Build your own PVR £8.99

elminster

2 bargains in one day...this one isn't miss price!

Got sent this by a friend

http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?lang=&product_id=24541

Basic unit is £8.99 but you need your own hard drive to put in and put it together-Not for everyone but a fun evening for me

the_tired_one

Can you connect this up to Sky Digibox or Virgin Media cable box?

Cant get Freeview in my are

Geoggy

i would read the dvd forums thread on this if you are interested.

lots of people reporting receipt of 2nd hand units. some pics in thread of the damage on the players.

pavlovs_dog

cheers, looks like the type of thing that would be right up FIL's alley :beer:

saver2000

Aldi was selling the PVR101 units about 2 years ago. They had terrible software/firmware bugs which made them unuseable. There was a lot of discussion on various forums around the time. I took ours back to aldi for a refund and so did lots of other people.

Of course, there may have been a few updates to cure the problems since, and at £7.99 it's worth a punt if you have a spare drive lying around...

elminster

I wonder if you didn't bother with a drive it could still be used for freeview? Would be a bargain just for that...

foxyloxy

dvd forums thread

ianonline

Too late !!!!

SORRY SOLD OUT

saver2000

ianonline wrote: »

Too late !!!!

Judging by the condition some of them are in, looks like a dodged bullet:

http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=7902744&postcount=187

Lorian

These are a waste of money. The firmware is full of bugs and there is little chance they will ever be fixed in my opinion.

See the infamous PVR101 thread

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=122126

pepsi_max2k

oh my... deffinately avoid, the dvdforums thread of people who've purchased one doesn't seem to have a single post from anyone who's actually got one working. 90% of the cases are very bent / scratched / broken, 99% can't get a hard drive installed, and even if they did only those with a 1.9 firmware would be relatively trouble free :rolleyes: