[Dunnroamin]

When my Humax 9200T recently lost 35 films and documentaries, with virtually no chance of retrieval, the equivalent to many, many hours of viewing, I bought the Humax 9300T as a replacement. One of the differences to the old model is the addition of an HDMI output which the User Guide says will give a better picture quality when connected to a TV capable of displaying HD. I have a flat screen LG TV with two HDMI inputs. I don't know what level of HD the telly can deliver (dpi etc.) but I followed the advice and dispensed with the SCART lead that I had used with the 9200, and I think the picture might be slightly better than with the 9200 but, because I used to get such a good picture on standard digital using the SCART, I can't be certain.
The one thing that has changed with the HDMI connection is that the Humax volume control doesn't alter the sound level, although the visual indication is still present onscreen. To raise or lower the TV sound I have to use the TV's handset. All the other functions on the 9300 handset seem to work as normal.

[-GONZO-]

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Originally Posted by Dunnroamin

When my Humax 9200T recently lost 35 films and documentaries, with virtually no chance of retrieval, the equivalent to many, many hours of viewing,

Have you tried the HumaxRW tool that's been discussed plenty in the Humax forum to try and retrieve your lost recordings?

[bobcar]

Unless your TV doesn't upscale very well you wouldn't really expect the picture to be better over HDMI it may even be worse - that is assuming you have the Humax set to upscale, if you don't then it should be almost impossible to see any difference.

[Dunnroamin]

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Originally Posted by bobcar

Unless your TV doesn't upscale very well you wouldn't really expect the picture to be better over HDMI it may even be worse - that is assuming you have the Humax set to upscale, if you don't then it should be almost impossible to see any difference.

By upscale do you mean downloading the latest updates, if that is what is what you mean, wouldn't a new machine automatically install the latest data?

[Dunnroamin]

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Originally Posted by -GONZO-

Have you tried the HumaxRW tool that's been discussed plenty in the Humax forum to try and retrieve your lost recordings?

Thanks for the link, I hadn't come across it before. I have to be honest though, when I opened it I couldn't understand a word of it. Unless someone can offer a plain English explanation of how I can use it I may have to kiss my lost recordings goodbye.

Incidentally, I removed the top cover and switched on the faulty Humax and, although it is no longer connected to a television, I could feel and hear the hard drive whiring into action. So I'll hang onto the damaged machine in the hope that I might eventually be able to use that tool you so kindly provided a link to. Once again, many thanks. D.

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For all Humax related quiries you would be better off posting in the Humax forum.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/f...play.php?f=119

[bobcar]

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Originally Posted by Dunnroamin

By upscale do you mean downloading the latest updates, if that is what is what you mean, wouldn't a new machine automatically install the latest data?

No what I mean is a follows.

I don't know the resolution of your TV but it is likely to be 1920x1080, 1366x768 or some other HD resolution. The broadcast resolution for standard definition (SD) is 720(or less)x576.

In order to display this lower resolution image on your higher resolution TV it needs to be upscaled to fit otherwise you would have a small picture in the middle of the screen. If you feed the signal into SCART then the TV will upscale this, using HDMI the box can either send the SD image so the TV will again upscale or it can upscale this to 1920x1080 or 1280x720.

Upscaling is difficult and whether it is better for the TV to do it or the PVR depends largely on the quality of the upscalers. With a good TV it is often better to not use the upscaling feature of the PVR but the best thing for you to do is try both and see what gives the best picture - it may well be that you can't tell the difference in which case it doesn't matter which you use.

There is also a small advantage of HDMI in that it remains digital throughout so avoids digital to analogue and analogue to digital conversions but in practice this is very minimal and I can't tell the difference on my TV.