Advice about a recorder for Samsung smart TV

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Quote from: chenks76

... you'll be stuck to recording what you are watching though, as the TV won't have 2 tuners?

Quote from: nanotm

... Samsung have been doing dual tuner TV's for quite a long time, ...

My Samsung TV (48HU7500) has more than 2 tuners.  There is a standard terrestrial aerial input (FreeView), and 2 x satellite inputs for either the built-in FreeSat tuners or other satellite services.
I've yet  to use the satellite inputs, but the TV can record 2 different FreeView channels whilst watching a third channel simultaneously (any/all can be in SD or HD).  I'm not sure what the possible combination of simultaneous recordings would be if the satellite inputs were used as well; it could be that the built in tuners are combined UHF/satellite in which case the number would still be three.

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If you have an ethernet port can you watch online channels whilst recording a Freeview programme?

[#3]

Quote from: vilefox

... can you watch online channels whilst recording a Freeview programme?

Yes (if you mean the likes of iPlayer).  Well at least I can with my present Samsung; I could also do that with my previous Samsung which only had 1 DVB-T2 tuner (it also had a DVB-S2 tuner but that never got used).

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@Anonymous wrote:
Excuse my ignorance lack of knowledge, but are you saying you have a Samsung TV into which you can insert a USB Stick that the TV will then record to? If this is the case what is the model number(s) of this / these TVs please.

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Well I finally got round to getting one of these TVs (arriving tomorrow) but I was wondering if there was a preferred disk type for these. i.e. Flash Disk, USB Solid State etc as I'd like to get one in preparation for it's arrival.

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Which make and model of USB memory stick did you use? I know USB HDD are recommended but people seem to have mixed results with USB sticks. Thanks