Which Freesat PVR ?

[prpr]

At the time it was their 'top-of-the-range' set. HD was coming...

It's difficult to build stuff in when it hasn't been fully developed at the point in time. T2 wasn't available in 2008 (and it's debatable about 2010).

 

[Owen Smith]

It's difficult to build stuff in when it hasn't been fully developed at the point in time. T2 wasn't available in 2008 (and it's debatable about 2010).

DVB-T2 was available when I bought my parents' 24" 1920 x 1080p TV. I bought a brand new end of line HD Fox T2 to go with it.

 

[Rodders53]

Sony used to build pan-European sets: Quite likely that DVB-T full HD screen had a H264 decoder inside so worked for HD in France and elsewhere but that -T2 tuner availability at time of design was just not there for the smaller UK market.

 

[peterpi]

Enigma boxes and the required special firmwares to emulate freesat via the interweb are not my field of expertise.

If / when my -HDRs and -T2 give up the ghost I'll need to investigate them in earnest: assuming Broadcasting from terrestrial transmitters and satellites don't end (or I expire) first.

AVForums have a few 'experts' so a search on there for that brand/model might help you. Some there recommend dSCR lnbs to work with Enigma and have 8 or more tuners available... streaming to users as needed.

I do enjoy the challenge of getting something to work. Even when using the tools and expertise of other there is a sense of satisfaction. For someone born during WW2, it's good to challenge to grey matter.

Merry Christmas All, From a cold but sunny Gower.

Pete

 

[Owen Smith]

Sony used to build pan-European sets: Quite likely that DVB-T full HD screen had a H264 decoder inside so worked for HD in France and elsewhere but that -T2 tuner availability at time of design was just not there for the smaller UK market.

Then that model should have been illegal to sell in the UK. Regulatory enforcement would have made Sony update the design, but Ofcom are as useless as a chocolate teapot.

 

[Rodders53]

It's difficult to build stuff in when it hasn't been fully developed at the point in time. T2 wasn't available in 2008 (and it's debatable about 2010).

BBC / Arqiva tests from 27 June 2008. Demo broadcasts from Guildford transmitter and shown at IBC that year with the encoder-decoder designs from BBC R&D available for licensing around the same time). Receiver manufacturers started to have prototypes available quite soon after for testing and development purposes.

First Humax-T2s were available around February 2010 for the receiver, and in August 2010 for the recorder - from a Google check of places like BBC and DigitalSpy forums in particular. Not so easy to find out dates for the appearance in TV sets... and it's hardly important now anyway as most such early kit has been replaced {except our Humax boxes}.

 

[Owen Smith]

it's hardly important now anyway as most such early kit has been replaced {except our Humax boxes}.

My parents' 24" bedroom TV has not been replaced. And I can't replace it, last few times I looked no-one sells a 24"TV with a 1920 x 1080 panel any more. I use a 32" TV myself because I can't fit anything bigger in, and I'd have similar issues in that 32" has gone from being a popular 1080p size with 4 HDMIs to a bedroom TV with 768p panels and only 2 HDMIs.

 

[Brian]

My parents' 24" bedroom TV has not been replaced. And I can't replace it, last few times I looked no-one sells a 24"TV with a 1920 x 1080 panel any more. I use a 32" TV myself because I can't fit anything bigger in, and I'd have similar issues in that 32" has gone from being a popular 1080p size with 4 HDMIs to a bedroom TV with 768p panels and only 2 HDMIs.

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There are quite a few 32" 1080p TVs available, but probably only have 2 HDMI ports.