Posted by Dr Zoidberg on 10/15/06 08:32

Gunther Gloop wrote:
> {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
>> 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.
>
> How come there are no HDD DVDRW PVRs? Or are there?

There are , but only with a single digital tuner.

Sony make one for example.

> ...And if there
> are... are there ones that do not cost more than a decent PVR +
> seperate DVDRW?

No , you still pay a premium compared to buying a Humax and branded DVD
recorder for when you want to archive stuff to disk.
The downside to most freeview PVRs is that they can't record from an
external source such as Sky.

> ...And can it be multiregion please?

The Sony can be hacked.

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Alex

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