Grundig hits the market with Freeview recorders

by Paul Miller, posted Jun 22nd 2006 at 2:21AM

After taking a bit of a respite from the market, price-slashing TV maker Grundig is getting back into the swing of things in the UK, and is out to provide a bit of Freeview DVB-T recording on the cheap. Even as Sky+ HDTV makes its way slowly across the UK, DVB-T is still a decent digital TV alternative for those without access, with 30 digital channels and 20 digital radio stations. Grundig's GUDVDR0IV lets you schedule up to a week of recordings in advance, and burns onto DVD+R/RW discs for easy archivin'. If stowing the shows isn't your thing, Grundig is also offering a HDD version with 160GB of recording space, the GUDVDRHDD160V. There's actually no word on price yet, but it's a pretty a safe bet that Grundig will be aiming to undercut the current Panasonic and Sony offerings on the market. Both players should be out next month.

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Tags: dvb-t, dvd, dvd recorder, DvdRecorder, dvr, freeview, grundig, pvr, uk

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Paul S @ Jun 22nd 2006 4:19AM

Is this a single or Dual Tuner?

We want DUAL TUNER Freeview boxes. Do you hear me GRUNDIG??!! Anyone who knows ANYTHING about this in the UK is getting one of the few dual tuner boxes out there.

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Ian @ Jun 22nd 2006 8:56AM

Regards the comment -
"DVB-T is still a decent digital TV alternative for those without access,"

It's nothing to do with not having access - Sky want big money per month, and even more for Sky+.

Freeview is, err, free! And the decoders and HD recorders are also pretty cheap, pretty good, and you can have one-per-TV and still pay the same amount per month. Zero!

I have a Humax 9200T dual-tuner PVR and it's excellent. I also have some TVs with built-in Freeview tuners, and some Freeview STBs.

Freeview is about to pass Sky regards installed base, and Freeview's curve is very much upwards and Sky's very much isn't.

Ian

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Charles Mc Fadden @ Sep 7th 2007 8:07AM

If a new TV has a digital tuner is this the same as freeview?

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