Posted by {{{{{Welcome}}}}} on 10/14/06 22:24

Thus spaketh Lee Mellows:
>> The reason why you can watch one analogue channel whilst recording
>> another is because your TV has an analogue tuner and your recording
>> device has an analogue tuner!
>>
>> Now if you had a TV with a digital tuner and a recording device with
>> a digital tuner, then you would be able to record one digital
>> channel whilst recording another.
>>
>
> Or you could buy a twin-tuner PVR like the Humax 9200 and not bother
> with recordable dvd's at all!
> HD's are the way to go for home recording, much simpler and more
> flexible and you can watch one thing while recording another.
> In fact, with the Humax you can sometimes (depending on Mux's) watch
> one thing while recording 2 other things. Or even watch a recording
> back while recording 2 other things. And all without having to use
> analogue at all.

I have a HDD device, but find having DVD also is very useful, I couldn't
live with just having programmes on the HDD, the HDD is good for time
shifting, but there are times when I want to keep the recording, and DVD
is great for that.

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