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 -- Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
