Posted by chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy on 08/28/05 18:08

Mochyn Brwnt :8( <philthy@_REMOVE_THIS_boldbelvoir.org.uk> wrote:

> I recently acquired a Panny DMR-10ES DVD recorder with the intention of
> archiving all my old VHS stuff and the occasional comedy show recorded off
> TV.
>
> All my VHS stuff is now transferred. I then tried to record some stuff from
> my Freeview box (a Humax 8000) but I couldn't record a picture, either from
> live broadcast or a previous recording. I could record the same onto a VHS
> deck, so I know the connection / scart lead is working. I can also record
> from my TiVo onto DVD.
>
> Is this some kind of digital protection built in? If so, I can only record
> TV broadcasts onto DVD from the buit-in tuner and I feel a bit cheated.
> Does this sound right? And is there a way round it?

I record directly from the freeview box onto a DVD recorder using the
scart cable, so I don't think there's a problem with Freeview per se.
I'm using an old Nokia freeview box (remnant of OnDigital.)

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