Not necessarily ‘the’ question though!
Having survived up until now with standard analogue television (5 terrestrial channels) and a standard CRT set, I have started to consider whether to delve into the world of digital TV and also splash out on a new flat-panel set. Unfortunately these things always seem to suffer from scope creep and I would also like to replace my VHS video recorder. To my mind, based on the rationale of garbage-in/garbage-out it makes more sense to me to upgrade the signal and then replace the presentation (i.e. TV). Therefore this lends weight to the decision to replace the VHS video recorder with something that can also decode the Freeview digital signal.
The devices I have so far come across which seem to match my requirements are the Sony RDR-HDX860, Humax 9200 and Topfield 5800. The latter two being digital PVR machines and the Sony being what seems to be termed a ‘Hybrid’ device which correlates to a PVR and DVD Recorder.
