To sum up: USB recording should work well for time-shifting and recording programmes when you’re out, using the Freeview EPG (electronic programme guide). (I haven’t run into this, but please comment below if you have.)
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These were all things you could do with old-fashioned video tape.Īnd if your TV set dies, your recordings presumably won’t work on your new TV set, or not without some form of online registration. If so, you will not be able to “top and tail” or otherwise edit them, copy them to a different hard drive, or play them in another room or at a friend’s house. Sony and presumably other TVs therefore format USB devices using partitions that PCs can’t handle.Īs a result, programmes recorded via USB may be digitally “locked” to that TV set. Even if it is, the content providers don’t want you to be able to record a programme from a TV and then plug that into a PC. For a start, Sony’s i-Manual says that “Recording is not possible if the programme is not authorised by the operator”. The drawbacks mostly derive from the content providers’ war on copying, which they almost always regard as “piracy”. (I can’t speak from experience of specific Sony Bravia models, so you’ll have to check what applies to your TV.) However, there are other drawbacks with the USB recording technology, as generally implemented. To do this, you need two Freeview tuners. That’s fine if you use the timer to record something when you’re out, but not if you want to record one programme while watching another.
The biggest drawback with most Freeview TVs is that they only have one tuner.
For playback, Sony TVs can recognise FAT and exFAT file systems, but – unlike some other TVs – not Windows’ NTFS file system. When you attach a USB storage device for recording purposes, the TV set will format it, and this will delete everything that’s already on the drive. There’s a good chance that your TV can record programmes, but it’s not guaranteed. On its website, Sony lists 14 Bravia TVs that can record to an external hard drive, and 41 models that can play back from an external hard drive. See the section on USB HDD Recording in the Bravia’s European online i-Manual (versions for other regions may vary).īe sure to use an external hard drive with its own power supply, rather than using the power available via the USB socket. In Sony Bravia TVs, this is the second USB port, labelled HDD Rec. This involves plugging a USB memory stick or external hard drive into the correct USB port. Some TV sets allow users to record TV programmes directly to a USB hard drive, without using a VCR or DVR (digital video recorder). The digital signal that probably arrives through the same TV aerial has to be decoded by a Freeview or Freeview HD tuner, and Freeview tuners have been included in all TV sets sold in the UK since 2008. Indeed, this was a vital part of the VCR’s appeal: you could record something while watching a different TV programme.įast forward to today: the government has closed down analogue TV broadcasting and replaced it with a form of digital TV based on DVB-T (standard definition) and DVB-T2 (high definition). The VCR had its own analogue TV tuner, so it didn’t actually record from the TV: it recorded programmes from the signal it got from the TV aerial. In the old days, people who wanted to record TV programmes bought a VCR or video cassette recorder to connect to their TV sets. In fact, you probably don’t need a machine at all.
You don’t need a machine with a Freeview tuner. Presumably I don’t need a machine with a tuner? Any ideas? Julian Most of the recording devices seem to include a Freeview tuner, but my TV has a Freeview tuner built in. It’s connected to Freeview via an aerial.
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