New USB Freeview recorder unveiled
by Andrew Laughlin at Digital Spy
Digital Vision has unveiled its new GiGo Digital Freeview Recorder, which
is billed as the first ever USB stick-based recorder to hit the market.
The product is a standard single tuner digital terrestrial receiver with
access to the EPG, but without an in-built hard drive.
Instead, the box has three USB ports on the front that enable owners to
record programmes in MPEG-2 format to any storage device that is plugged
in. This also means that users are able to record on one channel, while
viewing programmes previously saved on the USB sticks.
An hour of programming takes up around 2GB, with file names and synopsis
information being drawn from the EPG.
The GiGo can be used for playback or the files can be viewed on any other
device that is able to support MPEG-2 format, including handhelds.
Digital Vision head of retail sales Rob Musk told Pocket-Lint that the GiGo
offers a "simple and affordable approach".
He added: "We've connected a 500GB hard drive [to the device] with no
problems. You'll then be able to archive to your PC to watch on the move."
Musk also said that the company may introduce a future set-top-box that
offers MPEG-4 recording.
by Andrew Laughlin at Digital Spy
Digital Vision has unveiled its new GiGo Digital Freeview Recorder, which
is billed as the first ever USB stick-based recorder to hit the market.
The product is a standard single tuner digital terrestrial receiver with
access to the EPG, but without an in-built hard drive.
Instead, the box has three USB ports on the front that enable owners to
record programmes in MPEG-2 format to any storage device that is plugged
in. This also means that users are able to record on one channel, while
viewing programmes previously saved on the USB sticks.
An hour of programming takes up around 2GB, with file names and synopsis
information being drawn from the EPG.
The GiGo can be used for playback or the files can be viewed on any other
device that is able to support MPEG-2 format, including handhelds.
Digital Vision head of retail sales Rob Musk told Pocket-Lint that the GiGo
offers a "simple and affordable approach".
He added: "We've connected a 500GB hard drive [to the device] with no
problems. You'll then be able to archive to your PC to watch on the move."
Musk also said that the company may introduce a future set-top-box that
offers MPEG-4 recording.
