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Originally Posted by longleyc T
Imagine a video recorder (by Sony, Tosh etc) not working properly, or missing recordings. Doesnt happen. I(f it did they`d be returned in the droves.
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Early video recorders were hit and miss too. I remember the first beta max recorders we had would just not record things because they felt like it. My panasonic video which is only 8 years old would occasionally fail to make recordings on certain channels when I first had it due to pdc being unreliable on some channels.
The toppy I have now, although there are a couple of usability problems, hasn't missed a recording apart from when it switched tuners on me and I said 'no' rather than yes by mistake. I've probably recorded about 60 or 70 programmes in the couple of weeks minimum I've had it so I don't consider it a great failure rate. The only thing you have to watch out for is late running programmes as there is no pdc on freeview to stop you missing ends of things. It's coped with power cuts and a couple of signal drops without much fuss too.
if you don't want to pay out lots of money then one of the pc based pvrs like the eyetv is a great way to get some of the convenience without the cost. One of those little boxes is about £75 and it just plugs into your pc or mac and lets you record one digital channel and watch another on the same mux at the same time. If you use it from a laptop you can record and watch tv during a power cut
