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Originally Posted by etccarmageddon
if it works! some PVRs have pants software and some have a reputation to not even work!
I have Sky+ - my box was replaced after 11 months due to hard drive failure which you can expect with any platform of PVR.
I've tried Thomson and Digital fusion freeview PVRs both around £200 for installing at a friends.
Both had poorer quality program guides - very hard to navigate and didnt have one touch recording from the program guide.
The freeview recorders have a program guide that shows the current and next program when you plug it in and after over night at around 3am they are supposed to pick up the full guide from a signal from the freeview mothership! The Thomson failed to pick up the full guide and instead reset itself loosing all channel information - I gave it 3 chances and then took it back to the shop. The Fusion one took it a step further and every morning after the overnight signal you'd turn the box on only to get a 'dead' box which had to be rebooted. This problem is well documented with the Fusion boxes on another forum.
So to anyone who says a PVR changes your life I'd point out that some can give PVRs a bad name!
Sky+ has been a godsend for my TV use as it allows perfect recording of the programs I'm not in for or not in the mood for. The major downside is that you pay £10 a month for it or have to have 2 sky premium channels. And also the 12 warranty is scandalous for a product with well documented hardware problems (hard drives dying). The upside is the program guide/software is amazingly well designed and easy to use.
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If the hard drive on your sky+ box dies out of warranty, slam in a bigger one!
I must admit, some prebuilt PVRs are better than others, and my MCE2005 box sure as hell had its teething problems, but once everything's setup it's fantastic. I don't mind spending a little time or paying a little extra for something that's so flexible. It ****es on a VCR.