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
Average user rating
8.2
excellent
Average user rating from 12 users
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Humax PVR-9200T user reviews
September 12, 2006
Posted by: Dan Searle
"Brilliant!"
What I like:
Ease of use, looks good, skip button
What I don't like:
Programme guide doesn't cache
Review:
An excellent bit of kit that has transformed my TV watching habits. I now rarely watch anything live as it's being broadcasted, and instead play back things I've recorded on this. So I always have something I want to watch when I have time, and I can skip the adverts quickly and easily.
A recent software update added another vital feature - setting an amount of time to add to the end of a programme time, so that you don't miss the last minute or two of the programme if they are running late.
The only minor gripe is that the electronic programme guide can take a few minutes to receive, and it doesn't get cached. So if you turn the box off and then on again you have to wait for it to download again. No major problem, but seems like an easy thing to fix.
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