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31 posts

Geek

#400737 5-Nov-2010 13:13

I have been running "Media Portal" and "For The Record" on my computer for a few years now and it works pretty good. Computer is connected to TV and Home Theatre and I can record whatever I want and watch at my convenience. I guess one of these Freeview recorders would do much the same, but would have the advantage of being more compact and if computer crashed for any reason which it has done on occasion things would still get recorded.

Reg

nobbynoo

6 posts

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#400738 5-Nov-2010 13:13

My home entertainment setup:
Sony Bravia 37" LCD TV (HD Ready)
Xbox
Basic dvd player (Samsung i think)
and just recently a Telstra cable tv unit

The cable tv unit may not last for much longer as we tend to just watch the main channels (1,2,3,prime). Only problem is we get bad reception with the old rabbit ears, so a freeview unit would be great :)

sooby

11 posts

Geek

#400745 5-Nov-2010 13:22

Our entertainment system:

-32" sony LCD tv
- Sony 160GB Hard Disk Drive recorder
- sky decoder
- xbox 360
- PlayStation 2

moby

3 posts

Wannabe Geek

#400746 5-Nov-2010 13:22

No sky in this house, but would love to use some of the freeview product and this would be perfect to enhance the limited hardware in my house.
Please pick me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gordy

13 posts

Geek

#400747 5-Nov-2010 13:23

I view the televisual world via a 41 inch Sony rear-view projection TV that is 100% analogue and has an aspect ratio of 4:3.

It is a UK TV and I used a NZ VCR to decode the audio signal so I could watch TV in NZ. Last year, however, the tuner in the VCR died a death and I haven't replaced the VCR with a newer one or a standalone Freeview box. I'd buy a new TV but those LED ones from Samsung are just a bit too pricy for me at the moment.

dclegg

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#400748 5-Nov-2010 13:28

My current setup is as follows

Lounge:
Panasonic 42" Plasma
Pioneer/Wharfedale home theatre setup
PS3
MySky HDi
Pioneer DVD/HDD player/recorder
Pioneer iPod/iPhone dock
17 year old Sony CD player (which still runs like a champ)

Kids room:
Philips CRT TV (29" IIRC)
Sony DVD player
Sony VCR
XBox (original)
Philips Microsystem
Fender Squier guitar and Marshall amp (mercifully on loan ;-))

The only thing I really miss is a turntable to play my collection of metal and hard rock LPs (mostly purchased during the 80s, and including some rare imports). I do have an old Sony one out in the garage with a broken stylus, but I've not got around to replacing it.

pab

106 posts

Master Geek

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#400750 5-Nov-2010 13:29

My wife and I are living large with our 29" Sony Trinitron, hooked up a pioneer laserdisc player/stero. I welcome the arrival of the digital age.

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BuckoNZ

136 posts

Master Geek

#400752 5-Nov-2010 13:29

My setup at home includes:
- Samsung 46" M8 Tulip LCD TV
- Pioneer VZX-LX70 Amp/Receiver
- Sony PS3
- PureAV Power Conditioner
- Harmon-Kardon 6 disc CD Player
- Media Centre PC (Running Windows 7 Home Prem.)
- Logitech ONE Universal Remote Control
- 7.1 speaker system: Klipsch (mid-1990's when they were still made in USA) for all 7 speakers and an Energy/Mirage 8" sub.
- Promise SmartSTOR NAS box for media storage (DLNZ cert., so it communicates with the PS3 and LX70)
- MySKY HDi

CYaBro

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#400753 5-Nov-2010 13:35

Freeview|HD is coming to Whangarei!
So this would be a great way to get going with it and then would probably give to my parents once HTPC is upgraded to handle the new HD video!

Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer.

rossnixon

36 posts

Geek

#400755 5-Nov-2010 13:39

The only sky at our place is over the house - currently a mixture of scattered clouds and blue patches.
We watch TV on an amazing 30" widescreen TV that we got for a bargain at a second-hand shop two years ago.
For music, we have to put up with our boys mp3 collection being played through reasonably good speakers. At least they have some class, preferring 1970s music to almost anything else!
We are currently saving for a UHF aerial for the roof - the powered internal aerial is still too fuzzy!

pogostickconz

47 posts

Geek

#400756 5-Nov-2010 13:40

ive been looking at the jcmatthew dtr but its only 320gb - i think you can add more space via the usb connection. the only issue might be upgrading the aerial - it is uhf but might need to add a masthead amp because i think the tv3 & c4 signals are quite weak in chch

GavRoars

7 posts

Wannabe Geek

#400760 5-Nov-2010 13:47

Hi,
Have a 32" Full HD Sharp TV with my computer running through it. Have a 5.1 Logitech speaker set-up which does the job for my smallish lounge. Have been researching a few tuner cards to set up a HTPC but will be waiting until after Christmas before I purchase anything. At this stage I am thinking about the Hauppauge HVR-4000 or HVR-4400 as it would future-proof everything a bit more but still have more research on the internet to do before I make a decision.
Cheers

dhazen

63 posts

Master Geek

#400766 5-Nov-2010 13:50

To be honest, I haven't found much to watch on Freeview - it's most noteable virtue is digitizing the commercial channels -- still, a free box is a free box and nothing to turn your nose up at.

I've annotated the bits shown here on my desk - you can get the full story at:

http://www.hazen.co.nz/995_myGear/995_index.php

along with more stuff about technology - mainly Windws Media Center. It's still Under Construction, but I thought I'd give you a sneak peak since many of you were very generous with your help setting up WMC.

Thanks,
-- Deck

- Deck

lemuzz

70 posts

Master Geek

#400767 5-Nov-2010 13:51

I have just bought a Panasonic 42" TV. While it has Freeview which I love I would like Freeview on our older set which we watch often

Dratsab

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#400772 5-Nov-2010 14:05

I have an SD freeview box plugged into my touchscreen computer which is used as the main TV, but tbh, the colour output is pretty awful, with sharp delineation between tones (especially between red and other colours) and believe a much better spec'd box such as this would do wonders for my viewing pleasure.

I'll have to buy a UHF aerial though...

Touchscreen computer/tv

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