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Originally Posted by altis
If I were you, I'd consider getting one with a Freeview decoder too. After all, terrestrial analogue is going to be switched off soon. This will also allow you to record the digital signal directly instead of it going from digital to analogue and then back to digital again.
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Just what I was wondering about. Further searching has let me to the Panasonic DMR-ES20 which seems to be the DMR-ES10 with a Freeview decoder. I assume that this is what you are suggesting.
Now, I've got to admit that I'm getting a little confused at the moment so, perhaps, someone can clarify the following for me.
1) If I go for the DMR-ES20 I will have a DVD recorder with a built-in Freeview decoder, digital ntl and a TV, all interconnected by a mess of cables. Are their any likely clashes here.
2) I gather that having a Freeview decoder means that I can record a digital channel whilst watching a different one. Is this correct? Also, presumably this only applies to the Freeview channels, not the digital ntl ones.
PS Many, many years ago I built a shortwave receiver that consisted of one valve, a few other components and a long length of wire as an aerial. I had a vague idea how things worked in those days.
