Humax pvr-9200t freeview PVR - £171

smithysaver

Does any one no if you have to keep the humax connected to the phone line for the epg updates? Really interested in getting one.:D

dc

PVRs like the Humax do not need or have a phone line, the epg updates are received via the aerial around 3 in the morning.
I think you are confusing this Freeview device with a SKY+ box.

HTHs dc

rjm2k1

williams55 wrote:

Well heres a wee update for ye . Held out thinking that this would drop in the sales . Never found it cheaper although Currys had dropped it from £229 to £199.
Was on the xmas sales hunt today and seen one in Currys , man it looked a sweet machine . Anyhow meantioned it was £171 in Dixons and without problem the saleslady dropped to £170 . No delivery charge as i was picking up , i thought hey what the heck lets go for it .
Got it home and woh this is a box tricks , fantasic piece of kit . No messing about with timers all you do is select the programme from the epg . Amazing piece of kit , well pleased . When i say well pleased that is until someone comes on and posts a better deal ...Still i held out tried my best and still beat the best online price , top jobby highly recommend this unit .
cheers for all the replys .

That's a good price, I just got one from currys, mentioned that the dixons website had them for 171 and they reduced it but only to 189 from 199 still worth asking!

Make sure you update to the latest firmware, amongst other things it gives you 50 timers instead of 20.

rjm2k1

ramit wrote:

yes it does have a slot.

I don't think that's stricly true, it has a slot, but you don't put a card in it, you put another module in it (££) and then put the card in that module.

adon30

rjm2k1 wrote:

I don't think that's stricly true, it has a slot, but you don't put a card in it, you put another module in it (££) and then put the card in that module.

I think (but am not 100%) that you get the module and card when you sign up for topuptv with your £30 subscription. Maybe someone has allready done this?

matimage

One of my friends has one of these Humax boxes and loves it.
I was going to get one and called up NTL yesterday to cancel my TV account (wanted to keep phone and internet though) but found out they do free basic digital so may as well stick with it.
My video doesn't work any more and instead of buying a new one I was going to use the Humax box but now I guess none of the menu stuff would work through NTL.
Does anyone know if this is the case? If it is, is there a cheapy hard drive system out there I can plug my NTL box into?
Cheers
M

Idiophreak

matimage wrote:

One of my friends has one of these Humax boxes and loves it.
I was going to get one and called up NTL yesterday to cancel my TV account (wanted to keep phone and internet though) but found out they do free basic digital so may as well stick with it.
My video doesn't work any more and instead of buying a new one I was going to use the Humax box but now I guess none of the menu stuff would work through NTL.
Does anyone know if this is the case? If it is, is there a cheapy hard drive system out there I can plug my NTL box into?
Cheers
M

The humax provides you with a bunch of stuff NTL won't.

If you like the features offered, I'd suggest you ignore the free NTL offer and just buy the humax.

matimage

hmm, I am sorely tempted, but it seems rather steep...
Also, I am not sure if my current aerial on the roof is up to freeview, is there a simple test you can do? or is it a case of buying the box and if it don't work get a new aerial (eep)

rjm2k1

matimage wrote:

One of my friends has one of these Humax boxes and loves it.
I was going to get one and called up NTL yesterday to cancel my TV account (wanted to keep phone and internet though) but found out they do free basic digital so may as well stick with it.
My video doesn't work any more and instead of buying a new one I was going to use the Humax box but now I guess none of the menu stuff would work through NTL.
Does anyone know if this is the case? If it is, is there a cheapy hard drive system out there I can plug my NTL box into?
Cheers
M

The hummy would be no use for NTL as it can only record from its own freeview tuners, not an external source.

fairytooth

I have had mine for about 1 year and love it!

Don't know if it's been mentioned here but you can transfer recorded TV films to your PC / laptop and play them using VLC software (free).

Great bit of kit, well worth £170