9200T going for landfill

Right, that's it, my 9200 is going for landfill. It has been playing up
for a while with the problems already mentioned. Plus it has
occasionally renamed recorded programs to another totally unrelated
prog' giving the impression that it hasn't recorded the one I wanted.

BUT tonight it failed to record Dr Who so it is with no sadness that it
is to be replaced, it has had enough chances and has finally blown it.

Does any one have any recommendations for a replacement that will still
have manufacturers back up a couple of years down the line? Yes I know
it can never be guaranteed but surely some must be more caring of their
customers than others.

--
Bill
( A different one )

On Apr 17, 9:46*pm, Bill wrote:
Right, that's it, my 9200 is going for landfill. *It has been playing up
for a while with the problems already mentioned. *Plus it has
occasionally renamed recorded programs to another totally unrelated
prog' giving the impression that it hasn't recorded the one I wanted.

BUT tonight it failed to record Dr Who so it is with no sadness that it
is to be replaced, it has had enough chances and has finally blown it.

Does any one have any recommendations for a replacement that will still
have manufacturers back up a couple of years down the line? *Yes I know
it can never be guaranteed but surely some must be more caring of their
customers than others.

--
Bill
( A different one )

My digihome PVR ( vestel T825) also failed to record Dr. Who, I think
that's the first time a recording has failed in 9 months.

Bill wrote:

Right, that's it, my 9200 is going for landfill.

I do hope you are joking about the landfill. There's lots of old [1]
folks who need to replace their VCRs. My limited experience is that the
PVR9200T fits their needs nicely. I'd take it off you in a flash if you
were within a shout of London as I have a queue of old[1] acquaintances.

[1] old is of course a moving target = my age + ~20
--
Robin
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Not sure what was going on list night, I'd swear Dr who was on at a
different timw to that mentioned earlier, then bbc three changed all
their times and replaced one program with a totally different one. I
listen to so little tv these days, but when I do I often find that so
called published times are rubbish. Not having any acces to the epg as
yet, its all down to web sites. Brian

snip

Bloody Tardis has time shifted the EPG again

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In message , Robin
writes
Bill wrote:

Right, that's it, my 9200 is going for landfill.

I do hope you are joking about the landfill. There's lots of old [1]
folks who need to replace their VCRs. My limited experience is that the
PVR9200T fits their needs nicely. I'd take it off you in a flash if you
were within a shout of London as I have a queue of old[1] acquaintances.

[1] old is of course a moving target = my age + ~20

Only semi joking Robin, It has given me years of good service, hard
drive replaced a year ago but otherwise OK.
It then started to suffer from some very strange problem where it would
record one program but call it something else, sometimes with odd non UK
characters in the text. Plus it would have the wrong synopsis for what
it had recorded, most weird.
Then it went on to have the slow response to the remote problem, this I
could live with but NOT with it missing Dr Who!!!!!

Interesting to note others seem to have had this problem with Dr Who,
your comments have saved it for today, I'll see what it does for the
rest of the week.

I would not wish to give it to any one, hardly seems fair to give what I
feel is a faulty unit to someone else who presumably has little
experience of these things.
--
Bill

"Bill" wrote in message
...

It then started to suffer from some very strange problem where it would
record one program but call it something else, sometimes with odd non UK
characters in the text. Plus it would have the wrong synopsis for what it
had recorded, most weird.

Hey, Bill, I've had that problem on two 9200s now. Oh, and I seem to
remember each recording getting two entries in the list. I fixed it by
doing a full reset. That is, by selecting the "Factory Settings" option (or
whatever it's called). It seems to give it a good clear out - setting all
the options to default and rescanning everything.

Actually, in truth I may have formatted the hard disk, too. I honestly
can't remember. If you can live with losing the recordings you've got on
the disk, it may well be worth trying. Anyway, it cured mine. After that
they behaved themselves.

Then it went on to have the slow response to the remote problem, this I
could live with but NOT with it missing Dr Who!!!!!

I'm glad you can live with it - I find it intolerable after it's been
switched on a while. The only reason I haven't taken mine down the dump -
as you were considering - is that I've got a Hummy Freesat HD-R as well,
which works great (apart from the usual under-powered processor), so I can
meet most of my needs just using that.

If I only had Freeview, I think I'd have taken drastic action by now (you
know, the sledgehammer kind of action).

SteveT

"Bill" wrote in message
...
In message , Robin
writes
Bill wrote:

Right, that's it, my 9200 is going for landfill.

I do hope you are joking about the landfill. There's lots of old [1]
folks who need to replace their VCRs. My limited experience is that the
PVR9200T fits their needs nicely. I'd take it off you in a flash if you
were within a shout of London as I have a queue of old[1] acquaintances.

[1] old is of course a moving target = my age + ~20

Only semi joking Robin, It has given me years of good service, hard drive
replaced a year ago but otherwise OK.
It then started to suffer from some very strange problem where it would
record one program but call it something else, sometimes with odd non UK
characters in the text. Plus it would have the wrong synopsis for what it
had recorded, most weird.

Have you tried reformatting the HD for this?

--
Max Demian

On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:46:33 +0100, Bill
wrote:

Right, that's it, my 9200 is going for landfill. It has been playing up
for a while with the problems already mentioned. Plus it has
occasionally renamed recorded programs to another totally unrelated
prog' giving the impression that it hasn't recorded the one I wanted.

BUT tonight it failed to record Dr Who so it is with no sadness that it
is to be replaced, it has had enough chances and has finally blown it.

Does any one have any recommendations for a replacement that will still
have manufacturers back up a couple of years down the line? Yes I know
it can never be guaranteed but surely some must be more caring of their
customers than others.

http://www.toppy.org.uk/index.php

worth a read, though I'm not sure what I'll do when my ever reliable
5800 turns up its toes

On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:48:23 +0100, "Steve Thackery"
wrote:

If I only had Freeview, I think I'd have taken drastic action by now (you
know, the sledgehammer kind of action).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AV9IcxM6XA

In message , Albert Ross
wrote
Does any one have any recommendations for a replacement that will still
have manufacturers back up a couple of years down the line? Yes I know
it can never be guaranteed but surely some must be more caring of their
customers than others.

http://www.toppy.org.uk/index.php

worth a read, though I'm not sure what I'll do when my ever reliable
5800 turns up its toes

The Topfield is not supported by the manufacturer with regards
software/firmware. Their last effort at Freeview+ is over a year old,
it's as buggy as hell and not a single bug fix in site.

It's only third party bug fixes and third party software that make the
Topfield usable. It's unlikely that any future boxes from the same
manufacturer, under other brand names, will have the same level of
functionality and therefore users will be stuck with a box that may not
work soon after they purchase it.

--
Alan
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