Humax PVR9300T 320GB

This box started out with promise.Unfortunately,the short-comings soon started to materialise.Wont record Family Guy without skipping forward.Humax say they are aware of the problem and are looking into it.That was two years ago and now their customer servicesdont want to know.The latest fault is in the recorded list of programs.If you record two episodes of the same program ,one after the other,and press the i button,you get the same program description for both episodes.Avoid at all costs

No problems so far with my PVR9300T. All functions are very easy to use with from the on screen menu (which is more than can be said for the Panasonic DVR it replaced). Ability to record 2 channels and watch a third is great but no doubt quite standard. Play back feature for current channel useful for those missed bits! Have no complaints, a refreshingly simple device with great utility. Definitely recommend.

Had the Humax PVR9300T for some time now, when i first had it like some of the comments i see on here it did lock up time to time, but since the firmware update the PVR if ok, not locked up for a long time now.

If a recording a series and you do a channel update then it will lose the settings for what you want to record so will have to put them all in again other than that its a good PVR.

Also the function of looking for films only, or sports ect and to type a name of a show for the PVR to find what you was looking for is a good function

My mother-in-law bought this just before Christmas and we set it up on Boxing Day. The set up was incredibly easy - plug it in and off it went. Picture quality was very good and no problems with reception. Problems began when we tried to set up scheduled recording. It's not a very user friendly machine. There are several hoops to leap through to achieve something and the manual is also very complicated. The programme guide does not extend further than seven days, which could be problematic if you were going away for a while and simply wanted to set up a record for a programme sometime beyond that. There is a good scheduling system for beyond seven days, but it's no more advanced than a vcr (basically the 'date + channel' timer system).

We liked the fact that, apparently, any scheduled recording is controlled by an outside source. That is, if the tv broadcast changes times then the machine will adjust accordingly (not tested so we can only rely on the manufacturer's promise).

I would say that this is a good, basic PVR with a few bells and whistles. Unfortunately those bells and whistles are either unnecessary or are difficult to find. The manual needs serious reading and the whole unit needs a fair amount of trial and error usage before you get the hang of it.

My mum-in-law is 70 and she even gets confused with how many remotes she has. She'll work it out but an easier interface would help. BT Vision is better.

it went bust after a few months

i had a sagem before - never any problems with it - till it stopped working after 3 years. All of these units can give problems but sagem is best.

We bought the Humax PVR9300T to replace our Thomson PVR which was no longer supported and so far have been disappointed in comparison to our old box which was over 5 years old and our sons Top Up TV PVR.

The box itself was easy to set up and the picture and sound quality are good. Its also easy enough to record programs and series but no more so than any other PVR I have used. There's also a PIP feature which is very handy although:

The PVR hasn't once managed to catch the beginning of a planned recording. You cannot toggle the subtitles on/off as soon as you have 'time shifted' a programme. You have to open up the guide to view what programmes are on other channels at the same time (although you do have a small screen in the corner to carry on your current viewing). When you change channels the second tuner doesn't stay with your old channel so if you change channels during the adverts for example and don't turn back in time for the restart of the program you cannot rewind back to the end of the adverts.

All the above work fine on the other 2 PVR's. Also the interface looks very dated, not easy on the eye and the controls all seem cumbersome.

All in I wouldn't recommend this PVR although with the right software update it could be a decent unit. The problem is will it ever come?

Humax 500g Hd freesat PVR recorder, £299.99 at Curry's... Bought this at Curry's for Christmas, was told it was the best of the best and a brand new innovative model which would recod all freeway and terrestrial channels including all free HD channels also. Only one in shop so took it, connected it all up exactly as the guide book instructed, plugged it in an zilch! Not a light, no noise, heat - a total disappoinent altogether. Took it back the next day and requested another - they DHL one over after 5 days, all still factory sealed - did the same thing, this one just made an electric crackling noise like it was going to take fire! Took it back and got a refund! Anyone else had this problem? Don't know whether to risk a 3rd from a different shop?

I bought the 9300T about two years ago. For periods of time it works really well. Then it seems to go through periods where it freezes. As a result it is unreliable for recording. When it freezes all I can do is unplug it and then the television guide takes ages to reload. If it wasn't for these problems and the fact that it can only be programmed 8 days ahead it would be a good machine.

The Humax PVR9300 was a very generous present from my brother last Christmas and for the first 9 months there's not really been too many problems and the features are great.However, for the past couple of months the box has kept freezing - sometimes upto 4 times in 1 hour. It started missing recording programmes on a series link which was incredibly frustrating. Then it recorded a programme 3 timers simultaneously then the next programme overwrote that one and recorded 6 times simultaneously. I deleted these programmes. Then the PVR clicked itself off and when I went back on it showed no recorded programmes at all - yet theHDD Control still shows the disk space as used! Very annoying - wouldn't recommend to anyone.

This is the site where i bought it: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Humax-PVR9300T-320GB-Twin-Tuner/dp/B00272N9PC

I'm really satisfied