Do any of the current PVR's let you set up an automatic play list.

Since the TV schedules show no sign of improving I am minded to get a PVR
with as large a HDD as I can afford and set up my own personal channel. So
do any of the current PVR's let you set up an automatic play list.

Can they be programmed to record something and then play it back in the play
list at a specific time without any further user intervention.

Can I transfer DVD recordings to the Humax or the Topfield from my PC via
the USB port so I can play them back on my personal TV channel as well.

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
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Since the TV schedules show no sign of improving I am minded to get a PVR
with as large a HDD as I can afford and set up my own personal channel. So
do any of the current PVR's let you set up an automatic play list.

Agamemnon,

Just out of curiosity, as this is the second time that you have done it, why
the apostrophe after the word 'PVR'?

I am not having a go, just curious.


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Agamemnon wrote:

snip the bits I can't answer!

Can I transfer DVD recordings to the Humax or the Topfield from my
PC via the USB port so I can play them back on my personal TV
channel as well.

*****

To the Topfield, I believe so, though I've never tried (don't know
about the Humax - which Humax, anyway?). With some jiggery-pokery on
the PC and a long wait while it transfers.

André Coutanche

André Coutanche wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:

snip the bits I can't answer!

Can I transfer DVD recordings to the Humax or the Topfield from my
PC via the USB port so I can play them back on my personal TV
channel as well.


*****

To the Topfield, I believe so, though I've never tried (don't know
about the Humax - which Humax, anyway?). With some jiggery-pokery on
the PC and a long wait while it transfers.

Yes, 4hrs 30 mins to transfer a 5 hour programme from the Toppy to a PC in my
experience.

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Mark Carver wrote:

Yes, 4hrs 30 mins to transfer a 5 hour programme from the Toppy to a
PC in my experience.

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It isn't possible to generalise, because it depends on both the
'turbo' setting and the bit-rate of the material. But for DVDs, you're
right, it won't be quick :-( .

André Coutanche

André Coutanche wrote:
Mark Carver wrote:


Yes, 4hrs 30 mins to transfer a 5 hour programme from the Toppy to a
PC in my experience.


*****

It isn't possible to generalise, because it depends on both the
'turbo' setting and the bit-rate of the material. But for DVDs, you're
right, it won't be quick :-( .


Sorry André, you're quite right, I came over all spiney with that post :-) C


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"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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André Coutanche wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:

snip the bits I can't answer!

Can I transfer DVD recordings to the Humax or the Topfield from my
PC via the USB port so I can play them back on my personal TV channel as
well.


*****

To the Topfield, I believe so, though I've never tried (don't know
about the Humax - which Humax, anyway?). With some jiggery-pokery on
the PC and a long wait while it transfers.

Yes, 4hrs 30 mins to transfer a 5 hour programme from the Toppy to a PC in
my experience.

Does this imply that the Toppy is only compatible with USB 1. With USB 2 you
should theoretically be able to transfer an hour of footage in about 10
minutes.


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Agamemnon wrote:

Does this imply that the Toppy is only compatible with USB 1. With
USB 2 you should theoretically be able to transfer an hour of
footage in about 10 minutes.

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It's nominally USB2 but doesn't actually achieve anywhere near the
theoretical maximum. It will interesting to know what the new Humax
can do.

André Coutanche

Mark Carver wrote:

Sorry André, you're quite right, I came over all spiney with that
post :-) C

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Oo-er - look out!

;-)

A.C.

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
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Can they be programmed to record something and then play it back
in the play list at a specific time without any further user intervention.

I doubt it, because you will not want to do this. Once you have a PVR you
will start to watch programmes in a different way. You will always
fast-forward through adverts, so your half-hour programme will take
approximately 23 minutes to watch. This would screw up any schedule. You
will pause it whenever you want to go to the loo or get some food, instead
of waiting for advert breaks. You will rewind 10 seconds to hear any gag you
didn't catch, or watch the last five minutes again if you feel your
concentration wandered. You will start to feel that you control your viewing
and drive it forward at your own speed, instead of being dragged
relentlessly on a conveyor belt set up by the broadcasters. On the rare
occasions that you watch live TV, you will hate it. Trust me, you will not
want to schedule your own channel.

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