dvd recorder with digital tuner

stormycricket

13-07-2003

Are there any dvd recorders on the market with a digital tuner inside ?

Kevo

14-07-2003

Don't think there is.

God knows why they make DVD recorders with only analog tuners.

Doesn't make sense to me.

mpark

14-07-2003

Digital terrestrial is only big in the UK and even here up to half the country can't receive it. It just wouldn't make sense for a company to either:

a) build a digital-only DVDR that works in only half of the UK

b) push up the costs of their whole Europe-wide DVDR range by adding digital reception even though it could only be used in one half of one country.

Murray

Kevo

14-07-2003

No, but they could include both a digital and an analog tuner like they do on IDTVs.

Widdy

14-07-2003

I wish they would include a digital tuner as well as an analogue one, this is why I am holiding out on buying one.

mpark

14-07-2003

As I said in b) above, adding a digital tuner alongside the analogue one would push up the costs but would only benefit a small percentage of potential customers.

Widdy

14-07-2003

Quote:
“Originally posted by mpark
As I said in b) above, adding a digital tuner alongside the analogue one would push up the costs but would only benefit a small percentage of potential customers. ”

but it will obviously happen........eventually!

mpark

14-07-2003

Perhaps, perhaps not. i wouldn't hold my breath. After all, how many VCRs ever came out with built-in Sky, cable or digital terrestrial tuners?

The Philips DVDR-80 is due out in Europe soon and like some VCRs it has the ability to change channels on other boxes which, if you're lucky, may include some or all of the Freeview boxes. I'm sure other manufacturers will follow suit. That would seem to me the most likely, sensible and expedient route for recording to DVD from freeview.

Murray

Widdy

14-07-2003

Quote:
“Originally posted by mpark
Perhaps, perhaps not. i wouldn't hold my breath. After all, how many VCRs ever came out with built-in Sky, cable or digital terrestrial tuners?

The Philips DVDR-80 is due out in Europe soon and like some VCRs it has the ability to change channels on other boxes which, if you're lucky, may include some or all of the Freeview boxes. I'm sure other manufacturers will follow suit. That would seem to me the most likely, sensible and expedient route for recording to DVD from freeview.

Murray ”

Mpark I am sure you are being very pesimistic, times have changed since video recorders came out, no digital tv was even around and it really would be daft now to add a digital tuner to a very old system.
Now DVD recorders are still in their infancy and I am sure that within the next 12 months we will see one with a digital tuner.

ADENCOOL

15-07-2003

these already one coming out in a few months according to www.idtv.co.uk :-

and the machine has the following spec:-

Digital Terrestrial Receiver PVR & DVD-R
Records to hard disk with Multi Guide (EPG). Includes advanced twin tuner & DVD-R recorder for archiving & playback

see :- http://www.fusiondigitec.com/products.htm

some site say the price will be around £450

so mpark you are total wrong