Advice on the most reliable Freeview recorder
I have suffered yet another freeze on my Humax PVR9200T - coupled with a total scrambling of the titles in the recorded programme list. I have had enough and can't get rid of it quickly enough!
I can personally live without state of the art image/sound quality - what I want is a unit that will record programmes and play them back reliably without scrambling them and creating apparent duplicates, without having a hissy fit because I might have had the temerity to press buttons a bit more quickly than it likes, or because it's HDD is getting a little full. After all, PCs don't usually do that - if they did Bill Gates would be a liitle poorer. Looking at numerous reviews this type of problem is fairly common to most Humax models and not unknown with other makes.
Are there any makes/models on the market that are a lot more reliable - I can probably go to about £300 max.
Any advice is gratefully received.
I have a Sony RDR HXD970 cd/dvd player freeview recorder etc. 250gb harddrive, very good freeview tuner.
It is about 6 years old and has never given me a moment's bother.
I was considering a new Humax after the great review in the latest issue and wanting the iplayer etc platform, but perhaps not?
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I've never had any such issues with my Digital Stream DHR8205 - it just records things and I watch them when I want to. Did my own review of this box ages ago here. You can get it for £180 from Amazon at the mo.
Having said that, I know there are a few people around who use Humax's FOX HDR-T2 just fine as well.