How can I record HDTV channels?
How can I record HDTV channels?
Hey guys I just got a samsung HDTV with the tuner built in. How do I record these channels anyone? Thanks.
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With a built in tuner you can't record them. You need to buy a seperate pvr hd box. You can get sd ones from $230 and the hd recorders are expensive, looking at $800-1k for a HD pvr.
The other option is you use a pc with a hdtv tuner which will allow to record tv shows. The benefits of the pc route is that you can usually extract and reencode the dvb stream and archive recordings to dvd etc.
The other option is you use a pc with a hdtv tuner which will allow to record tv shows. The benefits of the pc route is that you can usually extract and reencode the dvb stream and archive recordings to dvd etc.
If you are to go down the HD-PVR option there is three contenders..
Toshiba's, LG's and Sony's.
The Toshiba has been out for some time, and is fmaous for having many many many problems. Apparently most of the problems have been ironed out, but many are still wary of their PVR.
The LG is quite recent and should be the cheapest of the three. It has excellent picture quality, and is overall a good product. There is one major problem though, you can't set two timer recorders that overlap despite the unit having two tuners. When one is set you can manually start the other so you can record two programs at once, though you have to be there to set off the second recording.
The Sony is also very recent and apparently suffers from pixelisation.
Toshiba's, LG's and Sony's.
The Toshiba has been out for some time, and is fmaous for having many many many problems. Apparently most of the problems have been ironed out, but many are still wary of their PVR.
The LG is quite recent and should be the cheapest of the three. It has excellent picture quality, and is overall a good product. There is one major problem though, you can't set two timer recorders that overlap despite the unit having two tuners. When one is set you can manually start the other so you can record two programs at once, though you have to be there to set off the second recording.
The Sony is also very recent and apparently suffers from pixelisation.
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Hmm. I'm thinking of knocking up a Media Centre PC with plenty of HDD space and twin tuners. I shouldn't need to put it in the Lounge room as I can use my 360 as the extender.
I'd actually do it with my current PC but it wont have the grunt to record HDTV (not that there is any content available yet anyhow).
Actually fuck the whole idea. Free to air licks balls.
I'd actually do it with my current PC but it wont have the grunt to record HDTV (not that there is any content available yet anyhow).
Actually fuck the whole idea. Free to air licks balls.