best DVD recorder with freeview

boobless

hi all

looking for recommendations for nephew, he is looking to buy a dvd recorder with freeview in and says he needs 160 gb - he has just bought himself a hd tv and uses sky hd (as you can tell its not my top subject) maximum budget is £450 but wants all singing and dancing and if possible can it hoover and iron as well.

hope you can help

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boobless wrote: »

hi all

looking for recommendations for nephew, he is looking to buy a dvd recorder with freeview in and says he needs 160 gb - he has just bought himself a hd tv and uses sky hd (as you can tell its not my top subject) maximum budget is £450 but wants all singing and dancing and if possible can it hoover and iron as well.

hope you can help

I am a bit confused as to why your nephew wants a Freeview recorder when he already has Sky HD and and HD telly. I would have thought that a Sky Plus HD would have been the best way to go. However, if he really wants a Freeview Recorder then I can heartily recommend the Panansonic DMR-EX85. It has a Freeview tuner, 250Gbyte HD, DVD recorder/player, HDMI, SCART etc. I love mine. You should be able to get one for less than £300.

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P.S. Addendum. If you nephew wants to get more recommendations, then try https://www.avforums.com. Easy to join and full of like minded and helpful people.

john_kent

my sony recorder had died for third time in 6 months . it was a xmas pressie from girlfriend. Comet have now said they will replace it with a different make. I have done some research and the panasonic is very attractive. so i will try and scrape up the difference for my replacement (£50)

boobless

sorry for the confusion, the technical side is not my best - this freeview dvd is apparently for another room which runs on a normal ariel but has bad reception and i have been suitably told off :rotfl: for implying it will be used with a hd tv

thank you for your recommendations so far.

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boobless wrote: »

sorry for the confusion, the technical side is not my best - this freeview dvd is apparently for another room which runs on a normal ariel but has bad reception and i have been suitably told off :rotfl: for implying it will be used with a hd tv

thank you for your recommendations so far.

OK The Panasonic is still a recommendation BUT for any Freeview device you must have a decent TV signal. You might get away with an aerial booster or you might need a new digital rooftop aerial. Don't skimp on getting a decent signal or you will get picture breakup or pixelation which will drive you round the bend.

john_kent

I ordered the panasonic today at my local store.

The guy said that DVDRAM is best to use for general recording and use other formats to archive.

Whats is DVDRAM?

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john_kent wrote: »

I ordered the panasonic today at my local store.

The guy said that DVDRAM is best to use for general recording and use other formats to archive.

Whats is DVDRAM?

DVD-RAM disks are a rewritable disc usually with a suggested lifetime of 100,000 writes/reads. They are more expensive than DVD-RW BUT they allow high speed copying and preserve widescreen format programmes. They are also available in a caddy so you can never get your finger prints or dust on the disk. If you are buying the Panasonic HD recorder then you would use the HD for day to day recording so you don't have to bother with DVD-RAM. I suggest you keep an eye out for special offers. There was one in Jan 07 for packs of Panansonic DVD-RAM Buy one get one free.
Good luck.