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Old 17-02-2014, 16:52
RidleyRumpus
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Poor design, it's a fundamental limitation of only having two tuners. The humax is more advanced than most as one tuner can record two channels at the same time if they share the same transponder.

You don't need a programmeable remote you press two buttons instead of one to avoid losing the background video for approx. 30 seconds. Takes a few milliseconds.
What you seem to be saying is that the EPG guide function is available at all times, just that the designers decided to not make it unavailable on the button marked "Guide" sometimes but via two separate buttons.

If it is available why not just make it available on the button marked "Guide"?
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Old 17-02-2014, 17:09
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What you seem to be saying is that the EPG guide function is available at all times, just that the designers decided to not make it unavailable on the button marked "Guide" sometimes but via two separate buttons.

If it is available why not just make it available on the button marked "Guide"?
You would have to ask Humax that. Frankly losing the will to try and help you get the best out of the box. I have had the box since launch late 2008 so pretty well familiar with it. Clearly you aren't interested, just want to constantly snipe. I won't bother anymore.
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Old 18-02-2014, 08:44
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Again I think you are describing a poor ergonomic design.
I think it's a little late to be moaning about the old Foxsat HDR, if you really want to get your teeth into a poorly designed PVR get a 1000s.
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Old 18-02-2014, 10:20
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I think it's a little late to be moaning about the old Foxsat HDR, if you really want to get your teeth into a poorly designed PVR get a 1000s.
Well that's a matter of opinion, apart from some odd UI decisions the HDR1000s works pretty much as intended for its main purpose of a PVR and use of catchup players.
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Old 18-02-2014, 10:52
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I think it's a little late to be moaning about the old Foxsat HDR
Indeed - we had plenty of (justified!) moaning about the Guide button straight after the SW update that buggered it up. It used to work just fine.

But that was, what, two years ago? Anyone buying a 2008 model in 2014 should know what they are getting into. The box is brilliant in some respects, and truly awful in others. All of this is very well documented.

I do sympathise with someone wanting the best aspects of a first generation UK Tivo box alongside everything you'd expect from a PVR in 2014. You're just not going to find it. Make your own HTPC, or just accept what's available - there's more than enough information on here to help you make an informed choice.

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Old 18-02-2014, 11:34
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Well that's a matter of opinion, apart from some odd UI decisions the HDR1000s works pretty much as intended for its main purpose of a PVR and use of catchup players.
Granted most of the time it works well enough, but it could of been so much better, I miss a lot of the features that my Humax programmed Foxsat has. I hardly ever use the catchup players so for me the 1000s is just a basic PVR that my wife still struggles to use.
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