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hi everyone, hope you can help. i have a panasonic 37inch lcd with freesat and freeview hd. i am thinking of buying a pvr. what in your opinion, would be the best one to buy. kind regards. geoff.
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Humax Foxsat.
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Humax Foxsat.
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thanks so much for your quick replies. regards to dan and jepson. take care. kind regards. geoff.
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I total agree, I have a Humax HDR and a Panasonic G20, a very good combination.
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which hdr
hi guys, when you say humax hdr. which one do you mean ?
there is the foxsat+hdr 320 the foxsat+hdr 500and the hdr- fox t2 can you record freeview and freesat on these receivers. hope you can help. kind regards. geoff. |
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hi guys, when you say humax hdr. which one do you mean ?
there is the foxsat+hdr 320 the foxsat+hdr 500and the hdr- fox t2 can you record freeview and freesat on these receivers. hope you can help. kind regards. geoff. they are for use on the Freesat platform. The Fox T2 is for receiving Freeview. |
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hi i know that what you are saying. about the 350 and 500gb receivers. but i wanted to know which hdr box . dan and jepson, were using. and can i record both freeview and freesat from that box. kind regards. geoff.
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hi i know that what you are saying. about the 350 and 500gb receivers. but i wanted to know which hdr box . dan and jepson, were using. and can i record both freeview and freesat from that box. kind regards. geoff.
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hi i know that what you are saying. about the 350 and 500gb receivers. but i wanted to know which hdr box . dan and jepson, were using. and can i record both freeview and freesat from that box. kind regards. geoff.
If you want to record Freeview you need a Freeview+ pvr connected to a normal uhf aerial. There's a lot more choice with Freeview+ kit because SD (Standard Definition) kit has been around for years, but if you want to record High Definition then the Humax Fox-hdr T2 is probably the best option currently available. If you want to record both you need a freesat+ box and a dish plus a freeview+ box and an aerial. Most channels are on Freeview and Freesat but there are some differences. |
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hi i know that what you are saying. about the 350 and 500gb receivers. but i wanted to know which hdr box . dan and jepson, were using. and can i record both freeview and freesat from that box. kind regards. geoff.
With the Foxsat you need twin outputs from you satellite dish for the PVR and then will be unable to use the TV satellite tuner. I have a 37" Panasonic like you and bought the Freeview recorder. You can record 2 programs at once with watching a third from Freesat. I watch the TV via its tuners and use the pvr only for recording. There are minor niggles. The Panasonic EPG is a dog The Freeview box will not do RF loopthrough unless you turn OFF the power saving mode in Standby - I bypass this as my PSU for the mastheap amp has a twin output so I feed the TV direct. The Humax does not switch automatically between SD and HD settings on playback - or something of this nature. This has been mentioned elsewhere on the Forum. I think this is the cause of a problem I have watching recorded football highlights where the "long view" of players appears blurred. Not had time to play about with the TV settings. Not had any other playback problems. |
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Quote: 'The Humax does not switch automatically between SD and HD settings on playback'
Eh? Mine does. |
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Quote: 'The Humax does not switch automatically between SD and HD settings on playback'
Eh? Mine does. I'm sure I read somewhere on this forum of switching problems but I've had a look through and can't find anything. Perhaps I was thinking of which piece of kit "up-scales" the picture to HD. Must find time to review the SD recording I have of football to see if it has the image blurring I've seen before. Brian |
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Posted by lonewaller "With the Foxsat you need twin outputs from you satellite dish for the PVR and then will be unable to use the TV satellite tuner." Yes you can, if you bring in a third feed from the dish. |
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If buying only one pvr you can only record Freeview OR Freesat - not both.
With the Foxsat you need twin outputs from you satellite dish for the PVR and then will be unable to use the TV satellite tuner. I have a 37" Panasonic like you and bought the Freeview recorder. You can record 2 programs at once with watching a third from Freesat. I watch the TV via its tuners and use the pvr only for recording. There are minor niggles. The Panasonic EPG is a dog The Freeview box will not do RF loopthrough unless you turn OFF the power saving mode in Standby - I bypass this as my PSU for the mastheap amp has a twin output so I feed the TV direct. The Humax does not switch automatically between SD and HD settings on playback - or something of this nature. This has been mentioned elsewhere on the Forum. I think this is the cause of a problem I have watching recorded football highlights where the "long view" of players appears blurred. Not had time to play about with the TV settings. Not had any other playback problems. I too have the panasonic set up and agree totally with excollier regarding set up. I personally don't find the Panny EPG a dog,you do but you should make clear that thats your personal opinion!! |
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Some Panasonic TVs can perform basic PVR functionality on the internal tuners if you connect a compatible USB hard drive:
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...usb/index.html Note this locks the tuners whilst the recording is in progress, but you can switch to an external source I believe. (I have one of these TVs but have yet to hook it up to a drive, otherwise I would check specifically how it works.) So this may be useful if the OP has a compatible set and wished to have a separate Freeview PVR, and the option to record Freesat. The drive is around £50 from Amazon IIRC. |
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It wouldn't work for me, a few software upgrades ago - you are forced to either watch it, or put it on standby. I haven't tried it recently, so it may have changed.
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Some Panasonic TVs can perform basic PVR functionality on the internal tuners if you connect a compatible USB hard drive:
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/c...usb/index.html Note this locks the tuners whilst the recording is in progress, but you can switch to an external source I believe. (I have one of these TVs but have yet to hook it up to a drive, otherwise I would check specifically how it works.) One minor oddity is that the power management feature of the Seagate hard drive confuses the TV sometimes. So if you have been watching via an external input and the hard disk has powered down (and in sleep mode) then switching the TV back to one if its tuners sometimes causes the TV to hang with a blank screen for about 20 seconds until the hard disk wakes up. |
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I have the Goodmans version as i didnt like the idea of waiting an hour every time you press a button on the humax. We need some second gen ones to come out that iron out the bugs these machines have though.
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We have Humax 9150 Freeview PVR, SCART RGB connection, and Foxsat HDR PVR HDMi connection, with a Panasonic 42" Freesat/Freeview plasma TV but still prefer the 9150 because:-
1. The remote does not have to be 'pointed' so much. 2. The picture is so good with 9150 and upscaling by the TV that and find there is little improvement of the few channels in HD on TV or Foxsat HD tuners. 3. The responses/delete time is quicker. 4. Imo the epg and interface is better. 5. Already with BCC iplayer and recording from freesat from the TV, imo the higher cost of Foxsat box and additional satellite wiring may not be worth it. |
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I have the Goodmans version as i didnt like the idea of waiting an hour every time you press a button on the humax. We need some second gen ones to come out that iron out the bugs these machines have though.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1452142 http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1452462 ...no user reports in those threads yet though. Cheers, David. |
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