Recordable DVD players with HDD

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    AIRTyke New Member

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    Any recommendations please? I don't have Sky, and I don't want a recordable DVD only.

    Cheers.
     
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    Nothing seems to do the full works

    I would ideally like a HDD/DVD recorder with a Freeview tuner.
    If that's not important to you I would look at
    http://www.pantheronline.co.uk/shop...=DVR-9000H&ref=pricerunner&epi=331037
    Also available over the counter at Maplin for £199.99

    However, if you have a hard disc recorder, the only advantage of DVD is to record things for other people. So you might be inclined to say cobblers to 'em, since a hard drive Freeview recorder can be bought in Aldi for £99.

    To buy a freeview DVD+HDD machine, you have to go Sony or Panasonic and prices jump to £400!  Not too bad you might say but it's getting into the realms of building a budget PC with Freeview card, HDD, DVD burner etc.  Add a wireless desktop and you have a recorder that does everything and can be connected to the web for surfing in the living room etc as well.
     
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    It does indeed

    But as I said in the last paragraph only Sony and Panasonic seem to do them and by that price you could chuck together an mATX Sempron-based PC with remote control freeview card, big hard disk, DVDR drive and a wireless desktop. Which will do all the above and surf the web, play DivX etc etc.  But will not be as tidy looking, nor be quite as slick as a proper purpose-built machine like that. 

    Choices, choices...
     
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    If I chucked all that together ...

    ... it just wouldn't work mate. I just spent 2 days trying to get a wireless network up and running. Take your point though. Not sure what to do now. Except avoid Philips DVD recorders, once bitten etc ....
     
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    RE: If I chucked all that together ...

    I think unless you're as big a nerd as me the Sony would be better than a PC - things like fan noise and power consumption of a PC would be a bind.
    Unless it was a PC based machine in a silent and stylish set-top housing:
    http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/771_282715.html

    It's all too difficult for my puny brain [​IMG].

    Surely it's only a matter of time until the sub-£250 cheapo brand freeview+HDD+DVD is upon us?
     
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    Barbie pink

    good find mate
     
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    1-2 weeks though. I want it NOW!
     
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    RE: It does indeed

    He could always buy a chipped xbox for 50 quid and network it to a PC. The ultimate multimedia machine which is runnming in our living room and it's fantastic.
     
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    RE: 1-2 weeks though. I want it NOW!

    I'd buy a HUMAX Freeview Hard disk recorder, and if you wanted permanence, you could then buy a cheap DVD recorder. You could do the both for about 180 pounds.

    I have the Humax, and it's brilliant.
     
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    RE: If I chucked all that together ...

    Just don't buy an LG DR4810.

    Reight bag o' sh*te...

    [​IMG]
     
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    RE: Nothing seems to do the full works

    aldi also have a HDD recorder with a dvd recorder all in one for £200, then buy their seperate freeview box for £30. Seems cheaper than your £400 estimate.
     
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