Humax PVR-9150T

A Happy Humax Viewer

Advantages: ease of setting up. Good on screen info. easy to use.
Disadvantages: none that I have found

I had a Touch Box 4 freesat box which, quite frankly was a waste of time. The Humax box has been a revelation. We watch our programs all the time through it now. My first impression was its small neat size, not dominant at all in the cabinet. Living in the "sticks" I was stuck with 4 channels and quite poor picture quality. I only have an SD TV but the picture quality has improved considerably. It is sharp with good colours. My last set had manual set up but the Humax is fully automatic. I had trouble inputting the post code. It would not accept the space using either the handset or on screen system. So, I tried the code without the space and it worked. It is so easy, even I could do it (at 73, I do sometimes have problems). I only have 2 minor criticisms of the unit. I have to set the volume to maximum to obtain the required ...

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Review of Humax Foxsat-HD

Developing a Sense Of Humax

Advantages: Good price for what is a Freeview upgrade AND a recorder in one
Disadvantages: Welcome to the wonderful world of software upgrades!

for a couple of hours, but compared to the 7-day Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) of a Sky box was inadequate to say the least. Well, that?s all changed now, as Freeview start to roll out a full 8-day EPG to any set-top box or digital TV that?s prepared to take it on board ? those with old On Digital boxes will, regrettably, NEVER be updated from the Now & Next facility, so you need something new. On top of that, you need something to record the pictures on, and this is where a machine like the Humax PVR 8000T come in. Not only is it a Freeview set-top box tuner, but it?s also a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) - that?s the posh new name for something that records TV to a PC-style hard disk, so not only does it upgrade an analogue telly to digital but it gives you an easy means of time-shifting the programmes in one fell swoop and one neat ...

BNibbles 13.10.2004 (15.10.2004) · Read full review
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Review of Humax PVR-8000T

Humax PVR 9300T box

Advantages: Picture, sound, recption
Disadvantages: Remote control

I had a Thomson 160GB PVR and it was awfull, it kept crashing, wouldn't come out standby, Picture kept breaking up and it was noisey. I put up with this for 2 years and i'd had enough, so i bought a Humax 9300T PVR 320GB. What a fantastic box, the picture doesn't break up and is much sharper, it's whisper quiet when on and off, it's got a 320GB hard drive so you can record the programs you like to watch, you can also do a series link so you can record a whole series of a program, it has accurate recording so if a prgoram starts learly or runs late it will automatically adjust to record the whole program. It has HDMI slot for if your tv is HD ready and also it will power your indoor arial. in standby it only uses 0.9w of electric compared to my old box which used 17.8w. In my opinion the remote is a bit fiddly but once you have used it ...

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Review of Humax PVR-9300T