Our old VCR broke ages ago, and we never bothered replacing it, as we could watch DVDs on the playstation, and there never seemed to be anything on worth watching!
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A review by clarebarker on Humax PVR9200T July 14th, 2008
Author's product rating:
Ease of Use
Simple
Ease of Installation
Difficult
Range of Features
Excellent
Value for Money
Good
Advantages:
really easy to use, record two things at once
Disadvantages:
setting it up took ages
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Our old VCR broke ages ago, and we never bothered replacing it, as we could watch DVDs on the playstation, and there never seemed to be anything on worth watching!
However, we decided it was about time we replaced the old VCR, and this seemed the best option. Once we'd managed to get it all tuned in and working, it was great, but getting there was a bit of a hassle.
Firstly not all channels would work (in particular ITV channels didn't work). Then when we did get them working, a lorry would drive past and it would all be messed up again (and a lot of lorries drive past our house!). After a few software upgrades, a bit of aerial fiddling, and a lot of patience, it does now work perfectly, all channels.
Now it does work, it's very useful, you can record two things at once, or record on one channel and watch another, which is great when there are people in the household with different tastes! The TV guide is also really easy to use, and you just need to highlight the program you want to record and press ok.
You can also record whole series of programmes in a similar way, which is great when you always want to watch something which is on in the middle of the night. We do record quite a lot of stuff, and have had no problems with it getting full.
This would have got 5 out of 5, except for all the problems getting it to work in the first place, but they may have made improvements so this no longer happens. Also, I think it depends on what area of the country you live (and which TV mast you use). I don't think distance from the mast helps, because we can see our local mast (Emley Moor) from our living room window, and it didn't help us.
Advantages: Series Link, large hard drive, easy to use Disadvantages: none
I bought this product to replace my "blown up" Digifusion fusion box and I am very impressed with it. It has a massive 160Gb hard drive, very easy to use and intuitive interface and the thing I like most of all is "Series Link". As a sky user for many years, I have missed this function, but now it is available on Freeview ! I Bought the Silver version (9200T/S) and it looks very stylish. One tip I would recommend is as soon as it is plugged in and ...
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Advantages: It's a high capacity twin tuner HDD recorder. What more do you need Disadvantages: The software is still evolving, and it's a bit too big
...There is no doubt that HDR's are already starting to revolutionise the way people watch television, and this one does the business nicely.
The main benefit is that you can "Time shift" your TV viewing, just like recording a programme to VCR for later. How does this HDR differ from using a VCR you ask? Well here are the main points:-
* In-built freeview decoder, which means that subject to reception, you can receive all of the freeview channels. With the exception of the optional "Top-up TV" channels, all you have to pay is your TV licence. (Note that this box is freeview only, if you don't get a freeview signal, this box will NOT record the 5 traditional analogue TV signals)
* You don't have to swap tapes around, or worry about capacity, simply select the programme you want and it is recorded to the disk (as long as you...
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Advantages: Ease of use, and ability to save series Disadvantages: Unable to take files off the machine at the moment
...to see it I have copied the spec from the website humaxdigital.com; which is also excellent.
""PVR""
Includes all Freeview channels
One touch recording
8 days TV Guide
Up to 100 hours recording (160GB hard disc)
Pause live TV
""USB 2.0""
USB 2.0 connectivity for PC
MPEG A/V file transfer between Duovisio and a PC
Digital photo album and slide show
MP3 player
Free CD of PC application 'Media e-linker'
""General Features""MPEG2 Digital & Fully DVB-T Compliant
Common Interface for Pay TV (MHEG6 support)
Digital Teletext(MHEG5 support)*(UK only)
RF modulator/Twin scarts(Scart cable included)
Dolby digital 5.1 optical output
Two year manufactufacturer guarantee
Up to 200 Channels storage5 Favourite groups
Subtitle supports EBU & DVB subtitle
Teletext supports by VBI insertion
Dolby Digital Audio Output
Automatic Software...
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Advantages: Large memory, twin tuners, easy to use Disadvantages: Some minor problems still unresolved, noisy
...We bought our HumaxPVR-9200T not long after moving into our new house in December 2005. We decided on the HumaxPVR as it came with a Freeview set up and the facility to record programmes along with a host of other minor functions. For those of you in the dark ages or still on analogue TV, PVR stands for 'Personal Video Recorder' and is essentially a computer type hard drive contained in a TV receiver box. This PVR is a link between my aerial and my TV so I can watch nice crisp digital TV, our PVR's work with cable or satellite TV. I decided to use the Humax for a year before writing a review on it, however I feel that I am now writing about something that is nearly obsolete with the recent push for High Definition TV (HDTV).
We chose the HumaxPVR-9200T based a few things. First there was a glowing review of an older HumaxPVR...
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This is my first Personal digi-box but collectively my family have quite a few, so I can quite safely say that this is the best box on the market that you can get featuring only a few disadvantages.
This is a good looking box, not the most attractive... more
Bought this as a bedroom television. It is a little bulky due to the big speakers and so decided to leave it on a table rather than wall mount, which is possible. It is a HD television the resolution is in between the lower 768 the top of 1082 at 1440... more
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