hi all,
i was just wondering how reliable peoples freesat pvr's are at recording when using the auto option rather than the timed recording option where you can add padding to the beginning and end.
after reading these forums i get the impression that most people use the timed option with padding because they don't trust the broadcasters to send out the correct information to stop and start recordings thats needed when using the auto option.
would i be right in thinking that when using the timed option with a few minutes padding at the start and end, if say the formula one grand prix ran over by one hour that i would miss the end of it, whereas if i was using the auto option it would carry on recording providing the broadcaster sent out the correct info.
the reason i ask this question is that i own the echostar hds-600rs and have been giving it a bit of a slagging off due to some failed recordings when using the auto option. most of the tests i did were during the night in the early hours of the morning, i would set up about eight recordings before i went to bed and check them in the morning and had quite a few failures. but now i am beginning to think that it might not all be down to the box and could be down to the broadcasters, how likely are the broadcasters to send out the correct recording info during the night on all the lesser channels and plus one channels. when i am just recording the the odd programme on prime time tv i don't seem to get any failures, just sometimes a few seconds missed off the beginning or end. so i am trying to work out if its all down to the box or is it the broadcasters as well, am i being unfair on echostar.
i would be interested to hear from Humax and Panasonic owners as these boxes seem to be the benchmark in reliability.
thanks
i was just wondering how reliable peoples freesat pvr's are at recording when using the auto option rather than the timed recording option where you can add padding to the beginning and end.
after reading these forums i get the impression that most people use the timed option with padding because they don't trust the broadcasters to send out the correct information to stop and start recordings thats needed when using the auto option.
would i be right in thinking that when using the timed option with a few minutes padding at the start and end, if say the formula one grand prix ran over by one hour that i would miss the end of it, whereas if i was using the auto option it would carry on recording providing the broadcaster sent out the correct info.
the reason i ask this question is that i own the echostar hds-600rs and have been giving it a bit of a slagging off due to some failed recordings when using the auto option. most of the tests i did were during the night in the early hours of the morning, i would set up about eight recordings before i went to bed and check them in the morning and had quite a few failures. but now i am beginning to think that it might not all be down to the box and could be down to the broadcasters, how likely are the broadcasters to send out the correct recording info during the night on all the lesser channels and plus one channels. when i am just recording the the odd programme on prime time tv i don't seem to get any failures, just sometimes a few seconds missed off the beginning or end. so i am trying to work out if its all down to the box or is it the broadcasters as well, am i being unfair on echostar.
i would be interested to hear from Humax and Panasonic owners as these boxes seem to be the benchmark in reliability.
thanks




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