Recording Digital TV to Hard Disc - Must Have

Advantages: 14day Electronic Programme Guide-Simultaneously Watch a recording and record 2 other programmes
Disadvantages: The temporarily restricted power of terrestrial digital transmissions

...This gadget is a Twin Tuner 'Digital Video Recorder' (DVR), or 'Personal Video Recorder' (PVR) which records to its own 80GB Hard Disc Drive. It can receive and record Digital Terrestrial (received through a rooftop aerial) Free-to-air TV At around £125 (£90 'refurbished') it is not much more expensive than a video recorder but can do a lot more. In many areas the extra cost of an aerial upgrade needs to be taken into account but no monthly fee or other subscription is needed, and there is no facility for decoding pay-per-view digital programmes (TUTV) We watch a lot of TV but have to hunt for anything interesting and the FVRT200 makes this as easy as possible. Because it displays lists of all programmes for 2 weeks ahead, with synopses, on the TV screen where they can be selected, the amount of button pressing is minimised...

tranx 13.06.2006 (19.07.2007) · Read review
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Review of Digifusion FVRT200 Digital Video Recorder

Bose SoundDock Digital Music System Review

Advantages: Superb Sound, Very Loud, Ideal for Ipods
Disadvantages: not go to travel with, Extremely Expensive

...Bose SoundDock Digital Music System I happened to get this as a gift and it turned out to be quiet interesting Summary: This dock is used mainly for ipod and allows you to connet mp3 players to it and listen to high quality music via speakers. It is idle for homes and small gatherings, although I would not run a party off these. Pros: This system has terrific sound and can go very load despite its relative small size. As with almost all Bose speakers the quality is amazing, so long as the source you are playing it from is high quality it will allow the speakers to each its potential. I have a surround sound Bose set up in one of my rooms but now prefer to use this product as it is very simple to operate. Just plug the mp3 player in and press play and your set. Can't get much simpler. It also runs off a wall...

plunt 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bose SoundDock Digital Music System

The Start of The Digital Era...

Advantages: Great Value, Good Features, Fantastic Quality Sound
Disadvantages: Silly Placement of the Mains Plug At The Back

...I have always been a fan of the radio and although I have quite specific music tastes, I enjoy having the variety and general natter of a radio on in the background, especially to reduce boredom or to make a place seem a little more alive when your home alone. The Pure One Digital DAB Radio is the first and only DAB radio I have owned, you?ve got to move with the times right? I had been thinking about purchasing one for a while after hearing good things about this little radio and have now been enjoying it for about 6 months. The Pure One comes in a choice of 3 colours; black, pink and white. I would have loved to have brought the pink one as it?s a cute pastel colour, but opted for the funky and modern white, mainly due to the fact I was planning on using the radio in my office and most of my colleagues already think I?m a bit OTT...

chugglebunny 04.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pure Digital ONE Classic

Great Digital Recorder

Advantages: *
Disadvantages: *

...'t do this it turns itself off after about 1minute but I generally use the hold button to save the battery life. The instructions are fairly easy to follow and I have referred to them a couple of times and found the answer I wanted. Overall, I am very pleased with this digital voice recorder. I think it is ideal for what I want and with it being so small (9.5cm x 3.8cm x 1.1cm) it can easily fit into my pocket or my handbag. It fits well on the desk at university and made it easy to find a place to stand it when I went to collect the data for my child study. I also think people who would like to record meetings etc would find this useful. I paid £79.99 for this device from Argos at the beginning of December. Thanks for reading!...

bluejules 26.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Olympus WS-300M 256 MB

Digifusion FVRT200 Hard Drive Recorder

Advantages: Twin tuner, ease of use, easy to navigate remote control, 14 day EPG
Disadvantages: Needs good reception, makes some running noises

...technology! The only issue I have had with the set up is the background of the menu and EPG guide screens which is a patterned blue background which can make it difficult to read what's onscreen unless you're reasonably close to the screen. Additionally a weekday record function as opposed to a daily or once function would be helpful for soaps but I can mange deleting the weekend recordings! Functionality This machine really is fantastic. I can watch one program and record another, or record two at the same time. It's changed the way I watch TV. I set it all to record and then watch things when I have time. The hard drive is big enough to store at least two weeks worth of your favourite programs. The picture quality is great, but I have had several problems with reception for the digital tuners. Whilst the box is hooked up to our rooftop...

lwp04rsl 15.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Digifusion FVRT200 Digital Video Recorder

Freeview Recorder digital without charges

Advantages: One off payment
Disadvantages: May need a booster but they are around £7.99

...With our Sky contract coming to an end, and having put up with the last three months of the contracts price going up each month we decided not to renew the contract but to get a digital tv recorder. We decided on the recorder bit of it because we had got used to Sky plus box which let us record one programme while watching another and pausing programmes while we went out of the room and start them off again when we returned. We did have a bit of a problem finding a preview recorder with a hard disc so that we could record a programme we werent watching, plus finding one at a reasonable price. In the end we settled for Goodmans GHD1621F2 bought from would you believe Sainsburys Supermarket for £99.99 What you get In the box you get your digital television recorder, a remote control, SCART lead, 2 x AAA Batteries...

MAllen400 29.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Goodmans GHD1621F2 Freeview PVR

* Girls On The Record *

Advantages: Fans will love it!
Disadvantages: None!

...Girls Aloud are a British girlband consisting of five members ; Nadine Coyle , Cheryl Cole , Sarah Harding , Nicola Roberts and Kimberly Walsh. Girls Aloud were formed on the reality television show ; Popstars The Rivals in 2002. Since then they have become a huge success. To date they have had eighteen top ten singles , including three number ones. Their style of music consists of pop and electro pop. Girls Aloud : Off The Record was actually a six-part series that Girls Aloud recorded for E4. The series was then released on DVD in the United Kingdom in 2006. The show comes under the reality-tv genre. The show follows Girls Aloud on their day to day life as part of one of Britian's top girl bands.. It wasn't until recently that I knew about this DVD when I saw it sitting on a shelf in Woolworths for £6. I enjoyed watching this...

xdonzx 30.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Girls Aloud - Off The Record (DVD)

Memory Card Recorder

Advantages: Everything, its perfect
Disadvantages: None, Zilch, Zip

...This Memory Card Recorder realy is a complete and utter god send. Are you tired of always missing youre favourite TV shows not becuase you havent recorded them but simply because you dont have the time to watch them due to a busy life. Well this little gem may be the technology angel that you have being looking for. LOOK: Firstly this memory card recorder looks astonishing. It is a metallic silver with a black front whch is extremely small, light and compact. This piece of technology will be able to stand anywhere in your home and will definetely not look out of place. This recorded will fit in almost the tiniest spaces with ease and will look extremely sleek and modern. Ease of Use: Simple, what more can I say. Plug it in and tune it to the channel u want to record, press one button and away you go. Well I forgot to mention...

KPN7 02.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of SanDisk V-Mate Video Memory Card Recorder - Digital AV recorder

Canon IXUS 95 IS: The best amateur digital camera on the market

Advantages: Very high quality pictures for both print and web work.
Disadvantages: The bundled software that comes with it has a very Fisherprice feel about it.

...After reading many reviews on Amazon and amateur camera sites about the different types of hobbyist level digital cameras, I decided to buy one of these. The camera itself has a metal casing and so has a sleek feel and look to it. It's very light weight and compact making it very easy to carry around in a handbag or while, (and most importantly) taking pictures! I found that it took only 5 - 10 minutes to get the camera working from out of the box. It was so simple, I didn't take that much notice of the manual. When starting up the camera, it isn't slow like they digital cameras of yesteryear. Its ability to capture anything in an instant is one of it's many advantages. The photos it and you produce are very high quality, as I found out the other day when I had some printed off at home. The only downside is the bundled software...

loopz27 12.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon Digital IXUS 95 IS

Simple but effective

Advantages: Good quality, easy to use and very small
Disadvantages: Probably a bit dated now

...I work for a Psychology department within a University and as you may or may not know, Psychologists do a huge number of interviews. Up until about 2 years ago they were happy to use the old fashioned method of tape recorder and microphone. Someone then decided that they had had enough of this and wanted a better piece of equipment for recording interviews so I set about seeing what was about. What we needed: ************** Our needs were simple, all we really required was something that made a decent quality recording, was small enough to carry around easily, had a lot of storage and was user friendly. After searching the internet for days, reading reviews and looking at the specs and prices of loads of different recorders I came across the Olympus digital voice recorder range. Features: ******** The DM-1 caught my eye...

TallPaul73 09.06.2005 · Read review
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