Recommend me a Freeview PVR recorder please...
 

just wondered if anyone has any recommendations for Freeview hard drive recorders as I have been looking at reviews online all afternoon and still none the wiser:rolleyes:.

I got one for christmas that until it broke a few days later (no sound, bad picture) seemed great and if i could find another would go for that again but seem out of stock everywhere. This is it: http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...&Submit=GO+%3E

it didn't seem to have any of the faults such as 'screen freezes' that so many others seem to according to reviews.

anyway budget is anywhere between 100 - 130.
Top up TV is not required.

thanks in advance!:)

Re: Recommend me a Freeview PVR recorder please...
 

TBH I bought one from Asda for £59 a few months ago. My daughter records loads of stuff on it & never had a problem with it.
They are cheaper now because of the VAT change
40 gig hard drive for very little money, so I wont complain :)

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yep from what i've been reading price does not necessarily seem to be a good indicator of quality with these things.

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Humax are pretty much the market leader, they are available from £120 on Amazon

Pete

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been looking for a replacement for our thompson one, which cost 60 quid, 160gb harddrive and died after 18 months,

amazinly i looked at the two top boxes humaz and topfield, and both still had teething annoyences or problems, humax takes ages to load a epg up etc,

in the end i went for another 60 pouund thompson box, as it does what it sasys on the tin, its easy for my girlfirend to use,

topfield and humax, if i was spending 200 to 300 pound on a box, i want no problems,

only problem the thompson has is it occasionly skips back when your fast forwarding,

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Humax or Thompson are the market leaders. It'll be worth the extra cash to get one of them.

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Topfield are the best. Humax second, and wouldn't even rate the rest.

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I have humax and Topfield. Humax is a pretty basic does what it says on the tin, but the Topfield is amazing. Fully programmable with custom applications to control the timers and searches. Want to create a search like 'record anything with Top Gear in the title but not after 10pm and not on thursdays and no repeats and delete it after 2 weeks but not if I havn't watched it' ? Easy.

Both the Humax and the Topfield can be hard drive upgraded by just a swapout, unlike sky+ boxes.

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Humax are the danglies.

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apart from having to load a epg everytime out of stanby