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| Thread ID: 124955 | 2012-05-29 23:36:00 | Freeview and VCRs. | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 1278298 | 2012-06-06 04:00:00 | Another gripe with Freeview is the annoying variation in volume levels when you change channels.Choice TV on 12 is so quiet especially...Luckily it has rubbish on mostly so don't watch often..The Loranz freeview box looks okay for just feeding my vcr's....Anybody got one? If so what say you about it?Is it okay?? www.harveynorman.co.nz Any impressions of it appreciated.. |
Koenig Tiger (14621) | ||
| 1278299 | 2012-06-06 04:52:00 | I had one of those briefly, but took it back as it played up. I had a lot of "Not valid enter recorder" error messages after stopping and starting recording. I think it's more stable with a software upgrade, but I remember it was impossible to contact them through their very minimal website to find out where to get the file from- the email address bounced. There's some threads on Geekzone about this particular mode. Just checked http://www.loranz-av.com and it's had a huge makeover since the last time I looked, so check if you can get the software update before purchasing. |
Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1278300 | 2012-06-06 05:02:00 | You can also record Freeview to a VCR using a cheap Freeview box at $90-$100 depending on the current sale pricing. It seems that most TVs seem to lack AV outputs these days, we have a Sony, a Samsung and a Sanyo covering a period of about 5 years and none have AV out, only AV in (in various flavours). One gripe I do have about Freeview and the range of flat screen TVs is the time the FreeView Boxes and the flat screens take to boot up, and their slow channel changes as well. P's me off that some models don't seem to let you re-order the channels either. My office Sanyo is one example, I though I had it all set up and saved etc per the manual and it worked fine till I turned it off then it went back to the old order again, then I saw a line in the book that said it wouldn't or couldn't do that. :mad: Cheers Billy 8-{) Billy the pic in my original post mentions the AV cable for the vcr. Go along with the gripe you mention. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1278301 | 2012-06-06 05:26:00 | The Loranz freeview box looks okay for just feeding my vcr's....Anybody got one? If so what say you about it?Is it okay?? www.harveynorman.co.nz Any impressions of it appreciated.. We have two of them and apart from one DOA and another KIA in the first couple of weeks, (from the very first batch and both were replaced immediately, no questions asked, Hardly Normal didn't even want to see the paperwork) the replacements have settled in and seem quite good. It can take a few minutes to interpret the chinglish manual, but it is far from the worst I've seen, and they were a bit slow operating until we did the software update (now set to run automatically in the middle of the night, if the unit is left on standbye and that keeps us up to date). Re Signal quality and decoder performance, our Loranz boxes are running off a geriatric UHF antenna and a truly ancient VHF aerial dating back to the early 1970's which feed via a combiner and long cable to an amp in my dowstairs office at the rear of the house, then from there the signals feed into a range of splitters etc, after which the Manshed signal goes underground out to the Garage about 40 metres away from the amp. Signal at the end of the line is perfect! So, it is not at all fussy about signal quality, and in fact I'm thinking of buying another to use on the VCR. We don't notice volume changes between channels, but find it best to set the Loranz to 50 and leave it there, then continue to use the TV remote to set listening levels, because sound volume is different between the decoder and DVD players etc. My only criticism is that you have to move sharpish when changing channels via the number pad because if you hold a button down too long you get repeats, and if you are too slow you get whatever channel the first button calls. You can put them in sequential order on the remote apparently, but I've not got around to it yet. Cheers Billy 8-{) One other peculiarity, when you press the on button, the red led stays lit for a quite a while before changing to green. You find yourself swearing at it when your favourite program is about to start then all of a sudden it changes and you are away. I reckon it should change immediately and not act as an boot-status indicator, which is what it seems to be. |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1278302 | 2012-06-06 05:50:00 | I still have some 200 plus VHS tapes that I have to convert to DVD and place in my F1 library collection. Sure it takes a while doing them one at a time, but it is all worthwhile in the end :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1278303 | 2012-06-06 06:15:00 | To record on the VCR all you need is an analog signal. If you are wanting to use the built in tuner in the VCR you will be out of luck as it won't have any signal to recod. However if you have something like a freeview box with an analog signal output you should be able to connect the VCR to it and record. Your challenge of course will then be trying to watch one channel while recrording another. Another thing to watcvh for is the new TV's do not have a lot of older style connectors. Everything is moving to HDMI and I'm guessing your VCR does not have an HDMI output. |
DrewP (16753) | ||
| 1278304 | 2012-06-07 06:46:00 | Great feedback guys and thanks as word of mouth is always best.. | Koenig Tiger (14621) | ||
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