Hi
Could someone recommend a PVR that's good for skipping adverts.

I need a dual tuner with a large hard drive and HD ready for under
£200 please.

Thanks
Angie

On 31 Oct, 06:23, Angie F  wrote:
> Could someone recommend a PVR that's good for skipping adverts.
>
> I need a dual tuner with a large hard drive and HD ready for under
> £200 please.

At that price, probably a 160Gb Toppy or Humax; Humax has a
configurable skip button on the remote, Toppy can has almost as many
as you like, with various add-ons.

But "HD Ready" is not a term that applies to PVRs. What exactly do you
think it gives you?

The "HD Ready" spec is for displays, and tells you about their
resolution and connectivity.

So, do you mean a PVR that will connect to an "HD Ready" display, in
which case probably one with HDMI or component outputs, or do you mean
a PVR that will be capable of receiving HD broadcasts when they happen
on terrestrial - assuming, for a moment, you are talking about
terrestrial reception.

If the latter, you're not going to find anything for a while yet, at
least until after Ofcom has made a decision next year about which
standards to use for HD on terrestrial broadcasts. (The Evesham
iPlayer HD can receive HD transmissions, if a new standard isn't used,
and has HDMI, but it's expensive and only single tuner, and as far as
I recall no ad skipping button).

If it's just plugging into an HD Ready display you're wanting, then
any box can of course do that via SCART; the Topfield additionally has
component, and a newer model around Christmas will have HDMI. But
it'll still be standard definition, and in any case, and HD Ready
screen will be upscaling the picture, otherwise it would be a small
baby one in the middle.

Nigel.

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On 31 Oct, 06:23, Angie F
 wrote:
> Could someone recommend a PVR that's good for
skipping adverts.
>
> I need a dual tuner with a large hard drive and
HD ready for under
> £200 please.

At that price, probably a 160Gb Toppy or Humax;
Humax has a
configurable skip button on the remote, Toppy can
has almost as many
as you like, with various add-ons.

The Humax skip button on the remote, is only for
'skipping' during playback, not skip while
recording.

Roy

On 31 Oct, 14:16, "royc"  wrote:
> "Nigel Whitfield"  wrote in
> messagenews:1193828841.695927.66610@o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On 31 Oct, 06:23, Angie F
>
>  wrote:
> > Could someone recommend a PVR that's good for
> skipping adverts.
>
> > I need a dual tuner with a large hard drive and
> HD ready for under
> > £200 please.
>
> At that price, probably a 160Gb Toppy or Humax;
> Humax has a
> configurable skip button on the remote, Toppy can
> has almost as many
> as you like, with various add-ons.
>
> The Humax skip button on the remote, is only for
> 'skipping' during playback, not skip while
> recording.
>
> Roy

Thanks Nigel and Royc for your replies.

I will just be using the built in freeview tuners for all my
recordings so if I go for one thats HDMI will I be ok or will i need
to buy a new one in a few years time?

Can I ask what you think of the Wharfedale 250DTRHDMI DTR. It seems to
do everything I want at a good price but I don't know if it will allow
advert skipping on playback.

Thanks
Angie

>  wrote:
> > Could someone recommend a PVR that's good for
> skipping adverts.

Can I ask what you think of the Wharfedale 250DTRHDMI DTR. It seems to
do everything I want at a good price but I don't know if it will allow
advert skipping on playback.

Thanks
Angie

SVP have £20 off the 250Gig Toppy at the moment, taking it near your price 
range..
Wharfdale used to be a British firm with a good reputation, making quite 
good speakers..
After they went bust the brand name was bought up by someone from the far 
east, my guess would be from China or Korea.
This kinda puts me off these brands, they're down among the 'Bushes' now, 
which means cheap-n-cheerfull.
Hey, who knows, these people now make practically all the worlds 
electronics, maybe they're getting the hang of it by now.
(Anyone know where Toppys come from?? ;-)

Djimbo 



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On 1 Nov, 08:39, "djimbo"  wrote:
> >  wrote:
>> Can I ask what you think of the Wharfedale 250DTRHDMI DTR. It seems to
>> do everything I want at a good price but I don't know if it will allow
>> advert skipping on playback.

I'm not sure anyone's seen one in the wild; I tried to get hold of one
for a small roundup I wrote in Computer Active a couple of months ago,
but they weren't able to supply one. Various forums are full of people
lamenting the ability to find it in stock anywhere.

There are some Wharfedale models that are re-badged TVonics, but the
HDMI model isn't one of them. I think it's a Digifusion/Vestel clone
but I can't be certain. If HDMI is important, you could hang on and
see what the Topfield 5810 is like but it's probably going to be
nearer 300 quid when it comes out.

> Hey, who knows, these people now make practically all the worlds
> electronics, maybe they're getting the hang of it by now.
> (Anyone know where Toppys come from?? ;-)

The Toppy is made in Korea too.

Nigel.

On 31/10/2007 06:23, Angie F wrote:

> Could someone recommend a PVR [...] HD ready

No DVB-T PVRs in the UK are HD ready, some may connect via DVI/HDMI  to 
HD ready TVs, but that won't let them receive an actual HD picture.

On 11 Nov, 23:13, Andy Burns  wrote:
> On 31/10/2007 06:23, Angie F wrote:
>
> > Could someone recommend a PVR [...] HD ready
>
> No DVB-T PVRs in the UK are HD ready, some may connect via DVI/HDMI  to
> HD ready TVs, but that won't let them receive an actual HD picture.

And to clarify the labelling, none will ever be "HD Ready" in that
they carry the "HD Ready" logo, since that is solely a logo for
display equipment, not for receivers.

When PVRs appear that are able to 'receive and process' an HD signal,
they will have the "HD TV" logo on them, which is designed to indicate
just that.

For a complete HD system, you pair an "HD Ready" display with an
"HDTV" receiver; in the case of an integrated set, the "HD TV" logo
requires that the display part meets the "HD Ready" criteria too.

There are some satellite boxes - like the Humax that I have at home -
with the "HDTV" logo already.