Thanks everyone. The freesat box is something my sister was thinking about. Her new house had sky previously so she thought she might see if she could hook up freesat in the spare bedroom via the existing sat cable.
I don't know too much about it. I know freeview cannot be accessed here but I wasn't sure if the boxes were interchangeable. I just saw some advertised in the Argos clearance section & I was wondering if it was worth risking it. By the sounds of things I need to do some more research.
She took the HDD DVD recorder when she moved out and they all seem to be really expensive now so I stupidly thought I could buy this instead.
I don't have a satellite dish, just upc digital. I don't mind if the freeview part doesn't work. I just miss being able to record stuff to the HDD part.
Pudds, In my situation would a box with DVB-C/C2 be the way to go?
RMCF, thanks for the offer but as the HDD version was for me the freesat one wouldn't work in my house and my sister just wants the cheap one to put in the guest bedroom.