Typical price: £220
What is it: Freeview recorder with 160GB hard drive and dual tuners
What we think: Humax's PVR is the premium choice for the discerning Freeview user
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 30 November 2005
Tags: humax, hard drive, sky, watching
We like:
Slick design; easy to use; seriously powerful features; can record two channels at once
We don't like:
Not the strongest picture performer we've seen; child-like remote control
You might also need:
RGB Scart, aerial
CNET UK judgement:
The Humax PVR-9200T is the Rolls Royce of Freeview recording, with every feature we could possibly ask of a recorder in addition to a massive hard drive. It's a winner against Panasonic's recorder on price, plus it's pure simplicity to use. If you need a recorder suited to the demands of a power user and the rest of the family, this is it
Humax PVR-9200T History
25 Jul 2008 in Crave
Humax PVR-9300: HDMI, new design and a big hard drive
If you're in the market for a Freeview PVR, you could do a lot worse than consider one of the new Humax boxes, which come stuffed full of features and have some impressive storage capacity
21 Jun 2007 in Crave
Humax 9200T: Now with added Freeview Playback
If you don't want or can't get Sky+, you'll be thrilled to hear that the first Freeview Playback PVRs are hitting the market, allowing you to record TV without any sort of subscription
1 Jun 2007 in Reviews
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If you've ever been embroiled in a battle for the TV remote, or have had to choose between two top programmes vying for supremacy in the same viewing slot, it might be worth investing in a dual-tuner PVR...
25 Jan 2006 in Reviews
When Freeview PVRs arrived, it was easy to see how the ability to pause live TV and record to a hard drive would revolutionise the way we watch TV. The first-generation devices only had one tuner though, and hence the ability to only record and watch one channel. When dual tuner devices arrived, the dream was finally realised -- you could record one channel to the hard drive while watching another
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Posted by: petie123
"Perfect for me"
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Posted by: Costa Panayi
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