Best Saorview box with recording

deadlast

What's the best Saorview box with recording that you folks would recommend?

Powercity have:-

Nordmend @ €60 http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-23-NM8010&pages=1&prod=NM8010&brands=NORDMENDE&image=

Triax @ €80 http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-23-TR112&pages=1&prod=TR112&brands=TRIAX&image==

Walker @ €80 http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-23-WP12DT&pages=1&prod=WP12DT&brands=WALKER&image=

tfitzgerald

Can't speak for the first two but I think the walker is very good , my sister has one and I'm very impressed with it

deadlast

Nice, it'll be an xmas present for my dad. Must say i dont mind buying online as long as its here for xmas.:)

Compton

Not saorview approved but i'd recommend the ariva 120

http://satworld.ie/product-info.php?Ferguson_Ariva_HD_120_Combo_Combi_Receiver-pid171.html

it has FTA and saorview channels and you can record on it too!

firemansam4

deadlast wrote: »

What's the best Saorview box with recording that you folks would recommend?

Powercity have:-

Nordmend @ €60 http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-23-NM8010&pages=1&prod=NM8010&brands=NORDMENDE&image=

Triax @ €80 http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-23-TR112&pages=1&prod=TR112&brands=TRIAX&image==

Walker @ €80 http://www.powercity.ie/?par=10-23-WP12DT&pages=1&prod=WP12DT&brands=WALKER&image=

Like the fact the Walker box has divx playback, might sway me to spend that bit extra

legend1981

has anyone established what is the best box yet..there is to many options all in know is mheg5 is needed for subtitles.. so i believe im no expert..but would love to know what the best box out there is so i could just get that one without having to upgrade the box in 3-6-9 months and pay another 100euro have 2 boxes and could have just stayed with sky basic channels. great if its free but if i have to keep buying a newer better updated box.....whats the point

paddydu

does anyone know what the difference is between freeview and freesat and do they have the same amount of channels as each other? Dublin

Gerry Wicklow

FreeView is UK terrestrial television through a roof aerial. It is only available in some border counties and parts of the East coast. There are a few channels on FreeView that are not free on satellite.
FreeSat is a branded free satellite based system. It is available throught-out the country using a dish and suitable box.

paddydu

so any of the retailers selling free to air with a dish is just the same as freesat?

Sam Russell

paddydu wrote: »

so any of the retailers selling free to air with a dish is just the same as freesat?

Yes and no. Freesat provides a full EPG for all channels in the Freesat bouquet, but a FTA set only has Now&Next for all the channels. Also, Freesat will upgrade the channel list as channels are added or deleted, but a FTA set must be rescanned. Software updates are over the air with Freesat, not with FTA.

As a consequence of this, Freesat has series-link which is absent from FTA.

paddydu

thank you very much, so freesat is much better! and have you any recommendations on what kit I should buy, I can set it up myself and also would i be able record on the box that i get

Sam Russell

paddydu wrote: »

thank you very much, so freesat is much better! and have you any recommendations on what kit I should buy, I can set it up myself and also would i be able record on the box that i get

Depends on the box you get.

The unit I have is a Humax Foxsat HDR that has a built in 300 gb hard drive. It is a twin tuner so you can record and watch at the same time. You will need two feeds from the sat dish for this. Currently they sell it with 500gb or 1000gb. Cost from Amazon at the moment is about £220. You need a sat dish set up as for Sky (28.2 deg East).

You will not be able to record Saorview at all with this so you need an alternative way of doing that.

rob_j_l

shblob wrote: »

Not saorview approved but i'd recommend the ariva 120

http://satworld.ie/product-info.php?Ferguson_Ariva_HD_120_Combo_Combi_Receiver-pid171.html

it has FTA and saorview channels and you can record on it too!

with the above box would it be possible to hook up the line for FTA to one of the free ports on the sky dish and it work?

thanks in advance
rob

Compton

huh?

Peter Rhea

rob_j_l wrote: »

with the above box would it be possible to hook up the line for FTA to one of the free ports on the sky dish and it work?

Yes it will work, why the confused face?

paddydu

I am getting a new TV with saorview approved can I use a portable aerial until I get round to buying and fitting a UHF? If anyone can help I would be grateful

watty

No-one can tell you.

85%+ of people need a proper aerial. It purely depends on where you live and if the window faces the UHF mast.

paddydu

Thanku Watty. I am in Dublin 8 area and south facing

Gerry Wicklow

Get a cheapo set top aerial from the €2 shop and try it. No big loss if it doesn't work. Get the aerial as near the south facing window as possible.

paddydu

Ye Gerry Ive got one il try it when i get the tv then thanks

holidaysong

Keep away from the Triax TR112.