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non HD freesat recorder?
my parents have been members of sky for 20 years!! but Sky are refusing to give them any discount on a sky+ box!
I think freesat would be a much better option, but they dont have a HD TV so the Humax £300 model is a bit costly, is there an non-HD freesat recorder on the market? |
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my parents have been members of sky for 20 years!! but Sky are refusing to give them any discount on a sky+ box!
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I think freesat would be a much better option, but they dont have a HD TV so the Humax £300 model is a bit costly, is there an non-HD freesat recorder on the market? |
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Sky members? I'm not sure Sky would consider your parents to be members of anything. I think they would be considered subscribers.
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well you know what I meant
![]() so let me get this straight the cheapest freesat recorder is £300 wheras you can get a freeview one for £50! |
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well you know what I meant
![]() so let me get this straight the cheapest freesat recorder is £300 wheras you can get a freeview one for £50! |
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I think the big questions to answer are
1) What channels do they want / need - you / they can then decide if feesat as the range of channels required 2) Is the recorder function essential ? 2) Can they get freeview - as an alternative the freeview boxes are cheaper but offer some different channels The Sky+ box is currently £99 reduced from £199 for existing customers who take out a new 12 contract |
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For Humax we would have wanted any box we developed to support the future network connectivity, this means supporting technologies which would set the price difference between SD and HD quite small. So small in fact that it hardly be worth buying the SD version let alone us putting effort into developing and supporting it.
We will continue to review the position, but at this time the HD PVR is the best proposition for us. I have little doubt that other manufacturers will address this market if they feel it is worthwhile to do so. Bob from Humax |
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Maplin has a £50 SD only freesat box. It even has a USB port for recording! The manual for it is typically Chinese though so I wasn't able to really judge how well the recording function would work.
I have been trying to get some help in putting together a feature comparison between the different available Freesat+ boxes - there's an editable Excel spreadsheet based on data from Maplin here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...UOUp5pTg&hl=en |
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Maplin has a £50 SD only freesat box. It even has a USB port for recording! The manual for it is typically Chinese though so I wasn't able to really judge how well the recording function would work.
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I apologise - the box (presumably) receives the Freesat channels but is not a Freesat box because it probably does not seamlessly record directly from a 7 day EPG. It's hard to tell but you would probably have to select a reminder for a given channel then tell the box to record at the programme's time separately. If interested I would ask a shop if they will let you try one out.
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I apologise - the box (presumably) receives the Freesat channels but is not a Freesat box because it probably does not seamlessly record directly from a 7 day EPG. It's hard to tell but you would probably have to select a reminder for a given channel then tell the box to record at the programme's time separately. If interested I would ask a shop if they will let you try one out.
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Bear in mind that the Fortec Star boxes only have 1 tuner, so you can't watch one channel and record another. Also, you can't record a channel while watching a recording.
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I apologise - the box (presumably) receives the Freesat channels.
The Maplin boxes are mostly just common FTA boxes. |
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