Twin Tuner HDD PVR vs DVD Recorder HDD PVR

RTNI

waynedance wrote: »

got mine from comet at around feb time for £180.

Only problem is that no Comet shops here in Northern Ireland and they won't deliver to NI either! Thanks for the price though, might be able to use it for a price match!

RTNI

paint wrote: »

Another recommendation for th Humax - it's fantastic and archives hours and hours of programs. I've copied programs to my laptop and burned to disk. It's a bit of a hassle, but pretty straightforward via usb cable.

Cheap price...

http://www.which.hughesdirect.co.uk/productlist.php?cda=productlist&search=humax

Delivery is £6.

That is a good price! Unfortunately delivery is £18 to NI!

Thanks for the recommendation though! I thought it was possible from reading other forums about making a DVD copy via the computer!

Stompa

waynedance wrote: »

you can record 2 channels...........and connect to pc to archive.

Rather than connecting to a PC via USB, can you plug in a USB flash drive, copy across to that, then copy from the flash drive to PC?

And can you download software updates to a USB flash drive, plug into Humax and update from it?

(I suspect the answers are No and No, but would be grateful if somebody could confirm please).

Thanks

saintstreaky

Sorry Stompa, no, needs to be a direct connection.

Definitely a twin tuner - I wavered, went for the 9200 and have realised I'd be really annoyed if I could only record one channel at a time. Humax 9200 is brilliant, so easy to use that I never watch TV live any more, with the exception of breakfast news in the morning and live sport. I don't think I'd really use a DVD recorder even if it had one to be honest.

Stompa

saintstreaky wrote: »

Sorry Stompa, no, needs to be a direct connection.

Thanks, that's a great shame. It would have avoided the need to disconnect everything and move it to within cable distance of my PC.