MyFreeview|HD Homecast HT9200DTR giveaway

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6 posts

Wannabe Geek

#400573 5-Nov-2010 11:05

WANT!

We currently have an ancient but rather excellent SONY 34" CRT, plugged into a WDTVlive flashed with the b-rad firmware (it's a great little player) and networked via a Linksys router and a windows 7 pc.

we have generally poor reception and no free view or ability to record TV so this box would be a perfect addition to our setup.

GSVNoFixedAbode

55 posts

Master Geek

#400574 5-Nov-2010 11:06

We've got a Panasonic Plasma & associated HD DVD player, but what I'm waiting for is the player to be a more complete media centre that'll read off an external HDD for DivX/XVid/MKV, etc. At present I've got ye Olde laptop sitting there as a noisy external box (which is a royal pain). Does the HT9200DTR have a USB hosting function?

BlueToothKiwi

282 posts

Ultimate Geek

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#400575 5-Nov-2010 11:06

I got one of those Sony Bavaria Freeview HD TV's - great for watching TV - but not for recording ....

I also have a USB hauppauge hd PVR- I use for recording - but stopped using it for recording as I no longer have any spare space on my 2TB NAS storage!

Tim M, Auckland
Blog: http://paddler.co.nz

nzgadgetman

43 posts

Geek

#400576 5-Nov-2010 11:07

We have;

* Panasonic 37" FullHD LCD
* Win7 MCE w/ 3xDVB-T Tuners
* Pioneer SC-LX72 Receiver/amp
* Cerwin Vega 712 Fronts & Smaller CV rears

Oh and the obligitory PS3/WII etc.

All AV gear aside from TV & Speakers is in a wardrobe of the room next door, with cables coming through a mighty 60mm hole I bored through the skirting board :) And no, this is not a rental :) Though I did do it in my last rental. But we won't tell them now will we :)

As with others in this thread, I'd gift this to my parents.

magu

Professional yak shaver
1599 posts

Uber Geek

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BitSignal

Lifetime subscriber

#400577 5-Nov-2010 11:07

I actually don't want one of these. I'm fully hooked on online content delivery. I get all my movies and TV shows over the web (as expensive as it is). Now if this puppy allowed for PVR functionality over an external video source (like a Sky TV receiver going through it), it would make for a killer addition to the setup I have.

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." - Doc Emmet Brown

hkwa009

3 posts

Wannabe Geek

#400580 5-Nov-2010 11:09

Nothing fancy for my set up - well, family's set up.

Sony Bravia 40" - bought few years ago.

And a basic freeview box bought from Dick Smith when freeview just came out.

And a harddisc media player given by friend.

So it would be nice if we can upgrade the freeview box this t'mas (:

PassiveFever81

367 posts

Ultimate Geek

#400581 5-Nov-2010 11:09

We have a good old sony trintron 21" CRT which has superb picture and sound. XBOX 360, Original XBOX, DVD Player and thats pretty much about it. We had sky but got rid of it not to long ago.

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Beezie

7 posts

Wannabe Geek

#400582 5-Nov-2010 11:09

I have 50" Panasonic screen
MySky HD
Yamaha 5.1 receiver
Old panasonic DVD recorder for back up and playing rentals
Strong Freeview box
B + W speakers inside and odd-looking green Bose ones outside
Nad CD player
Above all various ages (TV is the newest)

Does the box you are offering have HD? In the past I thought HD Freeview was only available for terrestial feeds and we're in a gully so our non-sat reception is terrible.

Cheers

Fi5h

8 posts

Wannabe Geek

#400583 5-Nov-2010 11:09

I have nothing...

NOTHING?

Okay well we have a Samsung tv thing but it is not mine it is my flatmates... and I am moving soon.

So will need to get a TV right? Well probably (definably if I had a freeveiew recorder magic capturing whatsit!)

And when I move I will also be pluging a computer into the TV.

WHY?

Because I can...

ENZvince

49 posts

Geek

#400584 5-Nov-2010 11:09

I have a very outdated system. 29" CRT TV (still works very well though) and sky (non-HD).

I have a question for freeview. waaay back i used to have saturn tv. this was in the days that TechTV was on air.

I was wondering if there was an equivalent channel that Freeview could look to bring in? I miuss my tech tv

ChrisNZL

309 posts

Ultimate Geek

#400585 5-Nov-2010 11:10

I'm moving to a new house soon and this would go great in my living room!

Creator of Tallowmere. Working on Tallowmere 2.

adw

175 posts

Master Geek

#400586 5-Nov-2010 11:11

We don't have a TV because most of the programmes really aren't worth watching. Just get a DVD when we feel like a 'bubble gum' night and watch it on the computer.

Perhaps with this device we could put a TV card in and this would enable us to record the one or two programmes that are worth watching and we'd just watch them altogether once a week or so.

Mar1

93 posts

Master Geek

#400587 5-Nov-2010 11:12

If we win, we just need to get a TV aerial to get Freeview to begin with LOL Sky has been enough so far.

Gilco2

1556 posts

Uber Geek

#400588 5-Nov-2010 11:12

I built a AMD unit with in a HTPC case. BUT I hardly use it now as I bought a new XBOX 360 slim and have a portable usb drive attached. With this I can play games, watch DVD movies and divx, xvid and mkv movie files. Listen to my music files and look at all my photos. Only thing lacking is a TV Tuner for it, then it would be complete.

HTPC Intel Pentium G3258 cpu, Gigabyte H97n-wifi motherboard, , 8GB DDR3 ram, onboard graphics. Hauppuage HVR 5500 tuner, Silverstone LC16M case, Windows 10 pro 64 bit using Nextpvr and Kodi

grantcoll

26 posts

Geek

#400590 5-Nov-2010 11:13

I just want it.....Freeview may not have many extra channels, but if you are in a week TV1/2 or TV3 area, Freeview will provide you with better reception.

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