just starting out - dvd recorders - a couple of questions
 

Hello

I'm really in the dark about best options because I don't really know
what's possible.

1

If I get a good dvd recorder with a hard drive is it possible to record
a tv program directly on to a dvd without having to record to hard
drive first and then transfer to dvd.

2

If I buy a set-top-box to give me Freeview channels and I buy a good
dvd recorder (with hard drive) I assume the connection from one to the
other is by SCART lead and there is a SCART connection to the TV from
the dvd box. Now, I also recieve digital channels (movies and sport)
via a cable (NTL) set up (a PACE box with modem for broadband). Will I
be able to record these channels on the DVD recorder - hard drive and
DVD? What would be the arrangement of the connections and would I be
able to watch one channel whilst recording another? Presumably I will
be able to watch Freeview and the cable movie channels even if the dvd
recorder is switched off via some form of throughput?

3

Which is preferable - a set-top-box for Freeview plus a dvd recorder
with hard drive OR a Freeview box with hard drive (e.g. Humax) and a
separate dvd recorder?

The combinations seem inexhaustible and I am not sure where else to go
to ask these questions.

Thank you

marty

marty11 wrote:

Which is preferable - a set-top-box for Freeview plus a dvd recorder
with hard drive OR a Freeview box with hard drive (e.g. Humax) and a
separate dvd recorder?

*****

Just to confuse you further, there is a third configuration: Freeview
box with hardrive (e.g. Humax, as you say, or Topfield, which is a
Good Thing), and then copy the files to your PC, process them there
and burn to DVD on the PC. (Actually, I'm not sure how many DTT HD
boxes allow you to transfer files to a computer - the Toppy does).
However, if you want a simple button-pushing operation, then you can
ignore this one!

André Coutanche

marty11 wrote:
Hello

I'm really in the dark about best options because I don't really know
what's possible.

1

If I get a good dvd recorder with a hard drive is it possible to
record a tv program directly on to a dvd without having to record to
hard drive first and then transfer to dvd.

2

If I buy a set-top-box to give me Freeview channels and I buy a good
dvd recorder (with hard drive) I assume the connection from one to the
other is by SCART lead and there is a SCART connection to the TV from
the dvd box. Now, I also recieve digital channels (movies and sport)
via a cable (NTL) set up (a PACE box with modem for broadband). Will I
be able to record these channels on the DVD recorder - hard drive and
DVD? What would be the arrangement of the connections and would I be
able to watch one channel whilst recording another? Presumably I will
be able to watch Freeview and the cable movie channels even if the dvd
recorder is switched off via some form of throughput?

3

Which is preferable - a set-top-box for Freeview plus a dvd recorder
with hard drive OR a Freeview box with hard drive (e.g. Humax) and a
separate dvd recorder?

The combinations seem inexhaustible and I am not sure where else to go
to ask these questions.

Thank you

marty

If I had the money and could receive Freeview, I'd go for the Panasonic
DMREH60D
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/dvd-recor...h60d/index.htm
--
Adrian A

In article
. co.uk.invalid, Alan
Pemberton writes
I can't remember my Panny DVR ever crashing
on me or failing to function correctly

Just lately mine has been crashing on the first copy from HDD to DVD or
first write of title to DVD but works OK on the second attempt. I tried
switching the order of writing programme and title but no difference
however in the last few days it seems to have rectified itself. It must
have known I was thinking about changing it ;)
--
Peter Pratten
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