Posted by johnONE on 10/14/06 14:13

<peter.jennifer@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm just about to buy a Panasonic DMR-ES20DEBS, but I've read a review
> that says that if you're recording one freeview channel eg BBC3, that
> you can't then watch another freeview channel like BBC4 at the same
> time. Is this true? or have i misread it? It strikes me that when the
> digital switch over comes this will be a problem unless i buy a separte
> freeview box and this seems a bit of a waste.
>
> Are there dvd recorders that have freeview integral that avoid this
> (potential) problem?
>
> Woudl appreciate any help.
>
> Peter


AFAIK there are no dual tuner Freeview HD/DVD recorder on the UK market
(though I am happy to be proved wrong), so you have two choices; buy a
separate Freeview receiver (they can be got for as little as �20 now) or
record your digital feed and watch your old analogue feed, or vice-versa.

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