Re: [OT] Freeview PVRs

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

tivo will only work as a very dumb terminal without the subscription,
i.e. you will only have standard VCR style time and date recordings,
no EPG, no guide function, no season passes nothing!!

and it's a pretty chunky unit, not horrendously so but a good inch or
so higher than your average vcr

HTH

Noel


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Family Berry" <familyberry@t...>
wrote:
>
> Phil,
> Thanks, that's what I thought.
>
> So, as I do have a sky box (Freeview is not an option yet where I
live) , I
> guess I have to go down the Tivo route, which I understand will
allow me to
> record both analogue and digital transmissions.
> What size is the Tivo, as I have very limited space where it needs
to sit
> (in a cabinet under my TV)?
> Also, can the Tivo work ok without the monthly/lifetime subscription?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Stewart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of
> Phil Harris
> Sent: 03 January 2006 21:38
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Freeview PVRs
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
Behalf
> > Of Family Berry
> > Sent: 03 January 2006 16:25
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Freeview PVRs
> >
> > Phil,
> > Do you have a Sky box ?
>
> No...
>
> > If so, can you use the Humax to record Sky channels?
>
> Not as far as I'm aware - if I understand correctly the Humax (like
the
> DHD4000 and pretty much all other Freeview PVRs that I have seen so
far)
> have no analogue to digital encoder built in. They simply record the
> transmitted bitstream (extracted from the multiplex).
>
> Phil
>
>
>
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