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Hi Paul,
Many of the PVR's on the market, and in particular those that have the
Freeview logo, don't permit you to move the free to air content you
record to some other device or media. They encrypt the contents on
the internal HDD. If coming from a DVD recorder world where
you may have saved some shows to a DVD to keep, then if that
was an important feature for you, you need to look at the manuals
for the PVR's carefully.
I don't have this particular unit myself so I am in no position to make
any recommendation, but the Humax 4tune is one of the higher-end
PVR's that, as I understand it, allows you to move or stream any
content you record to another device or media. It also happens
to have four tuners.
Most other PVR's have at least two tuners and many now have WiFi
and can act as DLNA servers, but they will only deliver your own
photos or music content, not TV programs you have recorded.
If you are also in the market for a new TV, many have an in-built
PVR feature and you simply plug a commodity HDD drive into their USB port.
For standalone PVR's. many support a form of HDMI-CEC these days
such as LG's SimpLink, Sony's Bravia Sync, etc. This can be a nice
feature so that when you turn off the TV, it also turns off the PVR.
There can sometimes be an advantage in buying the same brand of PVR
as the brand of TV you own, if it is a relatively recent model, as some
of these HDMI-CEC features can then be more fully exploited.
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