PVR 9200 TB/S

I've just impulse bought a Humax PVR 9200 TB/S (which I collect tomorrow)
I'm now beginning to wonder if I've done the right thing, however I believe
a number of people on this newsgroup have mentioned in the past that they
have this particular model and wonder if any of them would be good enough
pass on any good or bad points they have encountered TIA.

PS it will mean certain death for me if it fails to record Coro or
Eastenders!

Ivan wrote:
I've just impulse bought a Humax PVR 9200 TB/S (which I collect
tomorrow) I'm now beginning to wonder if I've done the right thing,
however I believe a number of people on this newsgroup have mentioned
in the past that they have this particular model and wonder if any of
them would be good enough pass on any good or bad points they have
encountered TIA.
PS it will mean certain death for me if it fails to record Coro or
Eastenders!

The hard drive died in mine recently but it was sorted under the 2 year
warranty direct by Humax.
Other than that it's been an excellent bit of kit.
Very reliable and very easy to use
--
Alex

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

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

On 4 Jul, 14:01, "Ivan" wrote:
I've just impulse bought a Humax PVR 9200 TB/S (which I collect tomorrow)
I'm now beginning to wonder if I've done the right thing, however I believe
a number of people on this newsgroup have mentioned in the past that they
have this particular model and wonder if any of them would be good enough
pass on any good or bad points they have encountered TIA.

PS it will mean certain death for me if it fails to record Coro or
Eastenders!

The best bit of kit I have bought in a long while, better still, 'er
indoors likes it, uses it much more than me. Ok, it still has few
relatively minor software issues but Humax are better than most at
upgrading the software and even include customer's wish-lists.

You have made a fine purchase - fear not.

"Ivan" wrote:

I've just impulse bought a Humax PVR 9200 TB/S (which I collect tomorrow)
I'm now beginning to wonder if I've done the right thing, however I believe
a number of people on this newsgroup have mentioned in the past that they
have this particular model and wonder if any of them would be good enough
pass on any good or bad points they have encountered TIA.

PS it will mean certain death for me if it fails to record Coro or
Eastenders!

My first and only PVR is the 9200, and I love it, but then I can't
compare it to other PVRs, since all I know about them is what I've
read in this group.

As JPG said, there are minor software problems, but on the whole it's
damned good, and very easy to use.

One thing to note: occasionally, it freezes completely, maybe once
every couple of months. All I do is switch it off at the wall for a
few seconds and power back up and carry on. You don't lose any data
or programmes or anything by doing that.

Another: the remote (unless they've changed it) is a bit flimsy, but
not so bad as to be a passion-killer. And the 30-second skip feature,
which I use a lot, is grouped with the esoteric, hardly-ever-used
buttons at the bottom, under a sliding cover. Just slide the cover
completely off, put it away somewhere and forget it. Unless you like
watching ads at 32x.

In all, a lovely beast.

"John Hatpin" wrote in message
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"Ivan" wrote:

I've just impulse bought a Humax PVR 9200 TB/S (which I collect tomorrow)
I'm now beginning to wonder if I've done the right thing, however I
believe
a number of people on this newsgroup have mentioned in the past that they
have this particular model and wonder if any of them would be good enough
pass on any good or bad points they have encountered TIA.

PS it will mean certain death for me if it fails to record Coro or
Eastenders!

My first and only PVR is the 9200, and I love it, but then I can't
compare it to other PVRs, since all I know about them is what I've
read in this group.

As JPG said, there are minor software problems, but on the whole it's
damned good, and very easy to use.

One thing to note: occasionally, it freezes completely, maybe once
every couple of months. All I do is switch it off at the wall for a
few seconds and power back up and carry on. You don't lose any data
or programmes or anything by doing that.

Another: the remote (unless they've changed it) is a bit flimsy, but
not so bad as to be a passion-killer. And the 30-second skip feature,
which I use a lot, is grouped with the esoteric, hardly-ever-used
buttons at the bottom, under a sliding cover. Just slide the cover
completely off, put it away somewhere and forget it. Unless you like
watching ads at 32x.

In all, a lovely beast.



Thanks to everyone for the prompt and encouraging replies, at the moment
we're using a couple of fairly modern triple speed Panasonic Nicam VCRs,
which for VHS produce excellent results, and as SWMBO can appear to set the
timers up in the blink of an eye it's taken some convincing to get her to
agree to replacing them with the latest 21st century technology.

Here's hoping that if there are any problems or cock-ups with recording
failures, that they don't happen until she's grown to know and love it!

Excellent machines. I sell and install them and use them myself.

It is good that they produce a modulated output so you can send the
output to other rooms and even use a radio-remote link to control it
from elsewhere, if you like.
Radio recording is very useful, and better than Sky Plus as it can be
done from the Guide. (You have to use manual timer setting with Sky
Plus and you can't do instant radio recording with Sky Plus either.)

I always set up the OSD menu transparency to "disable" in the
preferences munu as it makes the menus easier to read.

Great to connect it to A HiFi system if you have one, especially if
you use the music files storage facility but be aware that the sound
quality gets poorer (flatter and less dynamic) as you reduce the
volume on the box so it is better to leave the Humax vol as high as
poss and use the amp vol. The better the HiFi, the more you notice
this.


If you want to be clever with 'Enders and Corrie, set every episode in
for one entire week and then make each one a weekly event.
I know this is not quite "series link" but it works, in general, and
you dont need to keep entering the individual progs. Obviously it
doesn't make any allowances for changes of shedule but you can add any
extras if you get to hear of them.

It isn't perfect, but it's the best PVR you can buy.

Steve

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Great to connect it to A HiFi system if you have one, especially if
you use the music files storage facility but be aware that the sound
quality gets poorer (flatter and less dynamic) as you reduce the
volume on the box so it is better to leave the Humax vol as high as
poss and use the amp vol. The better the HiFi, the more you notice
this.

Does this model have a digital output to connect to an A/V processor? And
before anyone yell,s yes I know I won't get 5.1 out of Freeview ;-).

Thanks,
Paul DS.

"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
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...snip...
Great to connect it to A HiFi system if you have one, especially if
you use the music files storage facility but be aware that the sound
quality gets poorer (flatter and less dynamic) as you reduce the
volume on the box so it is better to leave the Humax vol as high as
poss and use the amp vol. The better the HiFi, the more you notice
this.

Does this model have a digital output to connect to an A/V processor? And
before anyone yell,s yes I know I won't get 5.1 out of Freeview ;-).

I don't know much about these things, but it's got an optical output
(described as "S/PDIF, Digital Audio Output, Fiber-Optic (Resolution:
20bits)").

I thought you could decode Dolby Surround from the bog standard stereo phono
sockets anyway.

--
Max Demian

On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:24:21 -0700, a particular chimpanzee, widgitt
randomly hit the keyboard and produced:

If you want to be clever with 'Enders and Corrie, set every episode in
for one entire week and then make each one a weekly event.
I know this is not quite "series link"

That's supposed to be available in the next OTA upgrade in "early
July", which in the Korean calendar comes after December.
--
Hugo Nebula
"If no-one on the internet wants a piece of this,
just how far from the pack have you strayed?"