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Cheap Freeview HDD 80 gb

thegoon
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http://www.savapoint.com/savapoint/productinfo.php?checkcookies=yes&prodid=5035&ref=savema061026

£69.99 ex demo model

hope it helps someone
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  • dws_72
    dws_72 Posts: 155 Forumite
    Good find there, cheapest ive seen yet with 80gb h/d...
  • jinkssick
    jinkssick Posts: 1,323 Forumite
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    Just to let everyone know, I have a Happauge WinTV which connects to the aerial outlet and USB on your computer. it records straight onto the hard drive thus making your 400gb computer a great storage space.

    make sure you know that a 3 hour film is nearly 7gb. Meaning roughly youll be getting 30 hours from this 80gb STORAGE DRIVE.

    the happauge costs me £35
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  • illmonkey
    illmonkey Posts: 677 Forumite
    jinkssick wrote:
    Just to let everyone know, I have a Happauge WinTV which connects to the aerial outlet and USB on your computer. it records straight onto the hard drive thus making your 400gb computer a great storage space.

    make sure you know that a 3 hour film is nearly 7gb. Meaning roughly youll be getting 30 hours from this 80gb STORAGE DRIVE.

    the happauge costs me £35
    This box, no doubt will use a different compression system. Therefore archiving a higher compression rate. Allowing more data to be stored.
  • --Tony--
    --Tony-- Posts: 1,752 Forumite
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    jinkssick wrote:
    make sure you know that a 3 hour film is nearly 7gb.

    Good going :T , that would make 34.5 hours from 80GB and the site says 40 hours, that aint a bad guess.
    .
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    jinkssick wrote:
    Just to let everyone know, I have a Happauge WinTV which connects to the aerial outlet and USB on your computer. it records straight onto the hard drive thus making your 400gb computer a great storage space.

    make sure you know that a 3 hour film is nearly 7gb. Meaning roughly youll be getting 30 hours from this 80gb STORAGE DRIVE.

    the happauge costs me £35

    And to add to that, I have my TV as another monitor so I can run recorded programmes from PC to TV (OK the wiring is a mess and a nightmare but hey ho)
  • twe
    twe Posts: 571 Forumite
    Hintza wrote:
    And to add to that, I have my TV as another monitor so I can run recorded programmes from PC to TV (OK the wiring is a mess and a nightmare but hey ho)


    and the fact that your pc costs a lot more than this box by itself.... and the fact you need to leave it on to record....... My pc is 5 years so am sure it cannot cope with the spec required for the tv card....
  • twe
    twe Posts: 571 Forumite
    they also have the Ferguson FPVR1T 80GB HDD Recorder for £64.99 which is slightly cheaper... not sure which one is the best one to go for....
  • blinky
    blinky Posts: 1,684 Forumite
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    The ferguson is the better box but the actual manufacturer Access Devices recently went into administration. :(
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  • Miser_maz
    Miser_maz Posts: 250 Forumite
    I'm considering going for the one in Argos. Its a Fusion FVRT95 80Gb with single tuner at £79.99 (and I have a £10 voucher). Any views on it?
  • Jimbo333_2
    Jimbo333_2 Posts: 376 Forumite
    thegoon wrote:
    http://www.savapoint.com/savapoint/productinfo.php?checkcookies=yes&prodid=5035&ref=savema061026

    £69.99 ex demo model

    hope it helps someone

    Any vouchers/codes/quidco type stuff for Savapoint?
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