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Old 14-01-2011, 11:10
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Hi people,
Right im after a freesat HD recorder and need some advice on which one is the best,
I got a humax 9200 freeview recorder when it first came out and never had any probs with it and the picture quality is fantastic so are the humax freesat hd recorders anygood?
Many Thanks
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Old 14-01-2011, 11:19
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Yes theyre great ive had mine a few months and never had any problems !!
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Old 14-01-2011, 11:23
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which one do you have pal
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Old 14-01-2011, 11:26
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Humax only make one Freesat recorder. (Called the Foxsat HDR.)

It's pretty good with just a few UI niggles.
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Old 14-01-2011, 11:29
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Humax Foxsat HDR. There might be a new model coming out soon but whether that's a good or a bad thing is unknown. I owned a 9200T and swore never to buy Humax again. Having to wait indefinitely for it load the EPG from transmitted data (fixed in the last patch) my biggest pet hate was that it would randomly drop series link timers without warning.

Thankfully the HDR has none of those problems. For the first time ever I'd actually rate it as more reliable than a Sky PVR(*). Not hugely so but since disabling accurate record (the broadcaster's fault, not the boxes) it has never put a foot wrong.

(*)Although it's a little hard to judge. My HDR is backup to take the load off the twin tuners in the Sky box. My Sky HD box probably records around 40 hours a week whereas the HDR only records perhaps 10 hours. Still - the Sky box has screwed up three or four recordings over the last year, the HDR has screwed up none.
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Old 14-01-2011, 17:25
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I've had a Foxsat HDR for nearly a year now and don't really have a bad word to say about it.

And now thanks to some sterling work from Mogie over on the avforums you can transfer recordings off the Foxsat HDR via ftp. see

http://www.avforums.com/forums/frees...t-working.html
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Old 14-01-2011, 17:33
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I've had a Foxsat HDR for nearly a year now and don't really have a bad word to say about it.

And now thanks to some sterling work from Mogie over on the avforums you can transfer recordings off the Foxsat HDR via ftp. see

http://www.avforums.com/forums/frees...t-working.html
Agree - The HDR is the best of the bunch.
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Old 14-01-2011, 17:55
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Mine was bought in November 2008, great piece of kit.
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Old 15-01-2011, 09:03
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Thx to all for replys but if the Humax Foxsat HDR has been out for 2 years it would be about time for a new model to come out soon wont it?
So would i be better off waiting for that?
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Old 15-01-2011, 09:15
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Thx to all for replys but if the Humax Foxsat HDR has been out for 2 years it would be about time for a new model to come out soon wont it?
So would i be better off waiting for that?
Only if you know that there are features you really want on the new box and know when it is going to come out and are prepared to wait that long.

Two points to bear in mind:

1) Humax are known for releasing boxes with a log of annoying bugs and are extremely slow at issuing updates. There are still some odd niggles that have not been sorted out with the current box (not that they will stop you doing anything you need to).

2) They are also not known for being forthcoming with reliable release dates.

The current box works well and reliably so you'd probably be better off getting it rather than waiting an unspecified length of time for a box that may have really annoying bugs/niggles that you have to wait another year to get corrected.
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Old 15-01-2011, 10:21
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Thx to all for replys but if the Humax Foxsat HDR has been out for 2 years it would be about time for a new model to come out soon wont it?
So would i be better off waiting for that?
It would have been due probably anytime now, but the forthcoming release of YouView has most likely delayed it massively - I wouldn't expect it until late this year, or even next year.

As Jepson mentioned, Humax are EXTREMELY slow at product development and software updates.
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Old 15-01-2011, 13:57
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Hi people,
Right im after a freesat HD recorder and need some advice on which one is the best,
I got a humax 9200 freeview recorder when it first came out and never had any probs with it and the picture quality is fantastic so are the humax freesat hd recorders anygood?
Many Thanks
Have you moved to a different area and hence Freesat switch ? If you have Freeview PVR working worth waiting for either the Freeview of Freesat youview - freeview version summer 2011, freesat ... who knows.
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Old 15-01-2011, 13:58
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Have you moved to a different area and hence Freesat switch ? If you have Freeview PVR working worth waiting for either the Freeview of Freesat youview - freeview version summer 2011, freesat ... who knows.
There's a post in the Broadcast forum suggesting YouView has been put back at least 6 months, and it's unlikely even Freeview versions will be out before 2012.
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Old 15-01-2011, 19:59
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Give me a tried and tested piece of kit over a brand new design (with all the problems usually associated with newness) every time.
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