FOCA Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Well i got myself a Samsung Freesat HD twin tuner hard drive recorder it has a 500gb hard drive, with the twin tuners i can record 2 channels simultaniously while watching a previous recorded programme It recieves all the Freesat channels including all the HD Freesat channels, and can record and playback on full HD 1080P Samsung is now one of the market leaders in AV and mobile phone etc technology This is one of the best of these boxes available and compares favorably with the Humax box and recieved a 5-star raiting from What -HI-FI and video This joins my 500gb Sony Freeview HD recorder which also has twin HD tuners and can record / playback in 1080p HD and also has a two hour buffer and can pause, rewind and record live TV, I have a Sony 1080p HD tv that also recieves freesat HD, and can record onto my 2TB hard-drive the Sony freeview box can also connect to the 2TB hard-drive, to backup The Sony box integrates nicely with the Sony tv, the box remote control works the tv, and the box and tv "talk" to each other via HDMI (for example if you switch the tv off, the box also switches off) Between the Freeview HD and Freesat HD channels i get all available free channels on both platforms (there are some on one and not the other) And i can record 5 simultanious channels between the tv and two boxes, and watch 2 of them simultaniously (picture in picture) i can record series with a total of 3TB (approx 3000mb) of storage Im getting rid of all my old AV gear (its mostly obsolete now) i may also get a Blue-ray recorder, (i have a Samsung Blu-ray player for now) mostly i will get rid of all the standard- def stuff (PS - i don't like 3D so i plan to keep my present setup for a while) And the mest thing about it - there is no monthly subscription- All the Freesat/ Freeview/ HD channels are Free! i may post a list of all the Freesat/ HD And Freeview HD channels to see how they differ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOCA Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 List of available Freesat channels - BBC One BBC Two ITV1 Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC Three BBC Four BBC One HD BBC Alba ITV1 +1 (England + Wales only)) ITV2 ITV2 +1 ITV3 ITV3 +1 ITV4 +1 ITV1 HD (England and Wales only) S4C Digidol (Wales) Channel 4 + 1 E4 E4 +1 More4 More4 +1 Channel 4 HD 4 seven (Channel 4 repeats) Channel 5 + 1 5USA 5USA +1 5* 5* +1 CBS Drama CBS Reality CBS Reality +1 CBS Action Horror Channel Horror Channel +1 BET Black Entertainment TV BET + 1 True Entertainment Men & Movies Pick TV Challenge BBC News BBC Parliament Sky News Al Jazeera English EuroNews France 24 RT Russia Today CNN International Bloomberg TV (Finance News) NHK World HD (News from Japan - HD) CNBC Europe CCTV News (China Central Television) Film 4 Film4 +1 True Movies 1 True Movies 2 Movies4Men Movies4Men + 1 UMP Movies Showcase TV Information TV Food Network Food Network +1 Fashion 1 The Active Channel Chart Show TV The Vault Flava Scuzz B4U music Bliss Zing Clubland TV Massive R&B Vintage TV Heart TV Capital CBBC CBeebies CITV POP POP Girl Tiny Pop Kix Psychic Today Sony SAB Inspiration Daystar TV Revelation TV Islam Channel GOD Channel Sonlife TV TBN Europe QVC price-drop tv bid tv Pitch TV Pitch World Gems TV TV Shop Jewellery Maker JML Direct JML Living Ideal Extra The Deal Channel Ideal World Create and Craft Jewellery Channel QVC Beauty Rocks & Co 1 Gems TV Extra Argos TV Thane Direct High Street TV Babestation Playboy TV Chat On Demand BBC iPlayer ITV Player Box Office 365 950 - 971 - Other BBC Regions Channel 4 London (Channel 4 with Audio Description) Channel 4 London +1 (Channel 4 with Audio Description) ITV London Freesat Info List Updated: April 2013. . Freesat HD: BBC One HD, BBC Two HD, ITV1 HD, Channel 4 HD and NHK WORLD HD Freesat radio station channel list :- 700 BBC Radio 1 701 BBC Radio 1 Xtra 702 BBC Radio 2 703 BBC Radio 3 704 BBC Radio 4 705 BBC Radio 5 Live 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra 707 BBC 6 music 708 BBC Radio 4 Extra 709 BBC Asian Network 710 BBC Radio 4 LW 711 BBC World service 712 BBC Radio Scotland 713 BBC Radio nan Gaidheal (Gaelic) 714 BBC Radio Wales 715 BBC Radio Cymru (Welsh) 716 BBC Radio Ulster 718 BBC Radio London (Only available in London) 719 Capital FM 720 Choice FM 721 Classic FM 722 Gold 723 XFM London 724 Absolute Radio 726 Absolute 80s 728 WRN Radio 729 Jazz FM 730 Planet Rock 731 talkSPORT 732 Smooth Radio 733 Heart 750 RTE Radio 1 751 RTE Radio 2fm 752 RTE Radio Lyric FM 753 RTE Raidio na Gaeltacta 777 Insight Radio 786 BFBS Radio 790 TWR (Trans World Radio) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOCA Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Freeview Channel List: (Scotland) 001 BBC One Scotland 002 BBC Two Scotland 003 STV / ITV Border 004 Channel 4 005 Channel 5 006 ITV2 007 BBC Three 1858-0530 008 BBC ALBA 009 BBC Four 1858-0530 010 ITV3 011 PICK TV 012 Dave 013 Channel 4+1 014 More 4 015 Film 4 1100-0500 016 QVC 017 Really 018 4Music 019 Yesterday 020 GOLD (Top Up TV) 1100-1400 Mo-Th, 1200-1400 Fr 021 VIVA 022 Ideal World 0500-0000 023 Bid 024 ITV4 025 Dave Ja Vu 026 Home 1100-1200 Fri 027 ITV2+1 028 E4 029 E4+1 030 5* 0600-0000 031 5 USA 0600-0400 032 Movie Mix 033 STV+1 / ITV Granada+1 (Border) 034 ESPN (BT/Top Up TV) 035 QVC Beauty 0800-1300 036 Create and Craft 0600-2200 037 Price Drop 0800-0200 038 Quest 039 The Zone 1800-0600 040 Rocks & Co 1 1300-1800 041 Sky Sports 1 (BT/Top Up TV) 042 Sky Sports 2 (BT/Top Up TV) 043 Gems TV 044 Channel 5+1 045 Reserved for Local TV services Not on air yet 046 Challenge 047 4seven 048 Food Network UK 049 The Jewellery Channel 050 Marketplace 0700-1100 055 Argos TV 1800-2300 Children’s TV - 070 CBBC 0530-1857 071 CBeebies 0530-1857 072 CITV 0600-1800 News - 080 BBC News 081 BBC Parliament 082 Sky News 083 Al Jazeera English 085 RT 087 Community 0200-0800 Freeview HD - (Requires a compatible receiver with DVB-T2 tuner). 101 BBC One Scotland HD 102 BBC Two HD 103 STV HD or ITV HD (Border) 104 Channel 4 HD For over 18s - 170 Adult Section 171 TVX 0000-0400 172 Smile TV2 0000-0500 173 Smile TV3 2200-0500 174 Babestn 2300-0445 175 PARTY 0000-0700 176 Blue 0400-0500 177 Babestn2 0500-0600 180 xxXpanded TV 0000-0530 199 Adult section Text Services - 200 BBC Red Button 201 Holidays TV 202 Rabbit 203 Gy Rabbit 204 1:1 Dating 206 Sky Text Streaming Channels These channels require a compatible receiver and a broadband internet connection. - 225 VISION 226 CCTV 227 Sports Tonight 228 Christian+ 229 Connect 2 230 VISION2 suspended 231 Racing UK 232 The Space 233 (Showcase, coming soon) 234 Connect 4 235 God TV 236 Sony SAB Interactive 301 BBC Red Button 301 302 BBC Red Button 302 placeholder 303 303 305 Top Up TV Anytime 1 306 Top Up TV Anytime 3 307 Top Up TV Anytime 5 308 Top Up TV Anytime 6 Radio - 700 BBC Radio 1 701 BBC R. 1Xtra 702 BBC Radio 2 703 BBC Radio 3 704 BBC Radio 4 705 BBC Radio 5 Live 706 BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra 707 BBC Radio 6 music 708 BBC Radio 4 extra 709 BBC Asian Network 710 BBC World service 711 The Hits 712 Smash Hits 713 KISS 714 KISSTORY new 715 Magic 716 Heat 717 Smooth Radio 719 BBC Radio Scotland 720 BBC R. Nan Gaidhael 722 Kerrang! 723 TalkSPORT 724 Capital FM 725 Premier 727 Absolute Radio 728 Heart 790 Test 791 Q radio 800 KISSTORY (Last updated: 07/05/2013) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 holy crackers! lol, you get a lot for your dough! So how much did it cost and where did you get it from? I have to agree Samsung are excellent. Compared to the days of the d900i which was "just aother phone" and now, as one of the market leaders in smart phone technology, its easy to see why they are improving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOCA Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 I bought the Samsung freesat HD recorder and Sony Freeview HD recorders Seconndhand on eBay they were boxed in exellent condition and i paid about £120 each for them (i love a bargain!) the Samsung costs about £250 new , and the Sony a bit less, these models are about 2 years old now so the prices are coming down (the latest models are more internet- focussed like u-tube and on demand like 4od BBC i-player, features i don't need, the core HD/ Freesat/ Freeview features are very similar) Like Kia and LG, Samsung is a Korean company, and are rapidly overtaking the Japanese for market share and having the cutting edge technology products - exept for Kia cars - they make one that is the "spitting image" of a Focus, (imitation is the sincerest form of flattery) - but they still don't ride/ steer or handle as good as a Focus though - some of their old models were the ugliest cars ever- so they have improved a lot - but not "up there" yet IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 coming as an ex ceed owner, they arent all the prettiest but they are pleasant and reliable. the latest gen ceed is the focus in a lot of ways but I must disagree on the performance. they handle exceptionally well, but without driving the latest gen of both, I cant say f there is a great difference right now. but I agree, the koreans are storming the markets and really are pitting good lucks along with trusted quality against the rivals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOCA Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 My ex just bought a Kia Rio, its a great looking car with it almost being a copy of the Focus - its black and parked next to a Black Focus st225 - and i confess it looked sharper/ more modern than the ST :( (the old ones were some of the ugliest cars on the road IMO!) but the ride is very hard and it bounces over bumps etc, ive not actually driven it but from the reviews say dynamically its not as good steering/ handling wise (as a "drivers" car) as a Focus/ Fiesta, it was a lot cheaper though, and she got a great deal on it, and it has 7-years anti-corrosion warrantee I like to believe that for a "sporting driver" the equivelent Ford would have the edge in steering feel/ handling For example my ex wouldent notice the difference (between the handling of a Ford Vs Kia) but i would :) I think the C'eed is a better drivers car than the Rio, and with them bieing such good value they are growing harder to ignore even for loyal Ford owners (exept me - im keeping my Ford forever ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 lol, definately agree, the 7 year warranty is the deal clincher in a lot of circumstances. anyway, its good to see that the korean's are catching up on a lot more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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