Re: Tivo is playing up, Is Topfield a good alternative?

["ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David, Thanks for the reply, I did think the play 2 recordings
sounded a great feature. I downloaded a manual and could not see how
to do it. I got the idea it could from the Superfi web site:

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The Topfield TF5800PVR (or "Toppy" as it is affectionately known)
is
a uniquely specified Freeview PVR. The Toppy's devastating
flexibility enables you to watch and record a combination of up to
FOUR channels at once, to output two different programmes (including
recordings and live transmissions) simultaneously via its RF outputs
and scart socket, to record/pause/rewind/fast-forward live television
and to edit recordings on the hard disk for later playback or output
to your PC.

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So I was hoping I could send the SCART signal to both TV's and the RF
and choose what to watch. Obviously the RF signal will not be as good
quality but that would be ok.

Regards
Ian

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, David <ukha@...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:38:52 -0000, "ianh1000"
<ianh1000@...>
> wrote:
> >My Tivo seems to be playing up at the moment, just before Xmas,
great!
> >
> >I have been thinking of replacing it with a Topfield device for
> >sometime.
> >
> >Anyone here use one?
> >
> >I like the idea of it playing 2 recordings at the same time, how
does
> >this work? how do you control it?
>
> I have had a Topfield TF5800 for a couple of years. I'm very pleased
> with it, especially with the MyStuff TAP installed to improve the
UI.
> The one downside (which applies to every Freeview PVR at the moment
> AFAIK) is the lack of a network card. I have it connected to my
NSLU2
> which allows me to do some things by FTP (e.g. setting up
recordings)
> but the connection isn't stable enough to copy recordings off by
this
> method.
>
> I don't know where you got the idea that it can play back 2
recordings
> at once. It has 2 Freeview tuners which means you can record 2
> programmes at once (and watch a third if it's on the same mux as one
> of the others), but it will only play back one at a time (I'd love
to
> be proved wrong though!).
>
> Regards,
> David.
>