Digital TV recorder/PVR Advice

[andrewdonc]

I have Freeview which I'm happy with,and am interested in buying Digital TV recorder/PVR.Can anyone advise which is best brand/most reliable.Already looked in Argos-have heard some dodgy stories about some PVR's not working etc.What about TVOnics?Any advice would be great.

[Ethel]

http://www.laskys.com/tv_and_dvd/freeview/digi tal_tv_recorders/humax_pvr9300t.html?cm_mmc=Fr oogle-_-Tv_And_Dvd-_-Digital_Tv_Recorders-_-48 5012_HUMAX_PVR9300T&_$ja=tsid:5824|cc:|prd:485 012|cat:Tv+And+Dvd+%2F+Freeview+%2F+Digital+Tv +Recorders+%2F+&engine=froogle&keyword=HUMAX+P VR9300T

This has great reviews - other places sell it

[BillyBB]

avoid thomson.

[Postdog]

The trouble here is like all technology, it advances at a fast pace.

I have a Daewoo PVR which is already out of date as new models have replaced it. That said, it has changed my viewing habits - it's a twin tuner, record two things at once while already watching a recording, timeshift, EPG, huge hard drive etc. I very rarely watch anything "live" now simply because I have so much to catch up on.

It works perfect except that every few months, an irritating little fault occurs where it goes a bit doolally, sometimes cutting programmes off when recording, sometimes mixing the channels when recording. As I said tho it is minor, I usually see it starting to do that, I just do a factory reset and it's perfect again (and I don't lose recordings when I do).

Give me a PVR over Sky any day.

PS - I remember a gadget show some months back where they tested some, and Humax came on top.

[Ethel]

Yes, postdog - I got that model Humax from the gadget show website.

It was updated 8 days ago, so is current