TV recorder

FWIW I'm one of a surely growing number that have totally given up watching films and drama/fiction on TV. I'm not that entertained by people constantly screaming at each other or plotting criminal acts.

There is plenty of other content out there on services from YouTube, Odysee to Nebula, etc...

Documentaries, News, History, Crafts... erm, D-I-Y ....

If you have a TV which can run apps such as ITVX, iPlayer, Channel4 etc you can view old programmes. This certainly reduces the need for a PVR. If I use the Channel 4 app I can watch the first 2023 Formula 1 race without the adverts. Even my PVR recording still has he adverts.

Indeed. I avoid watching recent action films but can enjoy re-watching John Wayne and even older Westerns.

I'll watch a U-tube repair breakdown or something that has been pointed up in here but find TV repair/furbish stuff very formulaic.

Is that daytime TV:-) I've got an acre of farm barns and half acre garden to play with.

The very nice thing about the Topfield was the ability to fast forward through the adverts:-)

My Humax allows me to jump forward in a programmable period, say 15 secs.

Well not quite the same here - I like a nice murder, but pretty much given up on all BBC and ITV . Seen just anbout all the Marple and Poirot I can handle and the new output is super woke and unwatchable,

But Talking Pictures, Film 4 and Great Movies [Action] still come up with the odd watchable film

Yup.

For a PVR I would suggest any box that can run Vix. See

There was someone on Toppy.org called Andy Fraser who used to mend Toppys if that is of any interest. If you send me an email I could tell you his email address.

Talking Pictures showed/shows all the old Maigret films. I remember those from my childhood. :)

I was like that for years but with the dearth of anything worth watching in our summer lull in Jan which we get every year, did watch Line of Duty and didnt regret watching that.

Not plenty imo, I found it hard to find enough in our Jan lull.

Many Topfield user migrated to the Enigma 2 boxes running OpenVix. Most of the Enigma boxes are more suited to (free to air) satellite (Freesat content) but there are a few with terrestrial tuners. Openvix has many/most of the features of Mystuff although implemented in a different way. fast forwarding or jumping over the adverts in delayed play mode or recordings is easy with Openvix. There is a learning curve with the setup and some technical knowledge is an advantage but day to day you will probably only use a few buttons on the remote.

Openvix

Openvix/Enigma2 user support group

I'm a Topfield user who migrated to the Humax Aura Freeview box, which has three tuners, skipping the ads by configuring the keys on a Logitech Harmony universal remote. Unfortunately while the Aura is still available, 1Tb and 2 Tb models, Humax appear to have lost interest it it and Logitech have given up on programmable TV remotes although I suppose that there must be other makers.

I knew this would get technical. Current service is Crystal Palace on a boosted conventional aerial.

A dish would work here if high enough to see over the neighbours 2 storey garage!

I have those details, thanks. ISTR they had to be posted to Southampton or thereabouts. I dare say a local computer fixer could do it. I have the parts. I have an idea the problem stems from the supply to the aerial booster finding a way though the aerial system.

video showing how

not sure why you think this would be a facility..

The built in PVR in my LG works OK. Not as nice as my BT Freeview box but OK.

Dave

On 09/03/2023 14:41, Tim Lamb wrote: >

At a glance that set up looks outside my technical competence:-( I already have i-player and my daughter currently shares her Netflix account (for how long!).

Is terrestrial TV going to see me out or should I be getting a dish? The last installer here blew up the Toppy:-(

Current ambition is to save and time shift some of the afternoon output.

In message snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Peter Johnson snipped-for-privacy@parksidewood.nospam writes

Humax is the fall back plan. High definition seems to need a lot of storage. Currently I revert to channel 75 (60's pop) for the ad break. Being forced to watch ads would be a set back!

Powered from the TV?

Looks possible. My LG manual doesn't cover this activity.

I don't but wifi capability is marketed on almost everything else!

Ah. My button set has Rec, Fast Forward, Play, Pause and fast rewind together with a square symbol button, purpose unknown. I have yet to find a use for any of the 4 coloured buttons!

BBC Red Button.

Some SD is now broadcast on HD MUxs - that's why the Toppy with only SD tuners is missing some channels. The Toppy design must be around 20 years old. After very many years owning a Toppy I switched to an Engima

Approx 2Gbytes per hour for HD - these days 1Tbyte disks are cheap (500 hours of HD recording).

A PVR doesn't require a high performance drive. A slower 2.5" drive running at 5400rpm (rather than 7200rpm) will run quieter and cooler.