thomson pvr - down to £79-99

Mike_J

Getting of of these boxes for OH for xmas, Can somebody confirm if:-
a) you can record two separate channel at same time if not watching TV
b) you can watch a play back whilst recording two channels
c) the firmware updates are straightforward
d) easy to use and follow instructions (techno thicky!!)
e) most importantly as a basic recorder with a basic set-up (28" widescreen CRT) it works and displays OK

Poppycat

Who you calling a idiot?

I was mealy informing people that the poster bargaingool was a spammer and that he at the time was spamming the forums with numerous posts about there web site. Ryan (from Liverpool) they call him has done this numerous times and has had many posts removed

devild wrote: »

What is this idiot on about? She/he/it has spammed this post!!

In answer to your question if Going to Main Menu and then Set up then Recording Preferences you can prevent missing bits of recording use the recording guard feature e.g. add 5 mins to start and end to try and get late starts and not miss end of recording. You can get it to automatically give you details of programmes by choosing the Customise DDT from Menu and then changing Synopsis Popup Delay

Update firmware (currently ver 2.88) by having PVR set to Channel 5 roughly 5.30pm or 11.30 am for update

Poppycat

I can recommend the Humax 9200 as mentioned this week on gadget show, my answers are about that cant comment on this model as I never used it.

A. yes the 9200 can not all pvrs can
B.yes you can record two and in some cases watch a 3rd depending on the multiplex
C. The 9200 is easy Over The Air or via a pc and null modem cable with supplied software from Humax
D. Very easy to use
E works fine on a crt or LCD mine is on a 40" Samsung LCD HD

Mike_J wrote: »

Getting of of these boxes for OH for xmas, Can somebody confirm if:-
a) you can record two separate channel at same time if not watching TV
b) you can watch a play back whilst recording two channels
c) the firmware updates are straightforward
d) easy to use and follow instructions (techno thicky!!)
e) most importantly as a basic recorder with a basic set-up (28" widescreen CRT) it works and displays OK

ka7e

Mike_J wrote: »

Getting of of these boxes for OH for xmas, Can somebody confirm if:-
a) you can record two separate channel at same time if not watching TV Yes
b) you can watch a play back whilst recording two channels Yes
c) the firmware updates are straightforward They are downloaded automatically if your box is switched on sat the relevant times
d) easy to use and follow instructions (techno thicky!!) OK, as long as you actually do read the instructions :rolleyes:. Updated features won't appear in your boxed instructions, though, so best to keep an eye on forums like Digital Spy.
e) most importantly as a basic recorder with a basic set-up (28" widescreen CRT) it works and displays OK Yes, but picture quality does depend on your signal strength

Hope this helps!

Huggins

Many thx DevilD very helpful - top man!

dc

Can anyone tell me what happens if you stop subscribing to TUTV.

It is rumoured you loose access to a big chunk of the hard drive as TUTV records 90 hours for use with the card. AND What happens if you NEVER subscribe, do you then get the full 160gigs?? or are you still locked out of the TUTV partition??

Ta in advance. dc

devild_2

Poppycat wrote: »

Who you calling a idiot?

I was mealy informing people that the poster bargaingool was a spammer and that he at the time was spamming the forums with numerous posts about there web site. Ryan (from Liverpool) they call him has done this numerous times and has had many posts removed

I was calling you an idiot maybe I didn't make this clear. Why were you obviously spamming this post about someone else who was spamming elsewhere? To add insult to injury you then conesecutively post this topic on rather than putting your comments in one post. You seem to use the forum like MSN messenger and whilst I accept you have in the past provided some contribution the quality is far outweighed by the quantity of your posts. By all means keep posting but consider the fact that people have to go through the numerous posts you make. To spam al the forums about a spammer is ludicrous. Happy posting

DC in relation to TUTV once you stop subscribing anything taped from TUTV becomes unavailable to watch but once you deselect TUTV channels you get the space back on your HD

ka7e

dc wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what happens if you stop subscribing to TUTV.

It is rumoured you loose access to a big chunk of the hard drive as TUTV records 90 hours for use with the card. AND What happens if you NEVER subscribe, do you then get the full 160gigs?? or are you still locked out of the TUTV partition??

Ta in advance. dc

I believe you can disable the TUTV channels which frees up most of the hard drive. If you get the 1-months free sub, you need to remove the card at the end of the month - it's probably best not to activate it at all!

dc

Is it just me!!!

Went to to get one from Tesco yesterday only to find it had just been removed from shelves, put off as the box presented looked like a return, so backed off.

Then found it at Argos at same price, so ordered for pickup, with items to take the bill up to £100 ( cos the £5 for £50 and £10 for £100 vouchers are back today). Which effectively would give 10% off, i.e. about £72

Only to be told that the price has reverted to £99.99 from today, Bar stewards!

webuserisme

With Quidco and the Telegraph £20 discount code (full details on HUKD) this can be had from www.johnlewis.com for £75 delivered to your door. (Or even LESS if you read the thread linked to!). And they double the warranty to 2 years.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106812&highlight=thomson