Re: [OT] Freeview PVRs

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No worries,
no its not ugly, no worries there, the simplicity makes it looks good,
no buttons just a nice little IR window. its a touch big but looks
fine under the tv in a nice unit or something, smaller than most 1st
gen media centres anyway!!

yes only thomson that made them in the UK

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Family Berry" <familyberry@t...>
wrote:
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
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