samsung's sir t165

[mnr929rr]

$599 for those who are interested.@FLANNER'S

[This message has been edited by mnr929rr (edited 12-19-2002).]

[sp44again]

599 for just a OTA box. That's a rip. How much more is the 160 with Directv?

[RRP]

No, the SIR-T151 is only OTA. The SIR-T165 is, and correct me if I'm wrong, satellite and OTA, with DVI and Firewire.

Richard

[kjnorman]

Correction.

The T165 is OTA only, but it has DVI and Firewire which will allow you to make recordings onto a DVHS recorder.

The T160 includes satellite reception and DVI out, but it does not have the firewire connection so you can not make any recordings from it.

To me, I find both a compromise.

[Dan]

Lets say I purchase a STB(sat and OTA) w/o DVI but my RPTV has DVI out(which many high end 2003 RPTV models supposeldley have) Can I use the DVI out from the RPTV to record to D-VHS? If so would there be a quality degradation of the source vs. recording directly from STB with DVI out?

Dan