UK Digibox: Classic or Dud

What can this possibly mean (when ITV News is still available on other platforms)?

What is the difference between an expensive Digibox and a cheap Digibox?

Maybe consult a WHICH? guide and your local library...?

you probably only need one scart socket. you can get multiple tuners now so you can watch one channel and record another, which probably needs two scart 'out'. having a scart 'in' would allow you to chain your dvd player / video / ps2 through the digibox, which is useful if you have more boxes than your tv has inputs.

Just the interactive question to go. I assume this has something to do with the notorious red button.

I think I like this one, but it's a bit pricey:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000TEV88/ref=wl_it_dp/026-1079273-2068421?%5Fencoding=UTF8&coliid=IN2ICUPK4RHZR&colid=2B1C4OVP871PI

i haven't heard of non-interactive digiboxes. mine (an old nokia itvdigital box) is dog slow. fuck jenson button and his bbc adverts.

I think the Steady One is too stressed out to contribute.

what about a universal remote? might be cheaper. might be an idea to take advantage of argos' no-questions asked returns policy though. (i have a six-in-one but the digibox is the one thing that i don't use it for)

I would prefer to pay less too, but I have never heard of Humax or Digifusion and everything cheap I've ever bought has been shit.

There is a Philips one at £60-ish.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000A0D8HM/qid=1129887698/sr=1-30/ref=sr_1_0_30/026-1079273-2068421

I like the Topfield TF5800PVRt, which lets you record two channels while watching a third, records 90 hours or recordings, and perhaps just as importantly allows you to transfer those recordings over to your PC for archiving.

yeah me neither.

Anyone have any HD recorder box recommendations, or should I cut out the fannidangle and go for the route one cheapy thirty quid knock it long to the big lad approach? Well?

ED: I only have an indoor ariel but it's a booster and I think it will be OK (friends' experience in similar areas seems to bear this out). The 80gig Humax looks the one for me. Surely any more gigs than 80 is simply self indulgence? 80 seems a lot of gigs.

COLETTE: my pooter is not that clever and the whole upgrade-the-pooter project is something I am trying to ignore at the moment.

We have it to the side of the telly rather than on top; Ava likes to slap it about; the Sony remote is the one she likes to shove in her mouth too. Both have survived infant manhandling and droolage.

80 gigs? I reckon Carsmile can beat that. In a week.

How about this one, Captain Pegleg? £10 off.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00076WG8G/qid=1129899254/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/026-1079273-2068421

my 40G tivo was only 12 hours on Best quality (although Good (19 hours) was fine and medium was also watchable.). i upgraded two weeks ago to a 200G drive and it now records more than i can sensibly watch (i think there are 3 solid days worth of things i haven't got around to yet) but i don't have to worry about missing anything.

but, yes, 80G probably ok unless you're a square-eyed hermit like myself.

(Arsenic And Old Lace on this afternoon if you're stuck for something to watch btw)

my digibox was, for a long time, used almost exclusively to record Peel into the computer. worked like a treat but the radio 1 feed via freeview isn't the most reliable thing in the world - a decent fm or dab tuner would be better.

http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/products/pvr-8000t.asp

Koogy I don't like the thought of you worrying about missing television programmes, so I am pleased you have a vast pulsating hard drive now.