Reply to: Flat screen TV - advice required

[Lockhouse]

You need one of these:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/home-c...reeview-PVR/p1

Then you need a box to play DVDs on - I'd get a cheap blu-ray player and match it to the make of your TV.

TV - The sky's the limit, go and look at a few and buy the best you can afford.

[SantaClaus]

That's one damned good HMI. You can record a whole series with only one key press. Amazing.

How on earth does it know which series it is that you want to record?

tim

I dunno, I just let my 3 month old baby press a key at random and take pot luck.

[tim123]

For recording and watching TV, I got a V+ box.
I think I managed to record 2 programmes on different channels at once whilst watching another.
It also allows me to record a whole series at the touch of a button.
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That's one damned good HMI. You can record a whole series with only one key press. Amazing.

How on earth does it know which series it is that you want to record?

tim

[BoredBloke]

The beauty of this solution is that you can also replay whenever you like - altough it might take a fair amount of drawer space.

I trust you have a license ?

You can pick one up from the Post Office - its normally the form beside the cat license application form.

If you use pencil and a rubber, if you don't like how the 'film'ends you can go in and edit it.

[AlfredJPruffock]

I've had good results from drawing a succession of slightly changing pictures on a number of pieces of paper, stapling them together at one edge, then flicking through them. The frame rate tends to be somewhat variable, but with practice one can achieve a fairly consistent viewing experience.

YMMV

The beauty of this solution is that you can also replay whenever you like - altough it might take a fair amount of drawer space.

I trust you have a license ?

You can pick one up from the Post Office - its normally the form beside the cat license application form.

[SantaClaus]

For recording and watching TV, I got a V+ box.
I think I managed to record 2 programmes on different channels at once whilst watching another.
It also allows me to record a whole series at the touch of a button.
Try doing that with a recordable DVD player when the schedule is changed!

The only downside of Virgin is we only have one HD channel at the moment, BBC HD. More are expected later, but Sky have them now.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Can you still buy Black and White Televisions with a wooden cabinet ?

I dont care much for these new-fangled colour Televsions.

I suspect they are not good for your eyes.

[VectraMan]

Thin! It could be curved and still be 6.5mm thick

Fair point.

[BoredBloke]

Those new Samsung LED LCD screens are only 6.5 mm thick. That's pretty flat.

Thin! It could be curved and still be 6.5mm thick

[VectraMan]

I tried that with the pieces of paper stuck round a large drum. But I got rather fed up with all the repeats. Almost as bad as Sky.

Those new Samsung LED LCD screens are only 6.5 mm thick. That's pretty flat.

[OwlHoot]

I've had good results from drawing a succession of slightly changing pictures on a number of pieces of paper, stapling them together at one edge, then flicking through them. The frame rate tends to be somewhat variable, but with practice one can achieve a fairly consistent viewing experience.

YMMV

I tried that with the pieces of paper stuck round a large drum. But I got rather fed up with all the repeats. Almost as bad as Sky.

[NickFitz]

I've had good results from drawing a succession of slightly changing pictures on a number of pieces of paper, stapling them together at one edge, then flicking through them. The frame rate tends to be somewhat variable, but with practice one can achieve a fairly consistent viewing experience.

YMMV

[BoredBloke]

Or you could go for TV, Sky HD and a a good excuse to get a ps3

[EternalOptimist]

You need two boxes to achieve your needs: a TV with integrate Freeview and a hard disk/DVD recorder/player with its own Freeview tuner. You can then record one programme while watching live TV, a recording or a DVD.

Most recorders only have the one Freeview decoder so you can only record one programme at a time. If you think you may need to record two simultaneous programmes you need a box with two decoders. Obvious really but not everyone realise this. Most are used to the Sky arrangement where simultaneous recording is standard.

I recently helped my Mum sort this out and we spent about £800 on Panasonic kit. Not the cheapest but it was bought from the local rural supplier.

this is what we did. £750


merci

[OrangeHopper]

You need two boxes to achieve your needs: a TV with integrate Freeview and a hard disk/DVD recorder/player with its own Freeview tuner. You can then record one programme while watching live TV, a recording or a DVD.

Most recorders only have the one Freeview decoder so you can only record one programme at a time. If you think you may need to record two simultaneous programmes you need a box with two decoders. Obvious really but not everyone realise this. Most are used to the Sky arrangement where simultaneous recording is standard.

I recently helped my Mum sort this out and we spent about £800 on Panasonic kit. Not the cheapest but it was bought from the local rural supplier.