bully Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Help please techies as I am pretty useless with these type of things. I've decided that I've had enough of Sky and I am going to drop my whole package with them, phone/broadband and sky plus. Someone suggested to me that you can record tv using USB or HDD and playback recordings. Do any of you do this and how does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Various ways but you still need something to actually receive signals. I have BT TV with you view which is the freeview version of sky+. Without any subscription you can buy a free view PVR box which does the same thing but without subscription channels. If you want to record to a HDD yourself you'll need a PC with a digital tuner card such as a wintv etc. Loads and loads of options, all depends on what you want to get out of it. The BT route is probably the most straightforward and is a not cheaper than sky all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted September 14, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 14, 2014 My humax freeview recorder lets you record to USB stick, or to external or internal HDD. I think it's called a humaX fox t2. It's ace, anyway. I also have a USB dongle for the computer which acts like a freeview box and the computer then becomes the recorder. It's also pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted September 14, 2014 Administrator Share Posted September 14, 2014 Humax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 The box I am thinking of getting is a Skybox A3. Is anyone else using one of these? Is it as simple as plugging in a USB or HDD and recording as you go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Try Freesat+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted September 15, 2014 Moderator Share Posted September 15, 2014 Humax ha ha, yes. Autocorrect is not my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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