Hello there,

(Hope I'm posting in the correct thread)

I'm looking for a DV recorder with built-in smart card slot and Astro decoder

The problem with DV recorders is that they can only record whatever
channel that the Astro decoder is set to at the time.

But if the DV recorder has a built-in smart card and decoder, then it
can work as an Astro box and allow recording of programmes across
multiple channels over the course of a day.

It seems some Pioneer DV recorders have this slot and decoder.

But I'm not sure whether they are compatible with Astro.

Does anyone know whether they will work with Astro...?



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Darkthalia

Not too sure what you want to achieve... if you wanna do live tv or schedule recording of astro, a HTPC + Hauppage WinTV card (wintv-pvr-150 with a IR blaster included to change channels on yr astro decoder ) + MS Media Center shd do the job...

Someone even have the Electronic Programming Guide working with WinXP MCE...go here for details ..
http://forum.mediacenter2u.com/index.php

or just get the Astro MAX, their version of DVR that I am current using, interface and features are not the best in the world but it gets the job done... sometimes buggy... but works most of the time...

Tried Astro Max?

But is it still available?

hi..im quite interested with the MCE...is there by any chance got the MCE addon for Winxp Pro...I mean install MCE as external software....any ideas guys...???

hi all, can u introduce me a good recorder for astro other then astro max? would like to record some programme from astro. thanks!!!

Push Astro to introduce the DVR function in the b.yond faster

Got third party MCE wannabes. MediaPortal is quite mature already. Alternatively there's GBPVR and if you don't mind paying money you can get BeyondTV or SageTV.

If you're willing to update to Win7 or Vista, can get MCE with Home Premium and Ultimate.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 14 2010, 09:55 PM

astro max discontinued already...just got to wait for b.yond's latest DVR function...

if you plan for recording then first thing todo is NOT to subscribe byond but using back old decorder which has s-video

is very rare to find a harddisk recorder that has component input so the best input you can get now is s-video

do hope one day china will come out a DVR that can hack all HDCP

what is the cheapest PVR deck for recording basic Composite RCA and mono/stereo sound from normal astro?

hi guys, since astro max is discontinued and i dont have HTPC, can recommend me a good recorder? thx

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Added on January 26, 2010, 12:43 amHi, anyone can help? i did try to do some reasearch but seems like DVD recorder is very limited in the market

This post has been edited by shakiraa: Jan 26 2010, 12:43 AM