Typical price: £200
What is it: A Freeview Playback recorder with 160GB hard drive and dual tuners
What we think: The addition of Freeview Playback adds some nice features and despite its relative age, it remains a great choice
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 3 July 2007
Tags: Humax, Humax PVR-9200, subscription, PVR, remote control
We like:
Slick design; easy to use; powerful functionality; can record two channels at once
We don't like:
Hideous remote control; very slow to transfer video to a PC
You might also need:
RGB Scart, aerial
CNET UK judgement:
Whether you buy the black Humax 9200TB and or the silver 9200TS, you'll get a superb Freeview PVR with plenty of useful features and an unusually flexible recording system that allows you to do far more than other competing products
Full review:
You might be thinking, 'hold on, the Humax 9200 isn't a new PVR', and you would be right -- it isn't. Humax, however, has discontinued the 9200T and replaced it with two new models known as the 9200TB and 9200TS. The change in model number doesn't just refer to the colour of the machine, though -- Humax has also made some other changes, which allow the new 9200 models to be labelled as Freeview Playback PVRs. Continue Reading...
Humax PVR-9200 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
Latest user reviews
December 5, 2008
Posted by: Romin
"Cooler than a polar bear in a refrigerator"
September 1, 2008
Posted by: ouchiko
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