Posted by Erics on 11/03/05 21:40

On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:47:19 +0000, guv <guv69@msn.com> wrote:

>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?

I think you are wrong about the need for twin tuners in a DVD recorder
as the DVD recorder is effectively a replacement for a VCR as
fundamentally they do they same thing - record a signal, hence the
comparison with a VCR. As TVs with integrated freeview tuners becomes
the norm a twin tuner will be unnecessary just as it is in the VCRs of
yesterday. I also think it better to maintain some independence
between the TV and the recorder.

Anyway thanks for your opinion, alternative views are welcome.

If I wanted to unclutter everything I'd get shot of the wife not the
TV!

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