Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

In message , T i m
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:48:17 +0000, Chris Hogg wrote:

On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:31:15 -0000, "Max Demian"
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"T i m" wrote in message
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Hi all,


However, it is said that the Humax boxes have a easier UI so does
anyone here have the PVR-9150T and if so what are your thoughts /
experiences on it please?

It should do fine. You may occasionally lose a few seconds off the start
and/or the end of the programme, but it's generally a useable machine.

I agree. We have a Humax 9200T.

I think I might go for one of those off eBay as well as I'm still
thinking of something for Mum and Dad. [1]

Been using it since DSO over two years
ago. Easy to use, even SWMBO can use it easily.

I'd have to give my Mrs 10/10 for dealing with this
less_than_intuitive basic Maplins PVR. It doesn't even save the show
name in the recordings, just the channel and date. ;-(

No major problems
apart from the occasional late start or early finish by a few
seconds*, which may be more the fault of the transmissions rather than
the Humax. I assume the 9150 would be similar.

Ok and thanks.

*a bit annoying when it's a whodunnit and you never find out
whodiddit.

Doh! (don'tcha just hate that).

Cheers, T i m

[1] And 'aunty' (she's not but I've always referred to her as 'Aunty
Joan' even though I'm 55 g) went for one of these offers off the TV
and had a PVR supplied and fitted to replace the straight STB I'd
supplied and fitted a couple of years ago. She seemed insistent that
the old box wouldn't work after switchover (it wasn't one of the few
that wouldn't) but she did need a PVR to replace her video recorder in
any case so I didn't argue. However, she told me (when I popped up to
take her though the functions again (the installer had done so on two
different days)) she mainly only watched the main 5 channels and on
analogue TV as the 'picture was better' (she has a 32" wide screen CRT
TV).

I think the first thing I noticed with the early digital was the
lipsync issues but wonder if I am now less bothered by it (but it's
often still there)?

I've have a 9200T, silver, packed and ready to be labelled.

Yours for £40.

Postage will be £10.

Interested?
--
Ian

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:14:08 -0000, Yellow
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In article ,
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On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:31:15 -0000, "Max Demian"
wrote:

"T i m" wrote in message
.. .
Hi all,


However, it is said that the Humax boxes have a easier UI so does
anyone here have the PVR-9150T and if so what are your thoughts /
experiences on it please?

It should do fine. You may occasionally lose a few seconds off the start
and/or the end of the programme, but it's generally a useable machine.

I agree. We have a Humax 9200T. Been using it since DSO over two years
ago. Easy to use, even SWMBO can use it easily. No major problems
apart from the occasional late start or early finish by a few
seconds*, which may be more the fault of the transmissions rather than
the Humax. I assume the 9150 would be similar.
*a bit annoying when it's a whodunnit and you never find out
whodiddit.

Out of interest, I have a 9200T but have just bought a new HD Humax box
and that seems to have solved this issue.

Yeah, reading the reviews and other feedback it seems there were some
issues with fan noise on some(?) of the models and a lockup think that
can often be resolved with a power-cycle and sometimes needed a
factory reset. Whilst this Maplin thing she's got seems to be pretty
reliable it really is a bit too basic (these days and now she's into
the idea) but I don't want to take her out of the frying pan and into
the fire (I get no brownie points for effort). ;-(

So if you have £280 for the 500GB version or £350 for the 1T version
(probably cheaper online) then I would highly recommend.

Unlike me she isn't a hoarder so the capacity would really be worth
the cost. Plus our biggest TV is only 19" (she watches a 15" computer
monitor quite near to her (and often 'windowed') so it looks like a
52"!). I'm not sure our main TV is real HD and we don't have any HD
sources in any case (or that it would be noticeable on that sized
screen in any case). So, the only reason / advantage I can see re
going to something that supported HD right now would be a bit of
future proofing and who knows how short that might be (before they
bring out some new std etc).

Also, I don't believe everything is or will ever be in HD so as long
as stuff isn't only watchable on an HD setup then I'm not sure what we
might be missing (other than the future proofing etc).

If we were changing any of the apparatus around our main setup then it
could make more sense.

However, if someone was local, (to Nth London / Herts) was selling
something like a 9200T cheap and it was as good (reliability wise) as
the newer models then it might be worth a gamble. It turns out I have
a £10 voucher off Argos and that makes them cheaper than Amazon for
the 9150T and we get a years warranty etc?

I guess the issue could be 'do we go to the next / first model up that
supports HDMI at least as it's only the /difference/ in price that we
are then talking about?

PVR9300T at £159 (minus my £10 so £149), £33 over the 9150T for the
HDMI (upscaling to 720) and extra 170G?

The HD-FOX T2 threw me for a second (£85 with a voucher) but I noticed
it's not a pvR as std? The Ethernet / media player feature could be
handy were it not that she has all that (and more) via her PC?

So do you have to go to the Humax HDR-Fox T2 500Gb (as you say at
nearer £280) before you get real HD?

As with all things it's a tricky balance between what you need (now),
what you might need (future proofing) and what might be nice (but you
never use / appreciate).

Cheers, T i m

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:01:12 +0000, Ian
wrote:

I've have a 9200T, silver, packed and ready to be labelled.

Yours for £40.

Postage will be £10.

Interested?

Hmm, it would be nice if you were localish to Nth London / Herts and I
could collect (at 40 it quid might be worth a punt)? If you are on the
road between Dumfrise (Scotland) and Nth London, daughter is just
leaving for home. ;-)

Thanks for the offer.

Cheers, T i m

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:42:37 -0000, "Dr Zoidberg"
wrote:


"T i m" wrote in message
.. .
However, it is said that the Humax boxes have a easier UI so does
anyone here have the PVR-9150T and if so what are your thoughts /
experiences on it please?

The 9150 doesn't do anything over and above a 9200, so I'd look at picking
up a used one for about a third of the price,

Ok. (Other than it having a years warranty so a 'safe' £116 V £40
with 'some risk'?) [1]

or spend the extra for a HDR
and get the freeview HD channels.

So there /are/ some channels that are HD only?

Cheers, T i m

[1] Daughter and b/f were looking to do her nieces next b/d party and
is putting a small mobile disco together on the cheap. Mixx VirtualDJ
on Linux laptop, amp, speakers etc. I found a pair of suitable s/u
speakers on Gumtree, they went and got them (tested them while they
were there) and when we tested them again at home /I/ noticed the two
10" drivers in one cab were probably blown (coils rubbing). So, it's
cost us another £35 for a pair of new drivers and the time and effort
to replace them. That puts us about 30 quid short of a new pair. The
kids weren't to blame as they did all the could to check they were ok.
I would probably have spotted the problem at the time and walked away.
Some people are lucky and some are not.

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

T i m wrote:
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:01:12 +0000, Ian
wrote:

I've have a 9200T, silver, packed and ready to be labelled.

Yours for £40.

Postage will be £10.

Interested?

Hmm, it would be nice if you were localish to Nth London / Herts and I
could collect

None of my business, but when you take your time, fuel, and
wear-and-tear into account it wouldn't be worth saving the tenner unless
he was very close.

Bill

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

In message , T i m
writes
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:01:12 +0000, Ian
wrote:

I've have a 9200T, silver, packed and ready to be labelled.

Yours for £40.

Postage will be £10.

Interested?

Hmm, it would be nice if you were localish to Nth London / Herts and I
could collect (at 40 it quid might be worth a punt)? If you are on the
road between Dumfrise (Scotland) and Nth London, daughter is just
leaving for home. ;-)

Thanks for the offer.

Cheers, T i m

Unfortunately, Cirencester, Glos..

I've just had a look at the Humax site, and in all honesty, I would
consider these,

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product.asp?ProdRef=10101

with an external Disk drive for recording, with the proviso that you can
only watch a recording or a programme on the same mux as the one you're
recording, or this,

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product.asp?ProdRef=10104

--
Ian

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

"Ian" wrote in message
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In message , T i m
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:01:12 +0000, Ian
wrote:

I've have a 9200T, silver, packed and ready to be labelled.

Yours for £40.

Postage will be £10.

Interested?

Hmm, it would be nice if you were localish to Nth London / Herts and I
could collect (at 40 it quid might be worth a punt)? If you are on the
road between Dumfrise (Scotland) and Nth London, daughter is just
leaving for home. ;-)

Thanks for the offer.

Cheers, T i m

Unfortunately, Cirencester, Glos..

I've just had a look at the Humax site, and in all honesty, I would
consider these,

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product.asp?ProdRef=10101

do it allow you to set up multiple recordings in advance

or just start them if you are sitting next to the box.

The "recording" feature seems to be very much advertised as a simple add on,
so I'm suspecting that it's crippled in some way

tim

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:44:48 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

T i m wrote:
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:01:12 +0000, Ian
wrote:

I've have a 9200T, silver, packed and ready to be labelled.

Yours for £40.

Postage will be £10.

Interested?

Hmm, it would be nice if you were localish to Nth London / Herts and I
could collect

None of my business,

Hey, all input considered Bill. ;-)

but when you take your time, fuel, and
wear-and-tear into account it wouldn't be worth saving the tenner unless
he was very close.

That was the hope, and / or I was going his way anyway.

But you are right and why we /normally/ order stuff online and
especially with free / cheap delivery (the two replacement 10" disco
drivers I bought the other day were only £1.50 delivery). ;-)

That said, and given some things are more likely to develop some
bizarre / technical issue (like these PVRs etc), I would rather buy
stuff locally where I can easily take it back and stand there being
'assertive' (if required) than faff about posting stuff off into the
blue-yonder and then have to deal with some customer service
department (that could be in India).

Whilst we don't have money to throw away we don't like gambling
either. A second hand paving slab or brick is unlikely to 'have
issues' whereas a PVR needing a new hard drive could easily reduce the
'value' (especially with drive prices as they are) to a level that
wouldn't have made it even a consideration with that hindsight.

There is nothing more comforting that standing there in front of them
saying "I bought this here 6 months ago and here's the receipt". ;-)
[1]

Cheers, T i m

[1] That's not to say I haven't enjoyed loads of 'working' second hand
or even repaired faulty kit back to working and had it remained fine
for /years/ but in most cases the stuff would have been given to me or
were really, really cheap.

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:51:09 +0000, Ian
wrote:

In message , T i m
writes
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:01:12 +0000, Ian
wrote:

I've have a 9200T, silver, packed and ready to be labelled.

Yours for £40.

Postage will be £10.

Interested?

Hmm, it would be nice if you were localish to Nth London / Herts and I
could collect (at 40 it quid might be worth a punt)? If you are on the
road between Dumfrise (Scotland) and Nth London, daughter is just
leaving for home. ;-)

Thanks for the offer.

Cheers, T i m

Unfortunately, Cirencester, Glos..

Ah, oh well, thanks anyway (and not ruled out by post either). ;-)

I've just had a look at the Humax site, and in all honesty, I would
consider these,

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product.asp?ProdRef=10101

with an external Disk drive for recording,

Not cheap at the moment or as nice as everything contained in one box
(all be it more flexible etc). Plus as she watches TV though her PC
anyway she has all the other features in place (she can watch stuff
I've saved off my Toppy onto the Server etc).

with the proviso that you can
only watch a recording or a programme on the same mux as the one you're
recording, or this,

Hmm, again, more or less what she can do now with the Maplin thing.

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product.asp?ProdRef=10104

£199, ouch! ;-)

Thanks though ..

Cheers, T i m

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

whereas a PVR needing a new hard drive could easily reduce the
'value' (especially with drive prices as they are) to a level that
wouldn't have made it even a consideration with that hindsight.

A Humax 9200 would only need a 160G IDE drive which puts it some
generations behind the ones affected by the floods in Thailand. OTOH it
is only fair to say the Humax is a bit fussy about its disks: the 2 I've
opened came with Seagate U series 9 (ST3160022ACE) but the Seagate DB35
series is recommended. On the third hand, I picked up one of them (a
ST3160215ACE) as a spare for £10.50 incl. postage a couple of weeks
ago.
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Robin
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