Twin tuner Freesat any one got one
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Humax comes up as a regular recommended choice.
Humax I would recommend I haven't experience of the Foxsat HDR but have installed a Foxsat and that's by far the best Freesat box I've fitted and used.
Wouldn't mind getting one of them Bush Freesat boxes from Argos to test out don't seem bad for £169
Wouldn't mind getting one of them Bush Freesat boxes from Argos to test out don't seem bad for £169
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Just make sure it isn't excluded in Argos' returns policy, or you'll be stuck with it.
yes realise we are talking freesat but expect the innards may share components
i have the bush freeveiw box 500 whatsits
yes it works fine but every 3 months or around half memory filled up it goes bananas as in stops recording although say it is it just records 0000 length programs on oooo date but you don't know this until you note the 100hrs recorded drops without replenishing
the only way to get it working normal is a factory reset [there may be another way ] you off course loose all recorded programs
anyway just reset it last week its going back for replacement after this quarter if it packs up again
oo another thing it sometimes stops all recording and needs a quick unplug to reset the recording again you can have several series recording or daily but non will record till reset[plugged un plugged]
and another annoying feature
you watch a program you stop it you have to start at the beginning scroll through all the recordings just to delete it
i have the bush freeveiw box 500 whatsits
yes it works fine but every 3 months or around half memory filled up it goes bananas as in stops recording although say it is it just records 0000 length programs on oooo date but you don't know this until you note the 100hrs recorded drops without replenishing
the only way to get it working normal is a factory reset [there may be another way ] you off course loose all recorded programs
anyway just reset it last week its going back for replacement after this quarter if it packs up again
oo another thing it sometimes stops all recording and needs a quick unplug to reset the recording again you can have several series recording or daily but non will record till reset[plugged un plugged]
and another annoying feature
you watch a program you stop it you have to start at the beginning scroll through all the recordings just to delete it
Is there any reason why you want Freesat over Freeview ?
IMO, Freesat is only worth having over Freeview if a conventional TV aerial is not an option where you live or you live in a poor Freeview signal area.
Whilst Freesat looks like it has far more channels on the face of it, when you actually look into it, the extra channels are mainly +1, religious and shopping channels.
I have access to both Freeview and Freesat tuners in my Panasonic, but rarely watch the Freesat tuner. When it came to buying an HD PVR, I chose the Humax Fox HDR-T2 Freeview PVR over the Foxsat PVR.
If you've got your heart set on Freesat, then the Humax would be a good choice. Brands such as Samsung tend to make PVRs with fantastic specs, but they are usually poorly reviewed and not well thought of on places like avforums.com.
Their PVR forum is here : http://www.avforums.com/forums/pvrs-vcrs
IMO, Freesat is only worth having over Freeview if a conventional TV aerial is not an option where you live or you live in a poor Freeview signal area.
Whilst Freesat looks like it has far more channels on the face of it, when you actually look into it, the extra channels are mainly +1, religious and shopping channels.
I have access to both Freeview and Freesat tuners in my Panasonic, but rarely watch the Freesat tuner. When it came to buying an HD PVR, I chose the Humax Fox HDR-T2 Freeview PVR over the Foxsat PVR.
If you've got your heart set on Freesat, then the Humax would be a good choice. Brands such as Samsung tend to make PVRs with fantastic specs, but they are usually poorly reviewed and not well thought of on places like avforums.com.
Their PVR forum is here : http://www.avforums.com/forums/pvrs-vcrs
I recently bought the Humax Fox HDR-T2. I originally bought the freeview HD box but found it was slow. I moved to freesat and its much quicker. I've got a harmony all in one controller which was simple to set up.
Only minor annoyance is you press GUIDE and it takes an age to load (because it goes off and gets it all new). So I had to program the guide button to press list then RED. Solves it.
All in all its better than + and no monthly bills. You can install custom firmware to connect via your computer and do some bits and pieces!!!
Only minor annoyance is you press GUIDE and it takes an age to load (because it goes off and gets it all new). So I had to program the guide button to press list then RED. Solves it.
All in all its better than + and no monthly bills. You can install custom firmware to connect via your computer and do some bits and pieces!!!
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