Anyone tried Evesham PVR 160?

Does anyone have any experience with using the Evesham PVR 160 or know of
any good reviews?
It is a dual tuner Freeview unit with a 160 Gb HD on offer at Woolies for
£149 so seems like a good buy. One worry would be as it is a relatively
unknown manufacturer, would it be updated on air regularily? I have a
Freeview set top box which has never received an on air upgrade when my
other unit has upgraded itself many times. This means the teletext no longer
works and the EPG is still now/next only.
The Evesham unit is supposed to be very simple to use which is what is
attracting me to it to be honest, and the price is good but price is not my
main concern.

Review in What Video and High-Definition TV issue 314 is pretty favourable.

"Steve" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any experience with using the Evesham PVR 160 or know of
any good reviews?
It is a dual tuner Freeview unit with a 160 Gb HD on offer at Woolies for
£149 so seems like a good buy. One worry would be as it is a relatively
unknown manufacturer, would it be updated on air regularily? I have a
Freeview set top box which has never received an on air upgrade when my
other unit has upgraded itself many times. This means the teletext no
longer works and the EPG is still now/next only.
The Evesham unit is supposed to be very simple to use which is what is
attracting me to it to be honest, and the price is good but price is not
my main concern.

Steve wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with using the Evesham PVR 160 or
know of any good reviews?
It is a dual tuner Freeview unit with a 160 Gb HD on offer at Woolies
for £149 so seems like a good buy. One worry would be as it is a
relatively unknown manufacturer, would it be updated on air
regularily? I have a Freeview set top box which has never received an
on air upgrade when my other unit has upgraded itself many times.
This means the teletext no longer works and the EPG is still now/next
only. The Evesham unit is supposed to be very simple to use which is what
is
attracting me to it to be honest, and the price is good but price is
not my main concern.

The price is OK , but not that far below the Humax PVR9200T which is a known
make with good support and regular software updates.
I'd pay the bit extra and go for that rather than take a chance
--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

This means the teletext no longer works and the EPG is still now/next
only. The Evesham unit is supposed to be very simple to use which is what
is
attracting me to it to be honest, and the price is good but price is
not my main concern.

The price is OK , but not that far below the Humax PVR9200T which is a
known make with good support and regular software updates.
I'd pay the bit extra and go for that rather than take a chance

Especially with Evilsham

Hellraiser.............

Hellraiser wrote:
This means the teletext no longer works and the EPG is still
now/next only. The Evesham unit is supposed to be very simple to
use which is what is
attracting me to it to be honest, and the price is good but price is
not my main concern.

The price is OK , but not that far below the Humax PVR9200T which is
a known make with good support and regular software updates.
I'd pay the bit extra and go for that rather than take a chance

Especially with Evilsham

I've never dealt with them myself though I've heard some interesting tales.
Still , I had the hardware in mind more than the supplier , and thats almost
certainly just from a generic manufacturer with a name badge stuck on it

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

"Dr Zoidberg" wrote

I've never dealt with them myself though I've heard some interesting
tales.
Still , I had the hardware in mind more than the supplier , and thats
almost
certainly just from a generic manufacturer with a name badge stuck on it

Argos have something that looks like the same thing under the Digihome
brand, as well as an 80GB version. And ASDA have an 80GB model that looks
the same under (I think) the Goodmans banner.

John Howells

In message , Dr Zoidberg
writes
Hellraiser wrote:
This means the teletext no longer works and the EPG is still
now/next only. The Evesham unit is supposed to be very simple to
use which is what is
attracting me to it to be honest, and the price is good but price is
not my main concern.

The price is OK , but not that far below the Humax PVR9200T which is
a known make with good support and regular software updates.
I'd pay the bit extra and go for that rather than take a chance

Especially with Evilsham

I've never dealt with them myself though I've heard some interesting tales.
Still , I had the hardware in mind more than the supplier , and thats almost
certainly just from a generic manufacturer with a name badge stuck on it

I bought my first PC from them in 1995.

P133, 16MB, 4.2GB, no CD, no sound, 14" Viewsonic, £699.

On first boot I got the message, " There is no hard disk".

On the phone Evesham told me to open it up, and I connected the IDE
cable.

That's when it all started, I've built them ever since.
--
Ian