Best PVR Out There

Advantages: Easy to set up and use, picture quality, storage space
Disadvantages: None that I can think of other than being expensive

...I was looking for a new PVR late last year and the general concensus form the press was that this was the best unit on the market. The only downside reported in those reviews was that the programme guide took a long time to load up. In my experience this was not a problem - although the programme guide loads up from scratch every time you turn the unit on - if you usually leave the unit on standby this is never really a problem. The picture quality is top notch and the unit was really wasy to set up. As is always the case with digital TV recorders it took a bit of fiddling to get the picture settings on the unit and TV (16:9 on both)in sync but once that was sorted out the picture was crystal clear. Recording progammes is really easy - just highlight them on the programme guide or use the series record function. One...

Benji1000 22.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Humax PVR-9300T

  A venerable PVR

Advantages: Large memory, twin tuners, easy to use
Disadvantages: Some minor problems still unresolved, noisy

...We bought our Humax PVR-9200T not long after moving into our new house in December 2005. We decided on the Humax PVR 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 Humax PVR-9200T based a few things. First there was a glowing review of an older Humax PVR...

buzzard_cad 05.02.2007 · Read review
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  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 review
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Review of Humax PVR-8000T

Humax PVR9200T

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...

muppetmum 20.02.2008 (03.03.2008) · Read review
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Humax: Making the Unmissable Unmissable

Advantages: Never miss a programme
Disadvantages: U-G-L-Y

...I recently bought this freeview player as my old one packed up and I am so glad I did! The Humax 9200T is a basically a freeview player that has a built in hard drive. For anyone that has ever heard or used Sky + then this is exactly the same thing. Firstly if you were to look at the box itself then it is certainly something you will easily forget. It is a big square box essentially! It is not overly attractive at all. On the front you will see numerous buttons which let you change channel as well as pause live TV. There is a display on the left side of the box which shows the time and what channel you are watching. To the right of the machine is a flap which houses the card reader (for Top Up TV). On the back are the usual sockets with the noticeable absenteeism of a HDMI socket. The remote control is also very ugly. It is...

mynameisrui 14.08.2008 · Read review
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Organise your viewing with the Humax PVR8000T/80

Advantages: Easy recording/playback
Disadvantages: None found so far

...Do you, like me, find yourself missing your favourite programmes because you have too many things on your "to do" list? Or do you find that you sit down to watch something but feel guilty because you are not doing the cleaning or paying the bills? If the answer is yes then this product is definitely what you are looking for. The Humax PVR8000T/80 is a combined set-top box and hard-drive recorder, with enough space for around 40 hours of TV. To organise you viewing week, all you need to do is browse the 7-day TV guide and press OK to choose the programmes you want to record. Then when you have some "me-time" to spare, all your programmes will be stored, ready to watch. You can pause a programme if you need to go and answer the phone, or rewind it if you miss a bit. Also the TV/RADIO button is very useful as it means you can...

Poispinner 24.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Humax PVR8000T

Twenty-First Century TV Revolution

Advantages: Fantastic Features and Ease of Use
Disadvantages: EPG slow to Load

...Anyone who has used 'SkyPlus' will realise that its innovative system (which allows users to pause and rewind live TV) has revolutionised what consumers expect from a set top box, and has set a high standard for other hard drive recorder manufacturers. Freeview were soon to jump on the SkyPlus bandwagon with 'Freeview+' which grants similar handy pause and rewind privileges. However, many of the Freeview+ compatible boxes are a mixed bag in terms of their features and reliability, and until recently, they were no match for SkyPlus. That all changed however, with the release of the 'Humax PVR-9300T' - a Freeview hard-disk recorder, which, in my opinion, is a true SkyPlus beater. Available for £179.99 from Argos, or £163.99 from Amazon, the 9300 (as I shall refer to it from now on) is a Freeview receiver combined with a 320GB hard drive...

JOE.B 29.10.2009 (30.10.2009) · Read review
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Review of Humax PVR-9300T

Humax PVR9200-T Freeview Hard Disk Recorder

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

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Guinness2702 24.06.2006 (12.01.2007) · Read review
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Review of Humax PVR9200T

The high's and Lows of Humax ownership

Advantages: Ultimate Personal VIdeo Recorder
Disadvantages: IF if didn't crash on replays!

...Before I denigrate an excellent product so much that you won't buy one - read on. The Humax is first and foremost a PVR (personal video recorder); i.e. it uses an internal Hard disk drive to record programmes at the touch of a button (or two). This makes it A GREAT DEVICE. It's also a FREEVIEW box so you've got the digital programmes there as well. Then you've got a program viewing guide built in to it which is indespensible and fast. Here's what it can do for you. TRICK No.1 :If you're watching something and you want to record it, just press the red button. TRICK No.2: If you want to record something at a later time just press GUIDE, scroll through the program guide on screen, press enter twice and you're done. Once recorded scroll through the recordings list (with program names handily remembered) and press play...

ultimamike 18.12.2004 · Read review
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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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