freeview boxes

pistunbroke

Hi, just about had it with virgin, cancelled my contract after being given a price for phone xl tv b/band + sky sports to which i agreed. thought i would ring before 7 day cooling off period expires to check on my monthly bill, price i was given was £12.69 dearer than agreed when i told virgin this was told i was never given price i stated so told virgin to collect box as i had enough. so i am now looking for a reliable hd freeview recorder which pref records 2 chann while watching another any suggestions would be helpful cheers

baz_chaz

I finally gave up with sky :j

a few months ago we got new ariel which feeds our TV which is HD with inbuilt freeview and results are excellent :j

last week got ourselves a Humax Foxsat PVR 500 .... once home I simply plugged in the twin cables from the sky dish and the HDMI lead into the back of the TV, plugged in the mains and was away very quickly :j

the PVR is excellent and I'm very happy with it so far, things are done a little differently than the Sky+ box but does everything and more ! It records two programmes at once while you watch a 'live' programme, got the best of both worlds here ........ and no longer paying £50 + a month to get a load of stuff we never used :j

anyone thinking of getting a PVR I really can recommend this bit of kit !

macman

Any of the Humax Freeview PVR's will do the job. If you want the HD version it will cost you quite a lot more though.

Moneymaker

A Foxsat-HD-PVR for Freesat comes to around £212 + carr + VAT.
Alternatively, if you can put up with a single tuner, try the Technisat HDFS Freesat at around £122 + carr + VAT. You may find cheaper but look at the warranty and technical support. Some "stack em high & sell em cheap" emporiums may save you a couple of quid but bite you in the Rs if things go wrong.

Inner_Zone

Moneymaker wrote: »

A Foxsat-HD-PVR for Freesat comes to around £212 + carr + VAT.
Alternatively, if you can put up with a single tuner, try the Technisat HDFS Freesat at around £122 + carr + VAT. You may find cheaper but look at the warranty and technical support. Some "stack em high & sell em cheap" emporiums may save you a couple of quid but bite you in the Rs if things go wrong.

Not Freeview are they?

OP although Humax may have the majority of Freesat PVR market there are plenty of other good Freeview PVR brands. Take a look at DigitalStream and possibly buy from JL for the extra free warranty, plus plenty of support on the AVforums.