Humax PVR-9300T

Hi,

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it was the
first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I want. Any
comments from the group?

Regards,

Rob.

"Rob Gibson" [email protected] wrote in message
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Hi,

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it was
the first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I want.
Any comments from the group?

Nice box but I'd go for the newer HD model (in fact I have!). Look for
"Humax Direct" - I got mine as a "manager's special", which is the way I
brought my previous 9200T.

Been very happy with both boxes.

Paul DS.

Rob Gibson wrote:

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it was
the first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I want.
Any comments from the group?

Basically it's a minor evolution of the famous 9200 - a classic of its
day.

Bought one for my mum just a few months ago. Compared with the current
Fox models, it has rather a primitive user interface. Compared with
all its contemporaries, it's brilliant.

I'm talking like this simply because it's really quite old now. Having
said that, if you don't care about HD, then it's still (in my opinion)
the one to buy.

--
SteveT

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:36:13 +0100, Steve Thackery
wrote:

Rob Gibson wrote:

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it was
the first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I want.
Any comments from the group?

Basically it's a minor evolution of the famous 9200 - a classic of its
day.

Bought one for my mum just a few months ago. Compared with the current
Fox models, it has rather a primitive user interface. Compared with
all its contemporaries, it's brilliant.

I'm talking like this simply because it's really quite old now. Having
said that, if you don't care about HD, then it's still (in my opinion)
the one to buy.

I (mostly) agree with this although in hindsight I may have gone for
the HD version for futureproofing.

The 9300 works well almost[*] all the time but does have some minor UI
issues. These may not bother you but I find some of them irritating.
The worse one is that is displays a large banner right in the middle
of the screen every time it starts to record /anything/. Sometimes it
also halts the picture/sound for a short time too. This applies even
if you are watching a different channel.
[*] Hopefully these issues are now fixed with the latest software
update.
--
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:36:13 +0100, Steve Thackery
wrote:

Rob Gibson wrote:

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it was
the first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I want.
Any comments from the group?

Basically it's a minor evolution of the famous 9200 - a classic of its
day.

Bought one for my mum just a few months ago. Compared with the current
Fox models, it has rather a primitive user interface. Compared with
all its contemporaries, it's brilliant.

I'm talking like this simply because it's really quite old now. Having
said that, if you don't care about HD, then it's still (in my opinion)
the one to buy.

I (mostly) agree with this although in hindsight I may have gone for
the HD version for futureproofing.

The 9300 works well almost[*] all the time but does have some minor UI
issues. These may not bother you but I find some of them irritating.
The worse one is that is displays a large banner right in the middle
of the screen every time it starts to record /anything/. Sometimes it
also halts the picture/sound for a short time too. This applies even
if you are watching a different channel.

[*] Hopefully these issues are now fixed with the latest software
update.
--
(\__/) M.
(='.'=) Due to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and
(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking some articles
posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by
everyone you will need use a different method of posting.


Hi Guys,

Thanks for the comments. Research continues!

Rob.

What do you want it for? Its not much good as a mounting block for horses,
and really not that good as a doorstop either.

Brian

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"Rob Gibson" [email protected] wrote in message
...
Hi,

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it was
the first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I want.
Any comments from the group?

Regards,

Rob.

On 28/09/2011 08:36, Steve Thackery wrote:
Rob Gibson wrote:

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it
was the first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I
want. Any comments from the group?

Basically it's a minor evolution of the famous 9200 - a classic of its day.

Bought one for my mum just a few months ago. Compared with the current
Fox models, it has rather a primitive user interface. Compared with all
its contemporaries, it's brilliant.

I'm talking like this simply because it's really quite old now. Having
said that, if you don't care about HD, then it's still (in my opinion)
the one to buy.

Well, although thus far my Humax Foxsat HD PVR has been generally OK, my
experiences with the slightly lower-specced 9150T Freeview PVR left me
unimpressed. The boxes continually failed to get a fully populated EPG,
which meant that recordings were sometimes missed -- my other non-Humax
Freeview PVRs had no such EPG issues. I would get occasional glitching
on playback of recordings from the hard disk and 11 months in the box
woke up at 0400 one morning its fan running full tilt, and nothing else
-- dead box. A replacement lasted about a fortnight before it died in
the same way, fan at full tilt.

The box design is quite old now. Personally, I'd go for something else.
At the sort of money you could pay for the 9300T you could pick-up a
500GB DigitalStream dual tuner PVR that has full HD support.


Clem

"Mark" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:36:13 +0100, Steve Thackery
wrote:

Rob Gibson wrote:

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it was
the first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I want.
Any comments from the group?

Basically it's a minor evolution of the famous 9200 - a classic of its
day.

Bought one for my mum just a few months ago. Compared with the current
Fox models, it has rather a primitive user interface. Compared with
all its contemporaries, it's brilliant.

I'm talking like this simply because it's really quite old now. Having
said that, if you don't care about HD, then it's still (in my opinion)
the one to buy.

I (mostly) agree with this although in hindsight I may have gone for
the HD version for futureproofing.

The 9300 works well almost[*] all the time but does have some minor UI
issues. These may not bother you but I find some of them irritating.
The worse one is that is displays a large banner right in the middle
of the screen every time it starts to record /anything/. Sometimes it
also halts the picture/sound for a short time too. This applies even
if you are watching a different channel.

[*] Hopefully these issues are now fixed with the latest software
update.

Nope. The lastest software made it worse

tim

Well, although thus far my Humax Foxsat HD PVR has been generally OK, my
experiences with the slightly lower-specced 9150T Freeview PVR left me
unimpressed. The boxes continually failed to get a fully populated EPG,
which meant that recordings were sometimes missed -- my other non-Humax
Freeview PVRs had no such EPG issues. I would get occasional glitching on
playback of recordings from the hard disk and 11 months in the box woke up
at 0400 one morning its fan running full tilt, and nothing else -- dead
box. A replacement lasted about a fortnight before it died in the same
way, fan at full tilt.

How up to date was your software? I had a 9200T and the latest software
improved the EPG (it stored it finally rather then restarting from scratch
each time). The 9300T had an initial problem with overly enthusiastic fan
which was also solved by a software upgrade.

As someone who writes software for a living, every single piece of
"intelligent" hardware I own irritates me [1], but the Humax 9200T did the
job for me fine. However I have to say that even at SD resolutions, the
picture from the new Humax Fox HD PVR does look noticeably better - probably
better, more powerful video processing to upscale. The new box also has a
"copy off/on from USB pen drive" feature which is handy if you occasionally
want to take a program with you on your laptop, say.

Can't say I'm that impressed by HD (but only a 32inch set) but I did notice
that the football on ITV HD now seems to be played on grass and not, as it
used to look in digital-SD, a "flat" subutteo pitch. Much more watchable.
5.1 sound (when it's transmitted) can be quite fun too.

Paul DS.

[1] Actually the new Humax is based on Linux so there are lots of projects
adding extra function (better media server etc) to the standard package.
I've not tried it because the box does all I need but if you like that sort
of tinkering...

On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:06:47 +0100, "tim......"
wrote:


"Mark" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:36:13 +0100, Steve Thackery
wrote:

Rob Gibson wrote:

I encountered one of these for the first time last week - indeed it was
the first time I'd encountered any PVR! It seems to be just what I want.
Any comments from the group?

Basically it's a minor evolution of the famous 9200 - a classic of its
day.

Bought one for my mum just a few months ago. Compared with the current
Fox models, it has rather a primitive user interface. Compared with
all its contemporaries, it's brilliant.

I'm talking like this simply because it's really quite old now. Having
said that, if you don't care about HD, then it's still (in my opinion)
the one to buy.

I (mostly) agree with this although in hindsight I may have gone for
the HD version for futureproofing.

The 9300 works well almost[*] all the time but does have some minor UI
issues. These may not bother you but I find some of them irritating.
The worse one is that is displays a large banner right in the middle
of the screen every time it starts to record /anything/. Sometimes it
also halts the picture/sound for a short time too. This applies even
if you are watching a different channel.

[*] Hopefully these issues are now fixed with the latest software
update.

Nope. The lastest software made it worse

In what way? I haven't noticed anything worse (yet).
--
(\__/) M.
(='.'=) Due to the amount of spam posted via googlegroups and
(")_(") their inaction to the problem. I am blocking some articles
posted from there. If you wish your postings to be seen by
everyone you will need use a different method of posting.