Posted by guv on 11/03/05 17:47

On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:21:19 +0000, Erics <eric@NOSPAMTHANKS> wrote:


>>>Looking for recommendations for a DVD recorder with freeview tuner.
>>>
>>>Basically the wife is fed up with a DVD player, VCR, and freeview box
>>>cluttering up the place. She is fed up with having to set the freeview box
>>>to the channel she wants to record and then recording it on the VCR, while
>>>remembering not to change the freeview channel (and preventing the kids from
>>>doing the same!).
>>>
>>>Are most dvd recorders available to playback multiregion DVDs as that would
>>>be a requirement, as would optical output for connection to a 5.1 channel
>>>amp? Is it a simple matter of connecting a VCR and recording onto DVDR (+/-
>>>no idea what the benefits of either are!?) the pre-recorded videos we have
>>>(mainly the kids rubbish) or would there be some problems with macrovision
>>>protection?
>>>
>>>Have seen a PANASONIC DMRES20D which seems to fit the bill, if it could be
>>>made multi-region compatible that is. Anyone seen any reviews, have any
>>>experience of it, or have a better recommendation.
>>
>>Until there are boxes with dual tuners, I'd personally give them a
>>miss. I know there are dual freeviews available, but no knowledge of
>>any dvdr/hard drive models.
>
>If you use the freeview set-top box for the TV and the freeview tuner
>in the DVR recorder for recording from, there is no need to have a dvd
>recorder with twin freeviews. After all how many VCRs were sold with
>twin tuners?

Why would you need a twin tuner on a VCR, when all it was designed for
was terrestrial channels? The TV was in effect the second tuner and
enabled you to watch one channel while recording another. Of course
you could use 2 freeview boxes - but then I thought you wanted to
unclutter everything?

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