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Lizzy

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Apologies, I know that there are several threads about TVs and freeview already, but all the ones I found were quite old and technology moves so quickly. I am looking for advice on the best setup for this:

 

I'd like a 12V TV with built-in freeview and HD and USB inputs (since I want to use my Chromecast to stream to it).

 

I'd also lilke to record a freeview channel while watching something else.

 

Does this exist all in one TV? I've seen TVs which can record to a storage medium, but only what is being watched on the TV. I don't mind having a separate recorder if it's not too big either.

 

Any advice for this setup?

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Lizzy, on 24 Jul 2016 - 11:00 PM, said:

Apologies, I know that there are several threads about TVs and freeview already, but all the ones I found were quite old and technology moves so quickly. I am looking for advice on the best setup for this:

 

I'd like a 12V TV with built-in freeview and HD and USB inputs (since I want to use my Chromecast to stream to it).

 

I'd also lilke to record a freeview channel while watching something else.

 

Does this exist all in one TV? I've seen TVs which can record to a storage medium, but only what is being watched on the TV. I don't mind having a separate recorder if it's not too big either.

 

Any advice for this setup?

 

I fairly confident in saying 'No'.

12V tvs are small - intended for caravan use and mostly without any frills (?)

Go for a conventional TV, freeview recorder and a SMALL pure sine wave inverter.

This latter not so much for the sine wave element, but that they are more efficient than MSW versions.

 

I must be a bit of a TV nut - onboard we have a 27" TV, sound bar, Freeview recorder, TWO satellite recorders. Not all run at once, but the power requirement are much less than the fridge.

To make that style work you just need adequate battery capacity....

 

(TV is a Samsung, Freessat is Humax Foxsat, Freeview is Humax made YouView unit as it's smaller. Most of the kit came via eBay)

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IMHO I would look for a decent TV that has no frills or "smart" stuff and then look for a set top box (or a number of) that does the smart stuff as this area if very new and changeable at the moment.

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I have a suitable inverter, but I only switch it on, when I need it (which is only to charge my laptop at the moment), because it makes a noise. Well I'll keep looking. Would much prefer to have a 12V setup. Until then it's going to be streaming on laptop I guess.

 

I actually have a spare humax youview box at home from my BT contract. Will this work as a freeview recorder? I thought this needed a contract with somebody (i only know of BT and Talktalk).

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Lizzy, on 25 Jul 2016 - 8:58 PM, said:

I have a suitable inverter, but I only switch it on, when I need it (which is only to charge my laptop at the moment), because it makes a noise. Well I'll keep looking. Would much prefer to have a 12V setup. Until then it's going to be streaming on laptop I guess.

 

I actually have a spare humax youview box at home from my BT contract. Will this work as a freeview recorder? I thought this needed a contract with somebody (i only know of BT and Talktalk).

No - you only need a contract to watch the 'online stuff' (and there are some channels for which you have to pay), but BBC ITV etc is free.

If it's the small Humax box it's great the larger one is a can of worms.

Sorry, I've forgotten the model number.

The both take for ever to start up with endless 'nearly ready ' messages. Once it's going it's great!

(well at 24 quid it is)

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Make sure your tuner is a real Freeview or Freesat box. Some of the cheap ones from Maplins et al will receive the signals, but along with about 200 other ones, most of which are repeats of the ones you want. They don't usually have decent 7 day programming guides either.

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dor, on 26 Jul 2016 - 12:29 AM, said:

Make sure your tuner is a real Freeview or Freesat box. Some of the cheap ones from Maplins et al will receive the signals, but along with about 200 other ones, most of which are repeats of the ones you want. They don't usually have decent 7 day programming guides either.

[Pedant mode ON]

Then they aren't Freeview boxes - Freeview is a standard (designed by some body or other) and to comply you have to have certain features - such as 7 day programming. The quality of the presentation of the features is quite variable, though.

[Pedant thingy OFF]

 

I don't think there are as many as 200 channels on terrestrial TV - there isn't enough room. If you want a huge selection of repeats, porn, rubbish then you have to go for satellite....

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