for my needs even when recording transmissions in HD.