HDD recorder with twin tuner - recomendations?

buglawton

IMHO, £130 (+P&P) Humax refurb (see link further up) much better than £117.5 Goodmans - and don't have to be a Makro member.

ChuckleVision_2

buglawton wrote: »

IMHO, £130 (+P&P) Humax refurb (see link further up) much better than £117.5 Goodmans - and don't have to be a Makro member.

You've talked me around. I'm gonna go for the refurb - thanks very much.

isofa

Goodmans vs Humax - no comparison, like Lada vs BMW. Humax all the way.

buglawton

Humax disk is smaller. Will it fill up? Depends on what kind of viewer you are, some people just love collecting things & hate getting rid of them, eg your old recordings! If you are one of these, go for large disk. I still have a few bits & bobs from last Xmas but prune regularly (esp old series recordings) and am abt 80% full.

Hungerdunger

buglawton wrote: »

Humax disk is smaller. Will it fill up?

I can't speak for the Humax, but with my Topfield, if it does start to fill up with stuff which we want to keep I simply transfer it via my laptop to an external hard drive. If I want to view it again I can transfer it back. We did that when More 4 were showing every episode of the Sopranos at the rate of five per week. I've got series 4 - 6 (or was it 7?) on external hard drive, while we plod our way through Series 2 and 3 on the Toppy.

rancid-a

ChuckleVision wrote: »

• Auto-padding ensures you never miss the beginning and end of a programme

Originally the Humax didn't have this feature (I got one) and it's a pain in the bum without it, more often than not I'll miss the start/end of a recorded program. I'd still be tempted to recommend one of those 'upgraded' models though

buglawton

Auto padding setting on Humax cannot be used if you wish to record a whole series automatically. Don't ask me why (there is a whole forum devoted to Humax quirks). I turned padding off and find I don't miss. An unexpected encore at the end of Jools Holland's 'Later' did og missing though.

And the Hummy also has a usb link for getting your recordings onto a laptop - though I cannot be bothered and have no idea how the result could be burned to DVD/viewed.

alanrowell

ChuckleVision wrote: »

You've talked me around. I'm gonna go for the refurb - thanks very much.

For £30, the other Humax you mentioned is well worth it if only for the accurate & series recording options.

buglawton

er.. did you meant the £130 one?

ChuckleVision_2

Thanks everyone.

I went for the Humax one and am very please with it. It has loads of features including Picture and Picture, series link & you can record your favourite DAB radio shows too (and loads more features I have yet to get my head around!).

Anyone know if you can just plug in a bog standard external hdd into it to play MP4 and videos on it?