Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:01:25 -0000, "Max Demian"
wrote:

[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.

You might want to consider http://humaxdirect.co.uk/ as they sell "Manager's
Specials" which are clearance items or reconditioned returns.

Thanks, I had actually been there after reading up pre posting.
Wherever I read it they were less than glowing about the reliability
of some of these refurbs but then thy could just be the (vocal)
minority that had had problems?

I don't mind the idea of 'stock clearance' (old / obsolete models),
'ex display' or even straight returns (customer changed their mind)
but I think I'm less comfortable with what were faulty units being
repaired and resold as 'reconditioned'. [1] Like, how do they know the
fault doesn't happen once every 60 days, not easy to force, even with
a burn-in test. In fact, in that instance I might be happier
(ignoring any warrantee you get from a factory refurb etc) with a
plain second hand jobby from someone who has taken up the latest
technology ('genuine reason for sale' sorta thing) and especially when
you know the seller personally (and they know it might come back
trough their front window gaffa-taped to a breeze block). ;-)

They've
currently got a 9150 for £89.95

With the £6 postage that's only just over £10 less than a new one from
Argos (with 'voucher')? ;-(

and the larger capacity 9300 for £124.

Nice idea but 'she' really doesn't keep much and whilst I do I rarely
watch stuff again on the Topfield so it just means I end up not
recording something I do want because of 'Disk Full'. ;-(

So, I think it would have to be either a cheap s/h 9200 and hope all
is ok [2] or a brand new 9150 from the top of the road and the
comfort of a 12 months worry free investment (and that's only at the
cost of the difference as well).

And had it been for me maybe things would be a bit different, as it's
for her .... gulp.

Cheers, T i m.

[1] When I was building PC's regularly I would always spot (and often
refuse) a card that I could easily see had been installed in something
before (even if they insisted it had never been powered up). The worry
for me was not knowing how it had been handled (anti-static etc) and
even if it had a full 12 month warrantee, I didn't want the hassle of
some intermittent fault or premature failure of something would have
probably been fine if I was the first person to handle it after it
left the factory.

[2] I watched a fairly local 9200 go on eBay tonight for 26 quid but I
saw it too late to ask the seller when he might be about for
collection (otherwise it's more petrol and time. Ironically I might be
close tomorrow when I drop the Mrs off for her knee washout (it needs
to be done urgently as it's really slowing her up when she walks up
the shops to get my beers). And "Two packs of 24 are too much to
carry" indeed!). ;-)

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

T i m wrote:

Yes, I couldn't agree more. I try to buy locally for the same reason,
even if the the price is sometimes a bit higher.

Yup.
The other consideration is that I try to support local business,
especially small ones. Since I believe that the self-employed are more
difficult for the government to control the anarchist in me always wants
to support them.


(Only after reading your follow up did I spot your typo.
There were two!

Yup, there is more to much of this than people may consider
consciously. For me it's interesting to see the 'surroundings' of some
of the items for sale on ebay. I saw a DVD once that was nicely
composed on top of their dustbin with dog mess in the foreground. ;-)
If I'm going to use a craftsman or woman I want to see the workshop.


I'm 55 and I still get the same Xmas / birthday / collecting new
gadget / car / motorbike (even if only new to me) adrenalin /
excitement thing.
Oh. I stopped getting that when I was 45. Nothing excites me now, alas.


[2] BIL has a suitable vehicle and is happy / willing to work and in
spite of me spending *many* (unpaid) hours helping them with PC stuff,
I still don't want to waste his time?
You wouldn't be wasting his time. If he owes you a few favours it would
be good for him to help you out.

Bill

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

In message , T i m
wrote

On the Toppy I think it's generally quite generous re the time meaning
you generally don't miss much unless it's changed by quite a bit?

Only a Toppy with TAPs written by customers who seem to understand a bit
more about the UK broadcasters than the software engineers in Korea.

The Toppy can even work if the programme has changed "quite a bit" if
you use TAPs such as Mystuff and Extend.

--
Alan
news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

In message , T i m
wrote


I'm not sure my Toppy has that or if
has it's always worked (so I've not missed anything to know that it
may have, if you know what I mean).

The Toppy can do a LOT more than the out-of-the-box functionality

See the three linked videos at
http://www.toppy.org.uk/~mystuff/videos.shtml

and if you haven't done so before, visit
http://forum.toppy.org.uk/forum/index.php





--
Alan
news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

Humax PVR-9150T or?
 

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:43:27 +0000, Alan
wrote:

In message , T i m
wrote

On the Toppy I think it's generally quite generous re the time meaning
you generally don't miss much unless it's changed by quite a bit?

Only a Toppy with TAPs written by customers who seem to understand a bit
more about the UK broadcasters than the software engineers in Korea.

The Toppy can even work if the programme has changed "quite a bit" if
you use TAPs such as Mystuff and Extend.

(replying to both messages)

Yeah, thanks for that. I run (and have from the day I got it home)
MyStuff and whatever else they suggest is good to have onboard. ;-)

I guess because it 'just works' I haven't really taken much notice
that it does.

I still love it and the only thing I would like that it doesn't do is
the media streaming bit. That said it's directly connected to my WHS
via USB and no real issue to transfer any recordings to a share
remotely.

Cheers, T i m