High quality (Humax 9200T) twin tuner 160GB Freeview PVR £130

thor

tr3mor wrote: »

The 9200T has a USB port. You can transfer the files to your PC and burn DVDs from there if you like.

Yes I had heard that it had an usb port and in light of counterstrike's extremely informative link it looks like for the near future at least there is not likely to be any recoders coming out to challenge the humax when it comes to numbers of features.

seth

Great unit good quality very reliable, easy to use.
Copying from the 9200T to USB is a bit hit and miss as the PC software is buggy and slow.

There is a good community around the 9200T hacks, updated and emails when new firmware is out.

http://www.hummy.org.uk/home/

You can add firmware and new loaders via a serial port and a PC or wait for the Over the Air updates.

Topfield are another good make of PVR.


Humax seem to listen to users and add functions we ask for and bring out good new releases.

bobdauilda

NOTE: This unit only records Freeview, not SKY or cable

dc

counterstrike wrote: »

Why don't PVRs have DVD burners?
http://www.nigelwhitfield.com/v2/article.php?id=47

Thanks for the info.
Panasonic do have a single tuner one though.

I have another query which needs pushing with all Dvb-t box manufacturers is :-

WHY oh WHY do they not fit a VGA PC output that would enable the box to be used directly to a monitor. They are missing out on a market that would enable a £100 19" monitor (with sound or a £5 pc speaker setup), to undercut a 19" Freeview TV by £50 upwards. External adapters can be got on Ebay for £20ish, so its inclusion in a Freeview box should add no more than £10 to the final box cost, and sales would soar when the usefullness got around. Come on someone.

speedyjoe

dc wrote: »

External adapters can be got on Ebay for £20ish, so its inclusion in a Freeview box should add no more than £10 to the final box cost, and sales would soar when the usefullness got around. Come on someone.

Because adding £10 to the cost of a PVR for a feature maybe 1% of buyers would be interested in would discourage the other 99% from buying. Personally I'd rather they fitted an HDMI socket.

deanos

You can get a brand new Thomson 160gb twin tuner Freeview PVR and 2 year warranty for £80 at John Lewis using the £20 off voucher in the voucher board

dc

deanos wrote: »

You can get a brand new Thomson 160gb twin tuner Freeview PVR and 2 year warranty for £80 at John Lewis using the £20 off voucher in the voucher board

Back down to £79.99 at Tesco this minute.

deanos

2 Year warranty with John Lewis tho, thats why i mentioned them not Tesco :j

Woby_Tide

bobdauilda wrote: »

NOTE: This unit only records Freeview, not SKY or cable

i don't think any PVR records cable or sky, thats why they have their own proprietary boxes

dc

speedyjoe wrote: »

Because adding £10 to the cost of a PVR for a feature maybe 1% of buyers would be interested in would discourage the other 99% from buying. Personally I'd rather they fitted an HDMI socket.

Ok for VGA read DVI.

I was generalising on the cost, and actual type/name of output socket. The rgb video output signal is roughly the same format whether Scart, HDMI, VGA or DVI, the difference is the timing of the signals for the display and whether interlaced or progressive. HDMI and DVI are connectable via adapters and the socket used are mainly historical developments. The electronics would cost pennies in volume manufacture.

+ On your wishlist comment, I would guess that less than 1% have HDMI TVs and the upscalers required would cost more than the timers for my wishlist. The two wishes could be combined easily, as they are almost the same.
But trickle down technology keeps the marketeers happy.

Guess you're a Have and I'm a Have-not. :beer: