Looking for TV with built-in recorder.

WIAWSNB

Hi.

Mil currently has a Samsung Smart TV and a separate Manhattan dual-tuner recorder. All generally works well, tho' latterly some recordings have been chopped a bit. 

Anyhoo, she's looking for a larger TV - say 55" upwards - and the latest Manhattan box - the T4.R. And then she had a thought - isn't there a TV with all this recording malarkey already built in?

It would have to be:

1) Dual-tuner recording - which might mean 3 tuners in total to allow a third channel to be watched 'live'.

2) Be as intuitive to use as the current TV and Manhattan.

3) 55" or so.

I know that many TVs can record with the addition of a stick or hard drive, but it'll need as intuitive an interface as the Manhattan has.

Anything out there?

Ta.

WIAWSNB

Ok, not going to try and find a TV with three tuners!

So, that leaves Manhattan versus Humax as a stand-alone recorder. Which one to go for?!

Emmia

Wouldn't something like Freeview+ work? Or if your MIL has TV with her broadband that could be an option too.

20122013

The last time I looked there is no internal recorder for that size and quality is low in summary 'NO'.

Vitor

Certainly nothing new, the Sony XR-55A80J from a few years back could record to HDD. I'm sure there's not a commercially viable demand as people will use Catch-Up/On Demand services on internet linked TVs or external boxes.

35har1old

WIAWSNB said:

Hi.

Mil currently has a Samsung Smart TV and a separate Manhattan dual-tuner recorder. All generally works well, tho' latterly some recordings have been chopped a bit. 

Anyhoo, she's looking for a larger TV - say 55" upwards - and the latest Manhattan box - the T4.R. And then she had a thought - isn't there a TV with all this recording malarkey already built in?

It would have to be:

1) Dual-tuner recording - which might mean 3 tuners in total to allow a third channel to be watched 'live'.

2) Be as intuitive to use as the current TV and Manhattan.

3) 55" or so.

I know that many TVs can record with the addition of a stick or hard drive, but it'll need as intuitive an interface as the Manhattan has.

Anything out there?

Ta.

Does your current tv not have pvr recording via usb upto 2TB hard drive with own power supply

outtatune

I have the Humax Aura. I got my mum the Manhattan T3-R. Unless there's some specific feature you want that only the Humax has I wouldn't pay more for it over the Manhattan.

WIAWSNB

Emmia said:

Wouldn't something like Freeview+ work? Or if your MIL has TV with her broadband that could be an option too.

Thanks everyone.

She currently doesn't even use her TV as a TV She watches TV via the Manhattan, and also has her PC connected to it for emails and playing Bridge.

So we've decided to keep things the same as current - the new Manhattan, and a 65" jobbie of a TV, probably an LG.

A lot of TV for the money:

https://www.johnlewis.com/lg-65ut73006la-2024-led-hdr-4k-ultra-hd-smart-tv-65-inch-with-freeview-play-freesat-hd-black/p111999355

WIAWSNB

35har1old said:

WIAWSNB said:

Hi.

Mil currently has a Samsung Smart TV and a separate Manhattan dual-tuner recorder. All generally works well, tho' latterly some recordings have been chopped a bit. 

Anyhoo, she's looking for a larger TV - say 55" upwards - and the latest Manhattan box - the T4.R. And then she had a thought - isn't there a TV with all this recording malarkey already built in?

It would have to be:

1) Dual-tuner recording - which might mean 3 tuners in total to allow a third channel to be watched 'live'.

2) Be as intuitive to use as the current TV and Manhattan.

3) 55" or so.

I know that many TVs can record with the addition of a stick or hard drive, but it'll need as intuitive an interface as the Manhattan has.

Anything out there?

Ta.

Does your current tv not have pvr recording via usb upto 2TB hard drive with own power supply

Yes. But it just needs to be kept simple. She's in her late-80's, and whilst very capable, I don't think an unnecessary operational change will be advised. 'Cos I'd have to sort it...

WIAWSNB

outtatune said:

I have the Humax Aura. I got my mum the Manhattan T3-R. Unless there's some specific feature you want that only the Humax has I wouldn't pay more for it over the Manhattan.

Cool. She's used to the Manhattan, likes it, so that's a no-brainer since there's no obvious reason to change.

Thank you, everyone.

Ergates

WIAWSNB said:

35har1old said:

WIAWSNB said:

Hi.

Mil currently has a Samsung Smart TV and a separate Manhattan dual-tuner recorder. All generally works well, tho' latterly some recordings have been chopped a bit. 

Anyhoo, she's looking for a larger TV - say 55" upwards - and the latest Manhattan box - the T4.R. And then she had a thought - isn't there a TV with all this recording malarkey already built in?

It would have to be:

1) Dual-tuner recording - which might mean 3 tuners in total to allow a third channel to be watched 'live'.

2) Be as intuitive to use as the current TV and Manhattan.

3) 55" or so.

I know that many TVs can record with the addition of a stick or hard drive, but it'll need as intuitive an interface as the Manhattan has.

Anything out there?

Ta.

Does your current tv not have pvr recording via usb upto 2TB hard drive with own power supply

Yes. But it just needs to be kept simple. She's in her late-80's, and whilst very capable, I don't think an unnecessary operational change will be advised. 'Cos I'd have to sort it...

For our previous TV it could record to an external HDD.   I just connected one via USB and duct-taped it to the back of the TV.   Once that was done, the interface was just the the TV one.