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LG RHT497H 160Gb HDD Digital TV/DVD Recorder

LG RHT497H 160Gb HDD Digital TV/DVD Recorder

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Total Customer Reviews: (34)
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Sale Price: £159.99

The LG RHT497H is a good value mid-range do-it-all digital freeview recorder with 160GB HDD at a great price.
It comes with a built in Freeview+ tuner, DVD recorder and 160GB hard disk to give a maximum recording time of 477 hours or 43 hours in best quality – fine for most people but if you’re a telly addict you may be able to fill it up with a little effort !
It’s easy to set up and to operate in basic modes – recording, playback, DVD player. The remote control can even be set up to activate basic TV functions such as changing channels and volume control.
One of the advantages of Freeview+ is series recording – the LG RHT497H will even adapt to slight schedule changes (more…)

Topfield Freeview Playback Recorder (TF5810 – 500GB Black)

Topfield TF5810 Freeview Recorder

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Total Customer Reviews: (27)
Seller: Amazon
Sale Price: £199.99

The Topfield TF5810 is easy to set up and use (the operating instructions are easy to follow and written in plain English) and the twin digital tuner means you’re able to record 2 programs whilst watching a third on TV. If you have a reasonable digital signal the picture quality is perfect.
This Freeview recorder also features HDMI with HD upscaling of Freeview to 1080i, a huge 500gb hard disc (up to 250 hours of recording), two digital tuners for simultaneous recording and viewing of multiple channels and file transfer to/from a PC via USB.
The eight-day electronic programme guide enables you to (more…)

Toshiba RD-XV59DT Freeview+ 250GB Hard Drive Drive DVD/VCR Recorder Combi – Black

Toshiba RD-XV59DT Freeview+ 250GB Hard Drive Drive DVD/VCR Recorder Combi

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Total Customer Reviews: (156)
Seller: Amazon
Sale Price: £199.99

The Toshiba RD-XV59DT (RDXV59DTKB) is a great VHS, all-in-one DVD and Hard Disk recorder with Freeview. It does it all, is easy to use (once you’ve mastered the slightly over complicated user manual) and comes at a great price making it perfect for the digital switchover. If you’ve got a lot of prerecorded VHS tapes it’s the ideal machine for copying them to DVD.
It’s got an amazing feature list – HDMI connectivity with full 1080p HD upscaling, component video and Scart connections, playback from and recording to DVD, VHS cassette and its built-in large 250gb hard disk. This freeview recorder (thanks to Freeview+) even has ‘Chase Play’ and ‘Pause Live TV’ options.
It has an easy to use EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) to show you the coming week’s programs (more…)

Sharp TUR252H – PVR With Twin Digital Tuner – 250GB Hard Drive – HDMI And PIP

Sharp TUR252H - PVR With Twin Digital Tuner - 250GB Hard Drive - HDMI And PIP

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Total Customer Reviews: (2)
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The Sharp Sharp TUR252H PVR features one touch recording and an 8 day TV guide. With a 250Gb HDD it gives up to 125 hours of recording. You can pause and rewind live TV and its twin digital tuners give you simultaneous 2 channel recording whilst you watch a pre-recorded program.
Other good points are split recording, HDMI (upto 1080i), twin scart (1xRGB,1xSVHS), CVBS out, Audio out and RS232 (more…)

Sony RDR-HXD995 Freeview+ 250GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder

Sony RDR-HXD995 Freeview+ 250GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder

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Total Customer Reviews: (100)
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This excellent digital recorder combines a hard drive recorder, dvd recorder and freeview+ to create a freeview recorder which is one of the most versatile on the market today.
It has a 250GB capacity hard disk which gives a maximum recording of 710 hours or 36 hours if you use the HQ+ recording mode, and BRAVIA Sync automatically controls TV and Home Cinema. The main downside is that is only has a single digital tuner (more…)

Panasonic DMR-EX769EB-K Freeview+ 160GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder 1080p Up Conversion

Panasonic DMR-EX769EB-K Freeview+ 160GB Hard Disc Drive DVD Recorder 1080p Up Conversion

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Total Customer Reviews: (90)
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Sale Price: £269.99

The DMr-EX769EB-K gives you a complete solution to your recording requirements. Record to its 160Gb hard disk or onto the multiformat DVD recorder. You can fit from 35 hours (top quality XP recording mode) up to 279 hours (lowest quality EP mode) onto the hard disk. It has only one Freeview tuner so you’ll still probably need a Freeview set top box or TV equipped with a built in digital tuner, but the good news is it’s Freeview+ so you get the full range of features including series recording, pause live TV and split recording.
The instruction manual is a little complicated at first glance but once you know what you’re doing it’s easy to use (more…)

Humax PVR9150T Freeview Recorder 160GB Twin Tuner PVR

Humax PVR9150T 160GB Twin Tuner PVR

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Total Customer Reviews: (217)
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Sale Price: £126.50

The Humax PVR9150T 160GB is great twin tuner Freeview Recorder for a great price. It lets you to record one channel whilst watching another, watch two channels simultaneously by using the Picture in Picture (PiP) modes or record two channels simultaneously whilst watching a previously made recording.
The PVR9150T also has loads of easy to use playback features. You can pause and rewind live TV, watch in slow motion, skip commercials in recordings and easily browse the channel listings. Timer recordings be set using the simple Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) which shows you what’s on for the coming week.
There’s plenty of room for recording too – the PVR9150’s 160GB hard drive will give you up to 100 hours of recording!
With superb (more…)

Wharfedale/Bush 250GB HDD Freeview Hard Drive Recorder (PVR) – Dual Tuner Freeview Box (TU250DTR)

Wharfedale/Bush 250GB HDD Freeview Hard Drive Recorder (PVR) - Dual Tuner Freeview Box (TU250DTR)

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Total Customer Reviews: (9)
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Sale Price: £69.99

Cheap and cheerful bargain basement price freeview recorder AND it comes with twin tuners.
It’s got a 250gb hard disk which gives you a maximum recording time of about 120 hours, and Freeview+ features such as series record and pause live TV (more…)