Freesat+ box choice?

gtg60

Long story short, I need a Freesat box that has series link that can reliably record a show on BBC (Eastenders).

It doesn't matter if it's a twin tuner or has an inbuilt hard drive, I've done a bit of googling and can't seem to find anything except that sort of model for ~€300. So can any of the standard cheaper Freesat boxes record to a portable hard drive?

slegs

gtg60 wrote: »

Long story short, I need a Freesat box that has series link that can reliably record a show on BBC (Eastenders).

It doesn't matter if it's a twin tuner or has an inbuilt hard drive, I've done a bit of googling and can't seem to find anything except that sort of model for ~€300. So can any of the standard cheaper Freesat boxes record to a portable hard drive?

The Technisat HDFS can record to an external hard drive and is single tuner. Presume it does series link - maybe someone who has it can confirm?

evilivor

slegs wrote: »

The Technisat HDFS can record to an external hard drive and is single tuner. Presume it does series link - maybe someone who has it can confirm?

Don't think it has Series Link. You can schedule recordings on a daily or weekly basis etc but there's no inbuilt recording management like Series Link.

Gunther_Gloop

Right. Rather than create a new thread I thought this one was close enough for me to add my question to...

I'm looking for a Freesat+ box with series link, hard drive, the whole shebang.

Is one brand box better than another? Which is best?
How about the Humax Foxsat HD 320GB PVR?

gtg60

I did a bit more research on this and found that that for reliable Series Link recording there are not that many choices (if you don't want to spend loads for a built in Blu-Ray):
Freesat+ boxes

The Humax is probably the best (feature-wise) but has a small'ish HD at 320GB, although, in the end, I picked up one of the 500GB Grundigs for a good price.

Martin_F

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

Right. Rather than create a new thread I thought this one was close enough for me to add my question to...

I'm looking for a Freesat+ box with series link, hard drive, the whole shebang.

Is one brand box better than another? Which is best?
How about the Humax Foxsat HD 320GB PVR?

All the PVR's are listed here http://www.joinfreesat.co.uk/
they have reviews etc & ratings.

Most peolpe have the Humax since it was first launched. It's pretty good. No idea what the others are like. I believe Humax will be doing a new model later this year also.

pa990

guys on ebay are selling Humax Freesat boxs with 1TB drives

and freesat have recently lunched a 500GB Freesat box.


not cheap, but at least you'll have plenty of recording space

http://cgi.ebay.com/Humax-HD-R-Foxsat-Special-1TB-version-for-Freesat-HD_W0QQitemZ260569524646QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ConEle_SatCableFreeview_RL?hash=item3cab2769a6

(mods feel free to remove link, only posted for illustration purposes.. i have no affiliation to the seller)

Gunther_Gloop

gtg60 wrote: »

I did a bit more research on this and found that that for reliable Series Link recording there are not that many choices (if you don't want to spend loads for a built in Blu-Ray):
Freesat+ boxes

The Humax is probably the best (feature-wise) but has a small'ish HD at 320GB, although, in the end, I picked up one of the 500GB Grundigs for a good price.

Thanks gtg60. I'll probably go for one of those. 320GB is plenty -already much bigger than Sky+ and also half that isn't being kept for 'Anytime'.

Sam Russell

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

Thanks gtg60. I'll probably go for one of those. 320GB is plenty -already much bigger than Sky+ and also half that isn't being kept for 'Anytime'.

But some is kept for photos, unless you reformat from the start.

Great kit though.

Gunther_Gloop

Sam Russell wrote: »

But some is kept for photos, unless you reformat from the start.

Great kit though.

Hm. I didn't know that, thanks. I'll bear it in mind and will probably reformat asap.

Who would want to use a Freesat box to store and display photos!? Pah!

I assume it formats in NTSF format to keep HD files intact? Anyway, I'll discover all that before long.

gtg60

Gunther_Gloop wrote: »

Thanks gtg60. I'll probably go for one of those. 320GB is plenty -already much bigger than Sky+ and also half that isn't being kept for 'Anytime'.

Humax HDR on adverts.ie for 200 Euro (asking) at the moment, going to be snapped up very quick!!