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| Thread ID: 118671 | 2011-06-16 01:53:00 | Freeview ... going or not ?? | SP8's (9836) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1209641 | 2011-06-16 03:56:00 | Yup UHF freeview working here in Auck. I'm watching it at the mo | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1209642 | 2011-06-16 03:56:00 | Check that your anntena connections are still good. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1209643 | 2011-06-16 03:57:00 | I have 2 perfectly good h/d recorders, so presumably they will have to go? No, you'll still be able to use them to play back. You just won't be able to record on them unless there's a freeview box on the the aerial plug side of things (provided there's a plug in the freeview box that the HD recorder will attach to)... To put it more simply: Aerial -> Freeview box (*-> HD Recorder) -> TV (*The recorder is in brackets, because some people won't have one of these) |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1209644 | 2011-06-16 04:06:00 | I have mine set up like johcar describes - I have a Pioneer DVR 630H HD DVD recorder and a non-Freeview television. I have both Sky and the Freeview decoder connected to the HD recorder, and can record from either. I find that I get a better quality pix from Freeview Terrestrial on those channels than I do on Sky, so prefer to go that way if I am not using the HD recorder for something else. If the HD Recorder is recording something from Sky, I can still record a Freeview channel on the freeview decoder because it is a PVR - I have one of those 1 Terabyte USB drives connected to it to collect the recording. If I want to transfer one of the pvr recordings to a DVD to share with friends/family, I convert the .ts file using Handbrake, and burn it to DVD with Nero. Even if I get a Freeview TV, I will still keep the freeview decoder to tune the non-freeview HD DVD recorder. One day I assume I will have to give up Sky for economic reasons. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1209645 | 2011-06-16 04:08:00 | I have 2 perfectly good h/d recorders, so presumably they will have to go? They'll be superseded by TiVo. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1209646 | 2011-06-16 04:13:00 | They'll be superseded by TiVo. Not so long as Tivo is linked to Telescum Chill! And why chuck your perfectly good HD recorders when adding a cheap freeview tuner is all you need to do? At least that way you aren't crippled by the NZ Freeview rules. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1209647 | 2011-06-16 04:14:00 | I have a freeview box, but I find the the recordings via the f/box is not good, I dont use f/b so as to get good quality recording. I had ariel to F/B to 1st recorder to 2nd recorder to tv? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1209648 | 2011-06-16 04:28:00 | Special message to Agent 24 .... clean out your PM box !! | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1209649 | 2011-06-16 04:33:00 | Hmmm, I don't know why your recordings would be poor Cicero, unless you have a poor signal from your aerial. I am a bit lost with the myriad of cables in the dusty recesses behind the TV, and my memory of what I did isn't all that flash, but this is what I think I have: Aerial into freeview decoder Freeview decoder HDMI cable to TV Freeview decoder aerial cable out to HD DVD recorder Red, yellow, white cables linking Freeview decoder to the HD recorder for recording purposes. On TV: Select HDMI to watch freeview On the HD recorder: Select L3 to record the current freeview channel. I no longer get the ordinary channels on the TV - I have to go through either Sky or Freeview decoder. I hope that all makes sense. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1209650 | 2011-06-16 04:43:00 | My setup is much easier If the input on the TV has been changed, press "HDMI 1" to get to TiVo Then, use the TiVo remote. One cable goes to TiVo (The antenna), and one goes out of it (HDMI to TV). ;) |
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