Re: What Do You Record Your Television Programmes On?
Originally Posted by
Floydy
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Sorry to bring back this thread from the dead but I haven't seen any mention of
playback using the Humax recorder. Does it have a built-in disc drive or do you plug in a USB stick to an external port?
I'm asking because whilst I mainly use a digital Smart TV, my wife likes the old way of recording by means of using a Freeview recorder that you can record your programmes onto then play them back - everything is built in. But the one we have now is rubbish (an "August" recorder, £29.99!) and is so difficult to operate and now shows no recordings whatsoever so it be going into the bin.
Our previous one was a "Techwood" which was excellent but bit the dust after about 10 years.
We don't have Sky, but we want to attach a Humax (if it's suitable) to our standard TV using Scart and TV aerial leads. If this machine is not compatible I will look at buying a new TV with built-in Freeview and hopefully that won't need an extra set top box to record with.
Thanks all
I'm not sure which of us you're asking, but I have a Humax PVR so perhaps I can tell you what I've found.
Yes, it has a recorder built in and two tuners, so you can record two programmes at the same time and, of course, play them back whenever you want.
Mine also has a USB socket, so you can save recordings to a USB stick. However, it is important to know that you can't then use a computer to view what's on the USB stick.
I think mine cost about £200 and is quite easy to use.
One thing to be careful of is the connection to your TV. Most modern boxes don't have SCART (they're unnecessarily big anyway), but have a much smaller (and better quality) HDMI socket instead. They have ordinary aerial sockets too. In my case the aerial output plugs into the Humax box, then another cable connects the box to the telly. So, actually, there are two connections from the box to the telly - aerial co-ax and HDMI.
It sounds like your TV doesn't have an HDMI socket, so you'd have to either buy a new one that does or look for a PVR which has a SCART socket. I'm not sure whether any still does, but perhaps someone else might be able to advise you. It may be possible to find some sort of cable with SCART and HDMI plugs on the opposite ends to convert one to the other, though I haven't heard of any.
Just as a point of interest, I find a recorder/PVR almost essential because for some reason all the channels seem to broadcast the best programmes worth watching all at the same time, so I can record two on my Humax box, two more on another (Panasonic) box and watch a fifth one(!) on my telly which includes Freeview. So the buggers can put on five programmes worth watching all at the same time. Then, of course, for the rest of the day it's all crap!