Re: What Do You Record Your Television Programmes On?
Originally Posted by
Artangel
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Update to this thread...
I have cancelled my SkyQ subscription today as Sky are putting my subscription up by an extra £7 a month when my contract finishes next month.
It means, l have to return the SkyQ box and will have nothing to record on, so l need to buy a recorder.
They fitted a new SkyQ dish, so l cannot use my previous Sky+ box unless l have an LNB fitted to the dish.
Many of you recommended a Humax digital recorder when l started this thread in April 2019.
Do your recommendations for a digital recorder at that time, still stand?
I see there is a Humax 5000t out now.
It depends.
Where will you access your signals? TV aerial, satellite, internet?
If TV aerial, I agree that a PVR like the Humax would be best. We still have one, but no longer use it. We also have a Panasonic unit which, in addition to recording programmes, can copy recordings to DVDs and BDs for permanent storage. I did that for many films I want to keep for ever. However, the Panasonic units are far more expensive: c.£400+
If satellite, I'm not sure as I don't use one, but I imagine there would be similar recorders to the above which would work. Perhaps someone else with satellite could advise better than I.
If internet, I may have mentioned that we bought a FireStick which picks up signals from our broadband router (WiFi)*. It's a small unit (about £40) which plugs into the back of the TV (an HDMI port) and provides programmes/films from many sources. The big advantage to us is we don't need a TV licence for it. However, it doesn't record programmes as such, probably because they are already there at all times for you to watch whenever you want!
*No. (Just seen your last post). It doesn't need a wired connection to the router.