Question for the Experts: Television Hard Disk recorder and Internet box for tv

[milanbenes]

Afternoon All,

experts, two questions:

(and please, Microsoft MSDN Certified Contractors need not reply)


Question 1,

Castle Benes needs a hard disk television recorder - what shall we buy ? (more info: Castle Benes has a cable network and there's a network connection by the tv, so we have choices, your typical like panasonic hard disk recorder, or some pc based home media thing um me jig) Experts what shall we do ?


Question 2,

Does such a thing exist as a box which sits next to the tv, and is plugged into interweb and tv and allows one to surf from the main tv and for example watch videos from you tube etc ?


Thanks,

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

It must be great to be you.

[Churchill]

It must be great to be you.

What, clueless and paid sh!tloads of money?

You're damn right!!!

He's living the ******* dream, man!

[milanbenes]

hey you'll luv this,

I took the passat to the airport this morning

driving heaven

anyway back to business, anyone know the answers

in a nutshell I can't be arsed to spend a month reading all the sh!t about this crap,
so I was hoping some spotty geek on here from a link detached mock tudor abode might know the answer

Dim as I said, fully MSDN certified contractors need not reply - on the other side I guess it that lot who are the link detached mock tudor bunch ?

Milan.

[Troll]

Afternoon All,

experts, two questions:

(and please, Microsoft MSDN Certified Contractors need not reply)


Question 1,

Castle Benes needs a hard disk television recorder - what shall we buy ? (more info: Castle Benes has a cable network and there's a network connection by the tv, so we have choices, your typical like panasonic hard disk recorder, or some pc based home media thing um me jig) Experts what shall we do ?


Question 2,

Does such a thing exist as a box which sits next to the tv, and is plugged into interweb and tv and allows one to surf from the main tv and for example watch videos from you tube etc ?


Thanks,

Milan.

Before we begin & just for clarity

1:You are familiar with the TV & its controls, how to power it up and change channels
2:The concepts of SCART & HDMI connections are not alien to you & you appreciate that a cable must connect the TV and a external box
3:Connecting the cable to the boxes is within your capabilities
4:Any external box require its own power connection

[DimPrawn]

What, clueless and paid sh!tloads of money?

You're damn right!!!

He's living the ******* dream, man!

If ignorance is bliss, Milan is living in ecstasy.

[milanbenes]

Before we begin & just for clarity

1:You are familiar with the TV & its controls, how to power it up and change channels
2:The concepts of SCART & HDMI connections are not alien to you & you appreciate that a cable must connect the TV and a external box
3:Connecting the cable to the boxes is within your capabilities
4:Any external box require its own power connection

yep I'm certified in that stuff

had to do re-sits though


so what do you think then Troll ?

see the thing is we've had this 40euro dvd player for years and the mrs has been on at me for years that we should be able to record as well as play dvd's

don't bother me, but you know how it is, man's got to do what a man's got to do, so we need some kind of tv hard disk recorder internet thing to keep the mrs happy

Milan.

[milanbenes]

What, clueless and paid sh!tloads of money?

You're damn right!!!

He's living the ******* dream, man!

nice one Winston

the other don't get it do they

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

yep I'm certified in that stuff

had to do re-sits though


so what do you think then Troll ?

see the thing is we've had this 40euro dvd player for years and the mrs has been on at me for years that we should be able to record as well as play dvd's

don't bother me, but you know how it is, man's got to do what a man's got to do, so we need some kind of tv hard disk recorder internet thing to keep the mrs happy

Milan.

Are you going to upgrade the gramophone at the same time?

[milanbenes]

Are you going to upgrade the gramophone at the same time?

you are not far off there, that's on the shopping list for next year as and when funds permit

Milan.