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| Thread ID: 100754 | 2009-06-19 11:56:00 | My freeview education: why pay more? | Chilling_Silence (9) | PC World Chat |
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| 783703 | 2009-06-19 11:56:00 | OK, so before we start: I'm frugal and on a budget. ;) Now that thats outta the way, I'm lookin around at different FreeView info sites, places that sell the systems etc. Everybody has FAQ's and things, I've been and read them all. Long story short: TV reception here blows at my new place, and I've lost the remote so can't try and re-tune Prime to see if we'd get HDTV with a better antenna (Doubtful). Anyways, so it looks like I'm going with DVB-S. We dont have the budget for anything like a HDD / DVD Recorder right now, basically me and my soon-to-be-wife just want to watch TV without it looking like crap (I should take a photo, you wont believe how bad it can get on TV2 / 3). Looking around, some "kits" start from around $250 + mounting brackets for a receiver & 65cm dish (Which I'm told is enough for all but the heaviest storms). Examples: www.freeviewshop.co.nz www.freeviewshop.co.nz But whats the difference between those units and the likes of: www.freeviewnz.tv We wont have a TV with HDMI inputs for a while now, and if DVB-S isn't HD then does it *really* matter? Am I OK to be a cheap-ass and simply get the lowest costing one? Or will I be stung by something I'm currently unaware of? Also: 65cm, big enough? Or is it worth saving for a week or so longer to get something a lil bigger? Any thoughts / comments appreciated Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 783704 | 2009-06-19 12:02:00 | www.trademe.co.nz Bought one a couple days ago, records straight to flash drive or hard drive. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 783705 | 2009-06-19 12:21:00 | There's no unused Sky dish at your new place? | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 783706 | 2009-06-19 12:26:00 | Nah unfortunately not. Where we are is *supposed* to have a good chance of Freeview HD, but I dunno ... Is it worth getting an "approved installer" out to see if they have like a mobile system they can test with to see if I can get DVB-T? Can they even do that? That system for $119 looks heaps good! I've just got a 1.5TB external drive so will be consolodating all my other smaller 250 / 320GB ones shortly, could be good timing ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 783707 | 2009-06-19 20:30:00 | Examples: www.freeviewshop.co.nz www.freeviewshop.co.nz But whats the difference between those units and the likes of: www.freeviewnz.tv The top two aren't freeview approved, they'll still probably work, but they won't have the colourful EPG. I'm fairly sure (this is just by recognising the picture) that we used this (www.freeviewshop.co.nz)one at the beach house we went to in the summer. It seemed to work fairly well, and once we got our head around the new remote it was easy enough to operate. |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 783708 | 2009-06-19 22:01:00 | www.trademe.co.nz Bought one a couple days ago, records straight to flash drive or hard drive. How are you finding your freeview box Metla? is it doing what you want? |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 783709 | 2009-06-19 23:12:00 | The top two aren't freeview approved, they'll still probably work, but they won't have the colourful EPG. What do you mean by colourful? I have used 3 non-approved freeview boxes, and they all had a detailed EPG, Though the colour was blue. Am I missing anything? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 783710 | 2009-06-19 23:14:00 | How are you finding your freeview box Metla? is it doing what you want? Very happy with the recording quality, and ease of use. The fact that you can just fire up the EPG, select a program and it will record it is just magic. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 783711 | 2009-06-19 23:23:00 | Keen as mustard, sounds just like what the Mrs needs to record her must-see shows, like H&A, Shorty St & The Bachelor ... :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 783712 | 2009-06-20 00:17:00 | Don't get a Zinwell. While they are great decoders when they work, every other one dies. | wratterus (105) | ||
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