Hi all... It appears my parents much loved Freeview Recorder box has given up the ghost. My parents are of the age where they don't do streaming (apart from a tiny bit of iPlayer) and happily watch and record Freeview. I don't watch TV conventionally, everything I watch is streamed/downloaded online, either watched on my laptop or hook this up to a TV. For them it has to be kept as simple / little change as possible!
They are happy with the TV but it is getting on a bit and I could happily replace this instead / at same time.
As far as I see it I've got a couple of options:
1) Replace the Freeview Box with a like for like. Keeping existing TV. Easiest and cheapest option.
2) Get a new Smart TV that has Freeview plus potential on-demand options AND USB recording option and hook up an external HDD / Memory Stick. More expensive but image quality improvement. The part I'm most interested in is if anyone has experience with USB recording features on Smart TVs? Read mixed things online in my so far brief research.
Any thoughts or advice greatly appreciated!