Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> This is way OT but someone on this list might just know of a product to
> fit my bill....
>
> I want a gadget that will record one particular radio programme
> digitally such that I can listen to it in bed - but here are the
> constraints:
> a) I can get a DAB radio with live pause but I've not seen one that acts
> like a PVR i.e. repeatedly records a programme.
> b) I can use a PVR - but that requires a TV (which I don't want to leave
> on) - and besides even a TV on with nothing on screen still gives off
> light and makes it harder to sleep. Even if I operated a PVR without a
> TV (i.e. sent the output to a speaker system) - they're usually
> extremely fiddly to operate through whatever display is on the front of
> the unit. I have a Humax that would be just the ticket - were it
> operable without a tv
> c) and finally - there's no TV aerial in the bedroom and (from my
> testing) cheapo TV aerials dont' work so well around here.
>
> There is still one [1] product out there that records to SD card but by
> the look of it - that records what's on now as opposed to what I want
> which is basically to record the news on R4 every night so I can get the
> headlines no matter what time I go to bed.
>
> Anybody seen anything I could use.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
MythTV will do that, if you're prepared to put a back-end system
together with a DAB or Freeview tuner etc., and a little silent,
diskless front-end PC to sit by the bedside. But that could be overkill
for what you want.
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
