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Originally Posted by captain747480
None of the current crop of Freeview PVR's can record from external sources.
Freeview PVR's record the Freeview signal as it's broadcast and then decode it on playback. In order to record from an external source you'd need to encode the external signal so that it would be like a Freeview broadcast signal. AFAIK, the hardware required to do this would increase the cost of the PVR significantly
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Agh. So they record the MPEG2 DTT signal straight to the HDD in MPEG2...makes sense. Pity they won't take external sources though. Oh well. Scratch that plan.
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Originally Posted by captain747480
If you wish to record from an external source then a DVDR with a built in HDD is probably your best option or you could try Tivo.
As for recommendations I'm unable to help you on the DVDR + HDD front as I use a Topfield TF5800 PVR which I find to be excellent.
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Cheers.
I've looked at a few DVDR/HDD boxes, quite a variety, but there are some pretty decent looking ones. Saw an LG one that looked good, & a few others.
I did think about Tivo, but the only way to get one seems to be to buy a 2nd hand one off Ebay, plus there's a sub to pay.