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Questions about TVs with built in Freetime recorders
I've noticed the latest Panasonic and Samsung TVs and possibly some Sonys have built in Freetime recorders with record to USB facility
Has anyone on here got one of these or tried one? Do they allow you to record to the USB and play the content on another TV - eg in the bedroom? Or are they copy protected and/or using a strange format for the recordings so they can only be played on the original TV? I've read user reviews that suggest Panasonic's lock down the recordings so that they can only be played on the actual TV it was recorded on. |
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I've done a bit of online research and apparently the latest Sony TVs are advertised as offering sat recording to USB but it isn't actually working in any of the 2015 models and they have missed several deadlines already. Now forecast for late Q1 2016.
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I've done a bit of online research and apparently the latest Sony TVs are advertised as offering sat recording to USB but it isn't actually working in any of the 2015 models and they have missed several deadlines already. Now forecast for late Q1 2016.
Can't say I've seen any 'missed deadlines', as they don't promise when it might be released - they only give possible 'suggestions' as to when it might be ![]() But YouView has been out for over a month now, on the Android sets, and is obviously a key part of the recording scheme. As for recordings been locked to the set, it will almost certainly be the case, as is normal on decent make sets (as it's an anti-piracy measure). |
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It's not Freetime, or Freesat either - but 'should' allow full terrestrial YouView recording, including two channels at once, when it arrives.
Can't say I've seen any 'missed deadlines', as they don't promise when it might be released - they only give possible 'suggestions' as to when it might be ![]() But YouView has been out for over a month now, on the Android sets, and is obviously a key part of the recording scheme. As for recordings been locked to the set, it will almost certainly be the case, as is normal on decent make sets (as it's an anti-piracy measure). |
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General impression I get is it is only Panasonic TVs that are pushing Freetime built into TVs.
eg https://www.panasonic.com/uk/consume...-50ax802b.html Some models appear to allow recording to USB. Whether they do that straight from the Freetime menu I'm not sure. I haven't been able to find any Panasonic model that has both Freetime & UltraHD in the spec. |
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I've done a bit of online research and apparently the latest Sony TVs are advertised as offering sat recording to USB but it isn't actually working in any of the 2015 models and they have missed several deadlines already. Now forecast for late Q1 2016.
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The Sony TVs I've seen have satellite inputs, is recording never going to be possible from sat to USB then?
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The Sony TVs I've seen have satellite inputs, is recording never going to be possible from sat to USB then?
It's obviously possible that it 'could' be enabled on satellite, but it 'may' only be for non-UK sets, just as the YouView update is for UK only. |
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General impression I get is it is only Panasonic TVs that are pushing Freetime built into TVs.
It's certainly possible though that other Freesat sets could follow suit, such as Samsung and LG. |
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Panasonic of course were the first TV's to include Freesat, so it's reasonable that they are maintaining their relationship with Freesat.
It's certainly possible though that other Freesat sets could follow suit, such as Samsung and LG. However you can't record from freetime apparently. Like the Sony you have to use a generic menu to record. |
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I've now found that the Panasonic 55CX802 has freetime from freesat, even though there is no mention on the Panasonic website. As do the CR852B range of curved televisions.
However you can't record from freetime apparently. Like the Sony you have to use a generic menu to record. |
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My Panasonic TV has twin Freetime tuners and Twin Freeview ones. Despite this there is no series or accurate recording, and a limited number of manual recording slots. As a pvr it's pretty useless. All you get from the freetime epg apart from the programme data is access to the backwards catch up epg.
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How recent is your model?
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So I think the conclusion is there are Ultra HD TVs with Freetime that can record via USB but those recordings are limited to playback on that TV and the PVR functionality is not built into the Freetime menu.
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