Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

Right now i have Sky but I know i'm going to dump it when contract dies,
and i may be able to get my hands on a cheap Humax Foxsat HDR (320GB)
over the next month or so.

So i was wondering what people thoughts are on especially when compared
to the Sky HD Box, also what is the max size HDD i can bung in with out
it giving any problems and is a Seagate Pipeline or WD drive best to go for.

Jim

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

On 07/09/2012 00:56, Jim wrote:
Right now i have Sky but I know i'm going to dump it when contract dies,
and i may be able to get my hands on a cheap Humax Foxsat HDR (320GB)
over the next month or so.

So i was wondering what people thoughts are on especially when compared
to the Sky HD Box, also what is the max size HDD i can bung in with out
it giving any problems and is a Seagate Pipeline or WD drive best to go
for.

Jim

The Freesat+ forum on www.digitalspy.co.uk is a good sorce of info on
this subject. - Though I do prefer usenet to web based forums.


--
Michael Chare

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

Jim wrote:

Right now i have Sky but I know i'm going to dump it when contract dies,
and i may be able to get my hands on a cheap Humax Foxsat HDR (320GB)
over the next month or so.

Incidentally, I don't think you should *ever* aim to keep material on a
PVRs hard disk indefinitely, unless it is backed up elsewhere.

So, bearing that in mind, I think 320Gb is way more than enough. If
you get anywhere near filling it with unwatched material you'll need to
take a few days off work to watch it all.

If you think you need more than 320G then you're probably thinking of
using the disk for long-term storage of programmes. Please don't: you
*will* lose the whole lot one day due to hard disk failure or a
software glitch.

--
SteveT

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

I've got a Foxsat HDR and I am very disappointed with it. The UI looks
crude, and seems unfinished (you can do some, but not all, file
operations from the main interface; for the others - such as deleting a
folder or more than one file at a time - you have to go into a separate
file manager).

Also, it is distinctly laggy to remote button presses, especially when
viewing the EPG.

On the other hand, loads of people like them (though I'm sure it's
because they've never tried anything else). Also, I'm told that it's
still the best of the Freesat recorders. If that is true, the others
must be pretty dire.

I strongly recommend you find a friend who has one and go and play with
it before shelling out any money.

--
SteveT

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

In message om, Jim
writes
Right now i have Sky but I know i'm going to dump it when contract
dies, and i may be able to get my hands on a cheap Humax Foxsat HDR
(320GB) over the next month or so.

So i was wondering what people thoughts are on especially when compared
to the Sky HD Box, also what is the max size HDD i can bung in with out
it giving any problems and is a Seagate Pipeline or WD drive best to go
for.

Jim
If you decide to go for the Humax, you can get a Foxsat-HDR/500-G
Freesat twin tuner 500GB PVR (Grade A) direct from them for £179.
--
Ian

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

On 08/09/2012 00:18, Steve Thackery wrote:
I've got a Foxsat HDR and I am very disappointed with it. The UI looks
crude, and seems unfinished (you can do some, but not all, file
operations from the main interface; for the others - such as deleting a
folder or more than one file at a time - you have to go into a separate
file manager).

Also, it is distinctly laggy to remote button presses, especially when
viewing the EPG.

Have to agree there. I have an HDR Fox T2, where the UI is pretty
reasonable and responsive. So I was pretty shocked when my parents got a
Foxsat HDR (digital switchover, and the terrestrial signal was always
rather poor, so went the freesat route). The UI is terrible - very slow,
really annoying TV guide. It blanks out and silences the TV when you
switch to it; you always get the initial screen asking for the genre you
want; seems you can't make it automatically go straight to a set of
favourites you have set up (the obvious way to show just the channels
you're likely to want to know about).

And the box has not nearly as many features as the Fox T2. Can't seem to
get it to copy to/from a memory stick like I can with the Fox T2.
Frankly, it's rubbish. Fortunatly my parents are not tech savvy, so
wouldn't know what to do with extra features anyway.

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

Mark O'Knee wrote:

Frankly, it's rubbish.

I concur with all that you've said. And yet the Foxsat still seems to
be highly regarded - maybe all its competitors are even worse.

So, colleagues, does anyone know of a Freesat HD recorder which is
better than the Foxsat?

--
SteveT

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

On 08/09/2012 01:12, Ian wrote:
In message om, Jim
writes
Right now i have Sky but I know i'm going to dump it when contract
dies, and i may be able to get my hands on a cheap Humax Foxsat HDR
(320GB) over the next month or so.

So i was wondering what people thoughts are on especially when
compared to the Sky HD Box, also what is the max size HDD i can bung
in with out it giving any problems and is a Seagate Pipeline or WD
drive best to go for.

Jim
If you decide to go for the Humax, you can get a Foxsat-HDR/500-G
Freesat twin tuner 500GB PVR (Grade A) direct from them for £179.
If he sells it, it will be a 320gb version for £60 but i wont know for
sure till Tuesday

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:58:54 +0100, Mark O'Knee wrote:

On 08/09/2012 00:18, Steve Thackery wrote:
I've got a Foxsat HDR and I am very disappointed with it. The UI looks
crude, and seems unfinished (you can do some, but not all, file
operations from the main interface; for the others - such as deleting a
folder or more than one file at a time - you have to go into a separate
file manager).

Also, it is distinctly laggy to remote button presses, especially when
viewing the EPG.

Have to agree there. I have an HDR Fox T2, where the UI is pretty
reasonable and responsive. So I was pretty shocked when my parents got a
Foxsat HDR (digital switchover, and the terrestrial signal was always
rather poor, so went the freesat route). The UI is terrible - very slow,
really annoying TV guide. It blanks out and silences the TV when you
switch to it; you always get the initial screen asking for the genre you
want; seems you can't make it automatically go straight to a set of
favourites you have set up (the obvious way to show just the channels
you're likely to want to know about).

And the box has not nearly as many features as the Fox T2. Can't seem to
get it to copy to/from a memory stick like I can with the Fox T2.
Frankly, it's rubbish. Fortunatly my parents are not tech savvy, so
wouldn't know what to do with extra features anyway.

I frequently copy from a Foxsat to a memory stick or more often to a USB
Hard Disc Drive.

There can sometimes be a long delay after pressing the button to start
the copy before copying actually starts.


--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

Thoughts on Humax Foxsat HDR & max HDD size
 

On 08/09/2012 20:44, Steve Thackery wrote:
Mark O'Knee wrote:

Frankly, it's rubbish.

I concur with all that you've said. And yet the Foxsat still seems to be
highly regarded - maybe all its competitors are even worse.

So, colleagues, does anyone know of a Freesat HD recorder which is
better than the Foxsat?

Wait, I saw this morning at the IBC show at Amsterdam, Humax's new
Freesat PVR, coming out end of this year. Nice, a lot less clunky than
the present one. 280 ish quid they said.


--
Mark
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