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Sky: Scheduling clash saw 2 million set Sky+ boxes
Claims to have saved many that "difficult decision" about which reality TV show to watch 28 September 2009 16:37 GMT
Sky has revealed how many reality TV addicts set their Sky+ boxes to record shows this weekend just gone as - gasp - two rival broadcasters scheduled "talent" programmes to clash.

Anyone who wanted to watch (and apparently there's millions of you out there)...
Daily Tech Deal: Panasonic DMR-BS850EBK Freesat Blu-ray recorder
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 16 July 2009 13:00 GMT
If you're in the market for a Blu-ray player today's tech deal could be right up your street, since there has been another price drop of the Panasonic's DMR range.

The Pocket-lint review of the 500GB model was posted on the 4 June and received our Hot Product...
LG announces HR400 Blu-ray HDD recorder
Complete with Freeview+ and YouTube 8 July 2009 12:26 GMT
LG has announced the launch of its first Blu-ray player with an integrated digital Freeview+ recorder.

The LG HR400 also features what LG dubs YouTube "video on demand" giving access to the video-sharing site's more than 2.5 billion videos via the internet...
Digital Vision GiGo looks to replace the VCR
Record Freeview to USB stick 2 July 2009 15:23 GMT
Digital Vision announced the launch of its GiGo Digital Freeview Recorder.

Rather than take the usual approach of bundling an internal hard disc drive into a tuner box, the GiGo has three slots on the front to plug in USB sticks. The box will then record in...
Panasonic Blu-ray recorders hit the shops
DMR-BS850, DMR-BS750, and DMR-XS350 arrive 26 June 2009 9:24 GMT
Panasonic's DMR-BS850, DMR-BS750, and DMR-XS350 Blu-ray recorders, which the company teased earlier this year, have hit the shops.

As previously reported on Pocket-lint, the DMR-BS850, packs a 500GB hard disc drive, a Blu-ray disc writer and twin Freesat tuners....
PVR TV that records to SD card announced
Cello Electronics boasts first for coming-soon television 23 June 2009 15:58 GMT
The first television with the ability to record onto SD cards has been announced by British LCD TV company, Cello Electronics.

The PVR Freeview TV shuns a more usual hard drive in favour of the portable storage format, meaning that recordings can more easily...
LaCie launches LaCinema Black PLAY and RECORD
New wireless HD digital media players 4 June 2009 13:50 GMT
LaCie has announced new wireless HD media players, the LaCinema Black PLAY and LaCinema Black RECORD, with designer Neil Poulton stepping in on the aesthetic side of things.

The new LaCinema offerings allow users to watch downloaded HD movies and television...
LG announces LG RHT497H Freeview+ DVD Recorder
160GB capacity and upscaling 4 June 2009 10:58 GMT
LG has announced its second series of digital Freeview+ DVD recorders with built-in disk drive, starting with the RHT497H.

The new product can receive 40 freeview channels, pause and review live TV and contains a 160GB hard drive, which will save up to 477 hours...
Sagem launches HDMI digital TV recorders
DTR 67320T Eco and DTR 67500T Eco 3 June 2009 9:59 GMT
Sagem Communications has announced the availability of its new "top-of-the-range", HDMI digital TV recorders.

The new DTR 67320T Eco and DTR 67500T Eco offer hard drive memories of 320GB and 500GB respectively, with the claim of recording capacities of 160...
Compro VideoMate Network Media Centre launches
T1000W available in the UK 27 May 2009 12:20 GMT
Taiwanese company Compro Technology has announced the introduction of its T1000W VideoMate Network Media Centre in the UK.

The VideoMate Network Media Centre acts as a home media server, which stores movies, music, photos, and other files on a central hub-like...
BBC explains DRM of high definition broadcasts
New Blu-ray recorders prompt copy protection change 17 April 2009 14:31 GMT
Following the UK launch of Panasonic's Freesat Blu-ray recorders, the BBC has announced changes to the DRM of its HDTV broadcast that allows a user to make one personal copy of HD content to a Blu-ray disc.

Owners of the Panasonic set-top boxes will be able...
Panasonic confirms Blu-ray recorder UK prices
DMR-BS850, DMR-BS750 and DMR-XS350 14 April 2009 16:22 GMT
We had already passed on the news that Panasonic are bringing their range of Blu-ray recorders to the UK.

Coming with a range of HDD sizes, the Freesat+ recorders will allow customers to record HD content from their satellite TV, rivalling the Sky+ HD service,...
VIDEO: Seagate Theatre HD
New hard drive'n'dock demoed 6 April 2009 13:42 GMT
Want to access the media stored on your computer on your television? Then Seagate offers one way of doing so with its Theatre HD solution. Hit play now to see our roving reportress Susi Weaser explain the theory...
Daily Tech Deal: Topfield TF5810 PVR
Money saving deals, offers and innovations 31 March 2009 13:00 GMT
If you're thinking of upgrading from your old set top Freeview box then this could be the tech deal for you.

Bigpockets.co.uk is currently offering the Topfield TF5810 PVR for £199.99, though they are whacking a £5.99 "shipping" charge on top.

The...
Traxdata launches USB Player for your TV
Play content from USB devices on the big screen 31 March 2009 11:42 GMT
Traxdata has launched what it describes as its next-generation movie player - the "USB Player".

By connecting a USB storage device to the USB Player, users can play their multimedia files on their TV including movies, music and photos.

The device...
Seagate Theatre HD launches in UK
Hard drive and dock connects to your TV 31 March 2009 10:28 GMT
Seagate has announced the availability of their Theatre HD with more of a whimper than a bang. Already launched in Europe, the product is designed to make it easy to access media through a television.

Seagate has not gone in for streaming media from your PC...
Humax PVR-9300T Freeview+ gets 500GB hard drive
Exclusive to John Lewis 13 March 2009 11:31 GMT
Humax says it has "super-sized" its PVR-9300T Freeview+ digital TV recorder with a 500GB hard drive, up from the 320GB of the previous model.

The two built-in digital tuners mean viewers can record two Freeview channels at the same time, and the claim is that...
TechniSat to make Freesat digi-boxes
Partnership with German company announced 17 February 2009 12:32 GMT
Freesat has announced a partnership with German consumer electronics company TechniSat to produce HD digital boxes this year.

The German-based TechniSat Digital Group is described as "a leading consumer electronics organisation with a strong history of producing...
LaCie LaCinema Black Max launches
Ooh la la 3 February 2009 17:27 GMT
LaCie has announced the launch of the LaCinema Black Max as designed by Richard Sapper. No, we're joking, it's a Neil Poulton effort a la countless other high end LaCie launches of the last year or so.

Described as the company's most versatile multimedia drive,...
Credit Crunch Christmas: Wharfedale 160GB PVR
Pocket-lint's Advent calendar of gift ideas: 7 days to go 19 December 2008 10:21 GMT
Today's Credit Crunch Christmas offer takes the form of the Wharfedale 160GB DVD player and recorder with HDMI.

An especially nice piece of kit considering that eXpansys are offering it to you for £69.99, this is £60 off the normal price, but there's a catch,...
Freesat+ to launch this weekend
Humax Foxsat-HDR goes on sale 21 November 2008 9:02 GMT
Humax's Freesat+ Foxsat-HDR will go on sale in the UK this weekend.

The twin tuner-equipped Humax Foxsat-HDR will be the only way to pause, rewind and record Freesat HD digital TV, as well as access SD TV, radio and interactive channels.

The PVR...
Emtec S800 HDD Movie Cube launches
Portable storage with multimedia features 19 November 2008 13:39 GMT
Emtec has launched the S800 HDD Movie Cube that offers 500GB storage and a built-in hybrid analogue and DVB tuner.

Emtec says the device is capable of storing up to a 180,000 photos, a similar number of music tracks, or 600 feature length movies, all of which...
Free Tiscali+ set top box offered
With broadband and TV sign-ups 19 November 2008 12:21 GMT
Curry's and PC World stores are offering a free Tiscali+ digital recorder set top box to customers signing up to Tiscali TV and broadband.

With Tiscali+ you can pause and rewind live TV. The box offers 50 hours of programme recording and the ability to record...
Humax fan fix software dated
Update for PVR-9150T and PVR-9300T coming soon 17 November 2008 12:00 GMT
Further to the news Pocket-lint brought you that a fix was being worked on, Humax has now confirmed the dates for the over-the-air software upgrade to minimise fan noise on its PVR-9150T and PVR-9300T digital TV recorders.

Humax says the Smart Fan Control software...
Sharp launches two Freeview twin-tuner digital DTRs
160GB and 250GB models announced 30 October 2008 9:58 GMT
Sharp has announced two new Freeview twin-tuner digital "DTRs" (digital TV recorders) available in the run-up to Christmas.

The TU-TV162H and the TU-TV252H have Freeview+ functionality and come with a free one month trial of Top Up TV (TUTV) Anytime and Picture...