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Hi,
My Blu-ray player recently gave up the ghost, just as my wife bought a 10-disc box set of Alias Smith and Jones.
I'm thinking of replacing it with a box that will record as well as
play. Most of my TV viewing is done via an Apple TV box. Can anyone recommend a device that will be able to record the HDMI output from an
Apple TV box? Oh and play DVDs and Blu-rays of course!
I live in Spain, so built in Freeview or Freesat is not much use, and
most of the devices on sale seem to have that.
Thanks,
Steve
On 09/03/2023 15:59, Steve wrote:
Hi,
My Blu-ray player recently gave up the ghost, just as my wife bought a
10-disc box set of Alias Smith and Jones.
I'm thinking of replacing it with a box that will record as well as
play. Most of my TV viewing is done via an Apple TV box. Can anyone
recommend a device that will be able to record the HDMI output from an
Apple TV box? Oh and play DVDs and Blu-rays of course!
I live in Spain, so built in Freeview or Freesat is not much use, and
most of the devices on sale seem to have that.
Since posting this I have learned about something called HDCP which
would explain why recording devices aren't sold with an HDMI input port.
So I guess I'll just buy something which will play discs :)
On 10/03/2023 15:12, Steve wrote:
On 09/03/2023 15:59, Steve wrote:
Hi,
My Blu-ray player recently gave up the ghost, just as my wife bought
a 10-disc box set of Alias Smith and Jones.
I'm thinking of replacing it with a box that will record as well as
play. Most of my TV viewing is done via an Apple TV box. Can anyone
recommend a device that will be able to record the HDMI output from
an Apple TV box? Oh and play DVDs and Blu-rays of course!
I live in Spain, so built in Freeview or Freesat is not much use, and
most of the devices on sale seem to have that.
Since posting this I have learned about something called HDCP which
would explain why recording devices aren't sold with an HDMI input
port. So I guess I'll just buy something which will play discs :)
That doesn't explain why there aren't any DVD recorders that will record
SD video via SCART/component/composite connections. I used to have one
of those which was bristling with sockets. I think it was just manufacturer/broadcaster collusion or manufacturer timidity. You can
still get DVD recorders that will record from their internal Freeview tuners, and even Blu-ray recorders.
On 10/03/2023 17:55, Max Demian wrote:
On 10/03/2023 15:12, Steve wrote:
Possibly because the market for DVD recorders is shrinking rapidly andSince posting this I have learned about something called HDCP which
would explain why recording devices aren't sold with an HDMI input
port. So I guess I'll just buy something which will play discs :)
That doesn't explain why there aren't any DVD recorders that will
record SD video via SCART/component/composite connections. I used to
have one of those which was bristling with sockets. I think it was
just manufacturer/broadcaster collusion or manufacturer timidity. You
can still get DVD recorders that will record from their internal
Freeview tuners, and even Blu-ray recorders.
even fewer want to record SD video.
On 12/03/2023 10:30, MikeS wrote:
Possibly because the market for DVD recorders is shrinking rapidly and
even fewer want to record SD video.
That doesn't explain the existence (and continued availability) of ones
that *will* record from Freeview but not an external source, like the Panasonic DMR-EX97: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B015341TLG/ which I
possess.