Freeview?

bryanb

I'm not sure whether our TV needs a Freeview box or perhaps some form of hard disc recorder to enable rewind and recording of programmes. It's a 32" Alba HD ready, a couple of years old and receives all the free to air channels via a rooftop aerial. Thanks.

bod1467

If you want Rewind, Record etc. you're looking at PVR - Personal Video Recording - functionality. Your TV will not include this; you'll need an external PVR.

macman

Any Humax Freeview PVR will do the job, the basic choice you need to make is between SD and HD versions.
Your TV already contains a Freeview tuner, what is needed is the hard drive recorder (the PVR's come with twin tuners).

bryanb

Thanks, will I need one with a twin tuner to record one channel while watching another?

macman

Yes, you will-they all come with that.

grizzly1911

Humax isn't the only box to do this.

It may be one of the best but also one of the more expensive.

Freeview + (or Freeview HD+) will allow, pause, rewind, series record.

ukcarper

bryanb wrote: »

Thanks, will I need one with a twin tuner to record one channel while watching another?

If your TV has a built in freeview tuner you don't need a twin tuner pvr but most are.