Humax Freeview hard drive recorder

[legolamb]

Any one had any experience with these, freeeview tuner and hard drive recorder, only asking cos there was an advert in the paper, reduced to £150 in currys or was that Dixons??
20 gig HD

[EvilBoB]

I am assuming this is a basic PVR that just records a video signal much like video recorders used to. I have seen a Panasonic one (Only available in the US) which does a good job but it uses teletext to set recordings.

You got any links to the model that is on offer?

[legolamb]

No sorry, bit late now probably, I saw it in a paper I was reading in a cafe.
Forgot all about this, not getting notification of posts at the mo.

[Cam]

dixons has it (just searched for humax freeview )

www.dixons.co.uk
Product Code - 704358

dixons works on session id so no direct link cos the session would of ended

i dont no n e thing about this stuff....

am i right in thinkin this will record ya programs for ya (like videoplus used to) every week or when ever the program is on....if thats right what happens if the program time changes like 10 mins l8er or 30 mins l8er (like after the football or somthing?)

Cheers

Cam.

[Mookie]

There's a few Digital Video Recorders knocking about at the moment, which is to riival Sky + I guess with Freeview box.

Some makes I've seen is Fusion, Humax and Thompson. Prices vary from around £160 upwards. At the moment they all seem to have small Hard drives around £40 gig.

I found some people who have upgraded the Fusion DVDR to a 120gig hdd but there seems to be issues with certain drives with regards to power consumption, rpms and size.

I'm thinking the HUMAX is probably the cheapest one on the market, but not read about anyone upgrading the hdd to 120 gig etc yet.

[peggle]

There's a few Digital Video Recorders knocking about at the moment, which is to riival Sky + I guess with Freeview box.

Some makes I've seen is Fusion, Humax and Thompson. Prices vary from around £160 upwards. At the moment they all seem to have small Hard drives around £40 gig.

I found some people who have upgraded the Fusion DVDR to a 120gig hdd but there seems to be issues with certain drives with regards to power consumption, rpms and size.

I'm thinking the HUMAX is probably the cheapest one on the market, but not read about anyone upgrading the hdd to 120 gig etc yet.

Sorry for the late reply.

I've upgraded the Humax to a Maxtor 120GB. No problems.