recording freeview

[johnian]

I get freeview from existing sky box (subscription cancelled) however miss sky+ recording etc. Would like to add on a recorder. The recorders I have noted on the internet seem to have freeview cpapbility, is this necesssary? Would it work with my set up? Can you advise on best system to adopt?

[Kymmy]

Freeview PVR's will not work with a sky box.. What you need is a freesat PVR or a seperate PVR

[Matth]

A "freeview recorder" works by recording the MPEG data stream from the freeview - they cannot record from other inputs (except for a few which actually say they can, possibly those with DVD recording, as they tend to have an MPEG encoder to allow for recording different capacities to DVD).

A freesat PVR may be the best option, channel mix may not be absolutely identical to "Freesat from Sky", but with the tuner and recorder combined, scheduled recording would be easier than using a Sky box and a SCART connected recorder