Sky Plus alternative?

[NJOK]

Hello,

For reasons I can't be bothered to explain, I can't get Sky so I've had to make do with Homechoice.

I'd really to buy something that will let me record, pause, rewind TV in the way that Sky Plus does.

I know nothing about this, I'm a total technophobe, so any advice would be great.

[OBonio]

Homechoice? Is that a freeview thing?

I've got one of these :

http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/products/pvr-8000t.asp

It does the same as Sky+ but with freeview instead.

[wideboy]

i have the LG 7500 DVD recorder with hard disc which can pause live TV and doesn't need a subscription. Buy a cheap Freeview box if you don't have one.

[khana]

The original and still the best......

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Thompson-Tivo-PVR-with-Lifetime-su bscription-2-remote_W0QQitemZ5817244572QQcategoryZ11725Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[cupra]

Ah - another Homechoice user!

I've got a Panasonic DVD recorder that lets me do just that  - hit record then you can pause/stop/rewind while still recording. Mine's just the DVD recorder but they do them with disk drives too (DVD-RAM disks store up to 6hrs but can be erased). The only issue I have with Homechoice is the lack of timer settings on the EPG....

As a bonus, you can record all the Video on demand channels onto DVD-R for use in other DVD players :)