Humax PVR9200T 160GB Storage PVR Reviews: HDR with HDMI

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Score: 8.9/10

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+ This PVR scores high on battery life. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Twin freeview receivers. decent size hard disk. over the air updates. some peop…” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 791 real customer reviews

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Also known as: Humax PVR9200T HDD, Humax PVR9200T HDR More product details »

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Pros: Easy installation and programming, upgradeable firmware and hardware, features Cons: Does not record from cable or satellite, freezes and needs rebooting, poor EPG design, series recording function

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Battery life9.4
Ease of use8.8
Image quality9.0
Range of features8.9
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.8
Weight8.1
Overall rating8.9
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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Twin Freeview receivers.
Decent size hard disk.
Over the air updates.
Some people have said the Humax is noisy. Maybe they were unlucky - mine hardly makes a sound.
Ability to skip through adverts on recorded programmes - this function works quite well.

- Menu system and usability not as good or intuitive as the Topfield which I also own
Unlike the "Toppy" there's no ability to customise with 3rd party software.
I don't like the remote compared to the Topfield's one. Fiddly slide cover over some function buttons

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purchased 14 Sep 2006

Colin, Manchester

Score 10.0/10

+ Does what it claims, no problems at all so far. Used serial cable to PC to update to the latest firmware; this adds more features than was supplied as "standard". See the HUMAX website for info...

- Silly plastic flap over some remote control buttons. Reported (in internet forums) bugs in teletext decoder software causes the box to hang and need a re-boot. I've NEVER had to re-boot mine though in six-months of continuous operation.

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39 of 39 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Apr 2006

Richard, Lisburn

Score 9.0/10

+ Two tuners, excellent picture quality

- Can't watch from beginning whilst recording

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33 of 33 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Dec 2005

Steve, Woking

Score 9.0/10

+ The Humax PVR9200T is an excellently engineered unit - very solid. The interface is clear and the dual tuners make multiple recordings easy. Picture quality is very good and reliability is also good for this kind of product. 2 hour programme buffer very useful.

- No auto padding on recordings so if you really want to make sure you get the whole programme you have to adjust the times manually. This is rumoured to be fixed in next software release. There is one bug that locks the box up if left on a radio station for a long time but this is easily fixed by a powered reset. Unit can be noisy if put on a wooden surface but adding some extra thick foam feet cures this.

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30 of 30 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jan 2006

Cliff, Walsall

Score 9.0/10

+ Very good picture

- none

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24 of 24 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Oct 2006

James, Blairgowrie

Score 6.0/10

+ Being able to search for programmes on the programme guide.
Button to skip through adverts rapidly

- The programme guide takes a ridiculous amount of time to load (up to 30 minutes!!) and has to be loaded each time it is switched on. I knew from the Which? review it was slow, but if I had known it could be this slow I would not have purchased it despite all the good points described above.

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20 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jun 2007

Ann, Exeter

Score 10.0/10

+ Overall this is a must have item in the home. I have not used my video recorder since purchasing my Humax. To just press a button up to a week in advance and record is an techie idiots dream come true! No more setting timers and missing those short programmes that you might not of bothered recording. Installation was simple plug in and go.... Excellent 10/10

- None what so ever.

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purchased 03 Feb 2006

Jason, Loncon

Score 8.0/10

+ Twin tuners means very rarely missing anything you want. Quite performance.

- Occassionally crashes. There is also a fault with system that very very occasionally causes all recorded programmes to be lost - for no obvious reason. I and many people have contacted Humax about this but they seem to be ignoring it.

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purchased 29 Nov 2005

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Easy to use and program

- Using the EPG to program recordings often cuts the begining and/or end of the program

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purchased 12 Sep 2006

Gary, Sutton, Surrey

Score 8.0/10

+ Easy to use most of the functions. Record up to three channels at a time. Playback picture/sound quality is as good as the original “off air” signal.

- Can’t select program from EPG to record, seem to have put the start/end times in, simple but not as easy as selecting from EPG. When program delayed (ie world cup over runs) EPG and recording times not updated, so no better than old VCR in that you miss the finish if you don't add time to the end time.

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purchased 14 May 2006

Bernie, Billericay

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent recording facility and the pause & record at the touch of a button so a phone call can be taken and then continue to watch it, say 5 minutes behind the actual broadcast is really useful.

- About once a month it freezes and we simply turn it off to clear. Also we have to use the TV volume control to augment the sound.

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15 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jan 2006

Paul, London

Score 10.0/10

+ it's completely revolutionaised the way i watch tv, the hard drive is massive, ive recorded many films and countless tv programs but it's still only half full

- none

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15 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jan 2006

Richard, Chesterfield

Score 9.0/10

+ Once you have used it a few times it is easy to operate.
You don't have to look through all your videos, your recorded programmes are all on screen.
You can normally watch a programme and record 2 others (see below also)

- Sometime, because of the signel 'grouping' you are not able to watch a channel whilst 2 others are been recorded, but this has only occured a couple of times so far

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purchased 18 Jul 2007

Rob, Norwich

Score 9.0/10

+ Easy to use. Huge Hard Drive. reliable recording.

- Can't pad recordings.
If you move the start time back then it uses the name of the previous programme. You can't watch a programme that is being recorded until it finishes.

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purchased 06 Jan 2006

Brian, Falmouth

Score 9.0/10

+ Records on two channels at once and is very easy to operate

- Timer does not adjust for late running programmes.

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purchased 22 Mar 2006

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Expert reviews for Humax PVR9200T

Pocket Lint expert review

When we reviewed the original Humax PVR-9200T back in October 2006, we loved the functionality that it offered, giving an experience that was almost the same as having Sky+, but without the series link functionality. Now, with either a newly purchased device, or for previous owners of the device via a software update from the web (or via an over the air update to be broadcast in Jan 2008), this functionality is now also available...

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reviewed 12 Dec 2007

TechRadar expert review

Having just announced that it's to produce the first Freeview Playback-branded LCD TVs, it's no surprise that Humax also makes excellent standalone boxes, of which the 9200TB is a fine example. A well specified box, it's also the first of its kind to integrate the latest Freeview Playback features right from the off, such as series link that enables you to record every episode of a programme at the touch of a button, plus many others. Relying extensively on the real-time TV scheduling information supplied by broadcasters, it offers features such as split recording. As well as extendin…

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reviewed 16 Oct 2007

Pocket Lint expert review

Those of us serious about getting the most from a home A/V setup will have undoubtedly invested in a Sky subscription by now. Those who can’t afford the monthly outlay, don’t want to pay it or have blown their cash on a 50” LCD can adopt the lite alternative of buying a Freeview box. For a one-off payment you get around 50 more channels to speak of, a good dozen of which you could argue are worth the expense...

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reviewed 27 Oct 2006

Expert Reviews expert review

Humax\'s PVR-9200TB is an updated version of the 9200T, which won five stars in Shopper 220.

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Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB collapseexpand 80
Hard Disk Capacity in GB collapseexpand 160
HDMI Interface collapseexpand 0
Number of Scart Interfaces collapseexpand 2
RF Modulator collapseexpand With RF Modulator
USB Port collapseexpand Yes
Release Date collapseexpand 1 Sep 2005
Release Date collapseexpand 1 Oct 2004

Also known as: Humax PVR9200TB, Humax PVR9200TS, Humax PVR9200T-SIL, Humax PVR9200T-BLK, HUMAX PVR9200T/B, HUMAX PVR9200T/S, Humax PVR9200TB-GRADED, Humax PVR9200TS-GRADED, Humax Duovisio, Humax PVR-9200T

 

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