RE: Re: [OT] Freeview PVRs

["Family Berry" <familyberry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Noel,
Thanks for your response.

>From the pictures I've seen of the Tivo I got the impression that it
was
quite bulky and ugly looking. Looks like something made from Radiospares or
Maplin bits and pieces! Leads me to think that it's really meant to sit in
a
HA rack well out of sight. This could be a major issue with SWMBO :-(
Was it only Thomson who made them?

Stewart

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
noel_pilot
Sent: 04 January 2006 09:41
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Freeview PVRs

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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