Help spec my mum a new TV - PVR?

DomBruv · 23 Nov 2021 at 19:54

I'm trying to find a TV that will allow her to set record for freeview channel programs and record to a USB instead of using this crappy TalkTalk box on a 20-year-old TV. (she says she hates catch up due to adverts lol)

the TV needs to be between 32-42inch but prefers 40 if possible as she's upgrading from a 32.

Does anyone know of a TV that will do this? It's the most important thing for her and all the ones i can find that do it on youtube are 50+ inch.

1080p fine but 4k be nice.
£250-£400

Many thanks!

DomBruv · 24 Nov 2021 at 07:49

Thinking maybe this would do the trick?
Hisense 40 Inch 40A5600FTUK

DomBruv · 24 Nov 2021 at 13:49

Think ill go with the above and see how it goes

SexyGreyFox · 24 Nov 2021 at 14:14

I have a 43" Hisense 7400 and you can only record 1 channel at a time if that's a problem.

DomBruv · 24 Nov 2021 at 14:43

SexyGreyFox said:
I have a 43" Hisense 7400 and you can only record 1 channel at a time if that's a problem.

can you set it to record a series?

will it still record while the TV is powered off/standby?

Does it record to an external drive or internal storage?

SexyGreyFox · 24 Nov 2021 at 16:13

DomBruv said:
can you set it to record a series?

will it still record while the TV is powered off/standby?

Does it record to an external drive or internal storage?

I tried it once so can't answer your questions.
My Mum was 85 when she died and up until two weeks before her death she was programming a Panasonic PVR like a boss.
I've found that the 'PVR' built into TVs aren't that good and i have experience of 4 TVs capable of doing it.
It would be nice to find a TV that does have an excellent PVR built in although I don't need one.

I have a VU+ Uno4k that can record at least 8 channels at once and it can be accessed in every room using a plugin in KODI on Fire Devices (or any Android box).

DomBruv · 25 Nov 2021 at 14:49

SexyGreyFox said:
I tried it once so can't answer your questions.
My Mum was 85 when she died and up until two weeks before her death she was programming a Panasonic PVR like a boss.
I've found that the 'PVR' built into TVs aren't that good and i have experience of 4 TVs capable of doing it.
It would be nice to find a TV that does have an excellent PVR built in although I don't need one.

I have a VU+ Uno4k that can record at least 8 channels at once and it can be accessed in every room using a plugin in KODI on Fire Devices (or any Android box).

thanks for the info, apparently it's got advanced PVR whatever that is, so will try it out I guess.