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bdwall007
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Hi
Partly in view of reading KirkSi's previous thread on recording from his TV in-built panasonic digi-tuner and partly continuing on from my previous thread from a while back (which i couldn't find again!), i need some guidance on which recorder to buy.
I have a Sony TV with in-built digi tuner, sony 5.1 receiver, sony dvd player, sony vcr and have budget of £300 for a recorder. I'm looking at sony GX300, GX700, GXD500 and Toshiba XS32. Edging towards the toshiba as Hard disk would be useful as i record a lot of 1/2 - 2 hour programmes, watch them once and then record over. I want to be able to watch recorded disks on the old sony player (-RW format presumably), i won't be using a camcorder, watching sky tv or using a pc for editing recordings. Majority of recording is from standard terrestial channels at present but i'm sure it will increase so GXD500 could be useful! - previous success with recording to vcr from inbuilt tv digi tuner has been a bit hit and miss.
Couple of questions...
-I know you can control stb's (perhaps to a limited extent) from many recorders, can you also control tv in-built tuners (or get the tv to control a recorder via smart link)?
-I am obviously keen on Sony products though and understand that playback and recording quality is excellent - is the toshiba as good?
-Any other advantages of sony over toshiba - which you choose in my situation?
-Whats the difference between the GX300 and GX700 apart from I-link?
i've discounted the panasonic E85 on cost
cheers
Partly in view of reading KirkSi's previous thread on recording from his TV in-built panasonic digi-tuner and partly continuing on from my previous thread from a while back (which i couldn't find again!), i need some guidance on which recorder to buy.
I have a Sony TV with in-built digi tuner, sony 5.1 receiver, sony dvd player, sony vcr and have budget of £300 for a recorder. I'm looking at sony GX300, GX700, GXD500 and Toshiba XS32. Edging towards the toshiba as Hard disk would be useful as i record a lot of 1/2 - 2 hour programmes, watch them once and then record over. I want to be able to watch recorded disks on the old sony player (-RW format presumably), i won't be using a camcorder, watching sky tv or using a pc for editing recordings. Majority of recording is from standard terrestial channels at present but i'm sure it will increase so GXD500 could be useful! - previous success with recording to vcr from inbuilt tv digi tuner has been a bit hit and miss.
Couple of questions...
-I know you can control stb's (perhaps to a limited extent) from many recorders, can you also control tv in-built tuners (or get the tv to control a recorder via smart link)?
-I am obviously keen on Sony products though and understand that playback and recording quality is excellent - is the toshiba as good?
-Any other advantages of sony over toshiba - which you choose in my situation?
-Whats the difference between the GX300 and GX700 apart from I-link?
i've discounted the panasonic E85 on cost
cheers