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Old 25-04-2010, 22:52
Popester69er
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Hi guys, we have recently bought the Panasonic G20 42" and am starting to conclude that the Freesat is more than enough channel wise to ditch Sky+. However we would need some kind of Recorder, originally looked at the Humax, but would love to link up another Panasonic product with the Viera link. My needs are I simply want to watch and record Freesat, with no bigger than 320 Gb needed. If the price was right I would also be interested in a Blu Ray feature as I currently have no Blu Ray player. Another question would be does the Recorder I choose need to include the Freesat feature or does the TV actually do that for me? Any advice is appreciated, thanks
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Old 25-04-2010, 23:28
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Hi guys, we have recently bought the Panasonic G20 42" and am starting to conclude that the Freesat is more than enough channel wise to ditch Sky+. However we would need some kind of Recorder, originally looked at the Humax, but would love to link up another Panasonic product with the Viera link. My needs are I simply want to watch and record Freesat, with no bigger than 320 Gb needed. If the price was right I would also be interested in a Blu Ray feature as I currently have no Blu Ray player. Another question would be does the Recorder I choose need to include the Freesat feature or does the TV actually do that for me? Any advice is appreciated, thanks
For what you want, I think the Humax is the best out there.

The TV itself, doesn't output a signal, so you can't record from it.

As for Panasonic, Blu Ray ...
Would be nice, but, if money is no object, stick with Sky HD+++
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Old 26-04-2010, 08:13
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For what you want, I think the Humax is the best out there.

The TV itself, doesn't output a signal, so you can't record from it.

As for Panasonic, Blu Ray ...
Would be nice, but, if money is no object, stick with Sky HD+++
Pretty well all TV's output composite video and stereo audio from their scart sockets which can be recorded using a vcr or dvd recorder. It's poor quality and inconvenient because you can't watch anything else while recording.
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Old 26-04-2010, 09:30
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Panasonic do make a Freesat HD PVR with built in Blu Ray Recorder (or dvd recorder) depending on the model.

However, whether they support Viera Link, I don't know.

They are also considerably more expensive that the Humax - I think from memory the DVD version is around £600 and the Blu Ray version around £900.

Thats quite a lot to pay for Viera link if they do support it.

By contrast you could get the Humax and a Blu Ray player for less than the Panasonic DVD version.
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