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looking for a freesat + HD recorder need help
Looking to buy a freesat+ HD recorder but not sure which is the best make to get I've got around £300 to spend, which would I be best getting, I've already got a freesat box but doesn't record so looking to upgrade
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I can only speak about the new Humax HDR 1000s.
My advice would be to avoid this box for now. It has a lot of bugs. IMO it has been released to market with inadequate testing and as such the early adopters are being used as the testers. Have a read through this thread for an ever growing list of faults with it: http://community.freesat.co.uk/t5/Pr...ing-on/td-p/36 I am returning my box, some people are willing to live with the bugs but I am not. There is also a good thread of the box on this forum here: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1729968 |
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look no further,i got a Bush 320 HD recorder a month ago from argos for £149 ,rings all the bells good sharp HD easy to set up and you get £150 to spend at Xmas !!
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Although the HDR 1000s has quite a few bugs at the moment it's never let me down or missed a recording so I'm happy to stick with it.
I got mine from comet for £195 with quite a few other goodies thrown in. |
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Although the HDR 1000s has quite a few bugs at the moment it's never let me down or missed a recording so I'm happy to stick with it.
I got mine from comet for £195 with quite a few other goodies thrown in. |
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look no further,i got a Bush 320 HD recorder a month ago from argos for £149 ,rings all the bells good sharp HD easy to set up and you get £150 to spend at Xmas !!
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Not a problem for me i am only 5mins from Argos
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I can only speak about the new Humax HDR 1000s.
My advice would be to avoid this box for now. It has a lot of bugs. IMO it has been released to market with inadequate testing and as such the early adopters are being used as the testers. Have a read through this thread for an ever growing list of faults with it: http://community.freesat.co.uk/t5/Pr...ing-on/td-p/36 I am returning my box, some people are willing to live with the bugs but I am not. There is also a good thread of the box on this forum here: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1729968 ![]() What exacty about the box in your opinion stops it working as a reliable freesat+ pvr ? It's not perfect true, but it will never be, so many features that one user likes. others dislike. |
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look no further,i got a Bush 320 HD recorder a month ago from argos for £149 ,rings all the bells good sharp HD easy to set up and you get £150 to spend at Xmas !!
Has worked perfectly since the day I first turned it on. Not 1 glitch! Bush seems to get a bad name from a lot of members, but I don't think they are any worse than the problems Samsung & Humax owners have. |
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And what are you proposing replacing it with ?
![]() What exacty about the box in your opinion stops it working as a reliable freesat+ pvr ? It's not perfect true, but it will never be, so many features that one user likes. others dislike. |
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I agree with the above,nothing is perfect in this life,but the HDR-1000S is not far off being the best box Humax have produced to date. It has a few minor bugs,but to be fair it has not had a single software update as yet. Give Humax/Freesat a chance to improve things.
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The picture is much better tnan the Foxsats.
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And what are you proposing replacing it with ?
![]() What exacty about the box in your opinion stops it working as a reliable freesat+ pvr ? It's not perfect true, but it will never be, so many features that one user likes. others dislike. I agree that features I like others may not and vice versa. It can't do everything for everyone but what I do expect is for a product to do what it is supposed to do. I don't like to accept substandard goods especially when I pay an early adopters price for them. I have no doubt that others are willing to live with bugs etc due to the fact that they can get their hands on the item straight away. But in my line of business if I released an item to the market that was not able to do what I claimed it was I would be laughed out of town. Given time software updates will come which will fix much that is wrong but I don't see why I should have to wait for updates. It should do what it claims to do, out of the box. I hope you and everyone else has many years of enjoyment from their boxes and thank everyone for their contribution to the forum. |
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I am returning my box today. I have not decided what to replace it with as of yet so can't say. The main thing that stops it acting as a reliable freesat+PVR for me is the fact it has missed recordings 3 times in the short time I owned it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMO4wjT_mE |
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