digital tv recorders, i'm confused!

I was wondering the same thing. I was considering sky+, but maybe freeview plus is another option. One of my friends has a freeview plus box, but their tv is not digital.

You just need a PVR. Like a Humax or a Topfield box, these all come under PVR.

Can use with digital or non-digital. Most of the boxes have 2 tuners in - so with a non-digital tv you could record 2 things at once, and then watch channels 1-5 but not another freeview one. If you use with a digital tv you've got 3 tuners (2 in the box, 1 in the tv) so you could record 2 things at once and watch any other channel. Depends if you really want to use that much! We have a Topfield PVR with a non-digital tv and it does fine.

You need a PVR or Hard Disc Recorder which will have another (at least 1) digital tuner inside it. That allows you to watch one digital channel whilst recording another