All very well, but I thought Freesat was all the rage. Or soon will be. I'm desperately looking to junk my highly expensive Virgin TV service at the first op, but I'm afraid this doesn't look like the answer. :-/
Gah! I wish I could get Freeview but don't even have any Analogue reception because of my location on the North Downs. Freesat PVRs look hopelessly overpriced when you price in the additional LNB needed to make use of a Sky Minidish.
"When recording two programmes you can’t watch a third as you can on some PVRs"
Does this mean that you cannot watch (as you can with sky) a programme that's already stored on the hard drive?
Given the TR thumbs up, I do hope TVonics turn their attention to freesat and produce a freesat+ HD digital TV recorder. I for one would like to get to a place where I can ignore Rupert Murdoch's sky service.
@Wedge > Have you checked that you will be able to receive Freeview even after the digital switchover is completed? My parents can get analogue transmissions in their home but they are unlikely to get terrestrial digital so there only option was to get Freesat.
Regarding this product, it sounds like a last ditch attempt, albeilt a good one, to sell another SD Freeview recording device. With High Definition Freeview tuners (and recorders) coming out next year I don't see why anyone would buy this now, especially for £200!
No mention of Freview HD? Does it support it? With trials starting early next year, I don't know why anyone would want to buy a PVR that doesn't support HD, unless they want to feel majorly let down when it becomes available next year sometime!
No it doesn't support Freeview HD, TVonics describes this as a 'stepping stone in the run up to Freeview HD expected in 2010'. I judged the product on face value and it's a fine example of a Freeview PVR. If you want to wait until Freeview HD ones are launched that's up to you.
And yes you can watch a recording when two channels are being recorded simultaneously.
Goodness. People are able to find 3 things they want to watch on TV at the same time? I'm lucky to find one programme per day. I usually miss it, so a PVR would be nice, but not freeview, as my region has switched over so all I can get is bloody Welsh TV, which is annoying, given that I don't live anywhere near Wales. Freesat is my only answer, but is that going to be adopted widely, or is it a lame duck?
why would any company in their right mind introduce a new Freeview box now with Freeview HD being the flavour of the week, No one in their right mind should buy this box
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