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freesat pvr vs sky+

  • 06-10-2008 6:33pm
    #1
    construct06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 506 ✭✭✭


    am hoping to get the freesat pvr at xmas or whenever it comes out.

    but was just thinking, rte irish channels will not be on this system, although ive heard an international rte version may be on the system.

    just wondered what people thought the advantages were to both systems. also has anyone any idea of the pricing?


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  • #2
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,851 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    The first Freesat PVR will be available from Nov, price expected to be in the region of £300.
    It is the Humax Foxsat-HDR HD-PVR and the spec. looks impressive.


  • #3
    Trevord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Trevord


    construct06 wrote: »
    am hoping to get the freesat pvr at xmas or whenever it comes out.

    but was just thinking, rte irish channels will not be on this system, although ive heard an international rte version may be on the system.

    just wondered what people thought the advantages were to both systems. also has anyone any idea of the pricing?

    I've been pondering the same question. For me the main issue is that there will be no way to feed a terrestrial coax signal into the PVR so you'd be stuck recording RTE on a VCR.

    Irish DTT will not solve that problem, since others on the board have indicated that this will also be incompatible.

    So you are left to decide whether its still worth getting the Freesat PVR if you are minus the Irish channels. Personally I think the advantages of the Freesat PVR (no payment to sky) will outweight the disadvantages (can't record RTE 1 and RTE 2).

    Just to show my technical ignorance - if you ran an analogue RTE signal via coax through a VCR that has a scart output, could VCR then be connected to a digital PVR to record the TV signal ? (or would this be like trying to cross a dog with a cat ?)


  • #4
    redout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,435 ✭✭✭✭redout


    Rte International (mix of Rte1+2 Shows) will be on Freesat. So you could then record from that. The big entertainment series will all be on the british stations anyway.


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