dannymccann
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After one of these as I refuse to pay for Sky as we dont watch enough stuff and we cant get Virgin telly. This is on ebay Hitachi 253 250gb
It says it can record 2 programmes at once, but does this mean I have to be watching one of them? Which is the same downfall as Sky. We have 3 aerial points in the house, 1 on each storey, so can we watch 2 BBC1 on the top floor, BBC2 on the first floor, and then record Ch4 and 5 on the bottom floor, and everything will be ok? We've got an aerial booster thing already, and a brand new aerial in March this year.
Also, can you find anything better for the price? Not got a lot of spare cash at the moment but keep missing out on programmes because we cant record them and cant be arsed watching them on the laptop in terrible quality
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LeeM
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do you have a ps3?
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Blade_sri
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Originally posted by lee_wee
do you have a ps3?
why u ask?
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Brett
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Originally posted by dannymccann
It says it can record 2 programmes at once, but does this mean I have to be watching one of them?
Well, it's twin tuner, so yeah. It can only tune into 2 channels at once.
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LeeM
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Originally posted by lee_wee
do you have a ps3?
why u ask?
a gadget called playtv allows you to plug an aerial into the ps3 and use it as a freeview box and record to the hard drive. Added to the fact that u can upgrade hdd's up to 1TB now it's the best option IMO
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dannymccann
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No I dont have a PS3, wont be getting one either, will be a 360S when my Pro blows up.
And any info on whether I can watch / record up to 4 channels at once as per OP?
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Brett
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The OP has been answered already.
On the advert it says quite clearly in big red letters "Twin tuners allows you to watch one channel and record another."
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dannymccann
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Brett look at my original question
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e have 3 aerial points in the house, 1 on each storey, so can we watch 2 BBC1 on the top floor, BBC2 on the first floor, and then record Ch4 and 5 on the bottom floor, and everything will be ok? We've got an aerial booster thing already, and a brand new aerial in March this year.
Would this situation work?
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Brett
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Put it into as many confusing questions as you want, it can tune in to 2 channels at once, end of. What's so hard to grasp?
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Dav
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You have 1 aerial, feeding a booster/splitter that then goes to 3 outputs, one on each floor?
Then yes I think you should be able to have one TV watching BBC1, one TV watching BBC2, and a twin tuner recording Ch4 and watching Ch5 all at one time.
Oh and PlayTV is a great gadget for the PS3. It's practically the only reason I use my console now. PS3: It only does PlayTV.
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dannymccann
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Cheers 
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Brett
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Retarded
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Blade_sri
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quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
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Originally posted by Blade_sri
quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
do you have a ps3?
why u ask?
a gadget called playtv allows you to plug an aerial into the ps3 and use it as a freeview box and record to the hard drive. Added to the fact that u can upgrade hdd's up to 1TB now it's the best option IMO
were do u get these from?
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dannymccann
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Brett, he answered my question, I gave up with you  
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Dav
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quote:
Originally posted by Blade_sri
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Originally posted by lee_wee
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Originally posted by Blade_sri
quote:
Originally posted by lee_wee
do you have a ps3?
why u ask?
a gadget called playtv allows you to plug an aerial into the ps3 and use it as a freeview box and record to the hard drive. Added to the fact that u can upgrade hdd's up to 1TB now it's the best option IMO
were do u get these from?
Game, Gamestation, HMV... anywhere.. I got mine half price from Argos at the time. Then got a WD 500GB HDD. Job done.
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