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HUMAX Freeview Digital Recorder PVR8000T

Instore price £149.99
Web exclusive £147.38

Spec

40Gb Hard Drive
Auto Tune
Remote Control
2 SCART Sockets (Hook it up to SKY ;) )
Fully Interactive
30-Minute Live Pause
Audio Output
SCART Cable Included
Digital Text
Electronic Programme Guide

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Do a Google & it`s available for £129.00. Someone on another post said it`s available for £122-00 with the correct codes. I`m waiting for the twin to come out as I recon` the single one will become really cheap then I`ll buy one. It`s possible to put in a Seagate 80 Gig instead of the 40 gig very easily.

The Humax PVR8000T is NOT a HDD recorder !!

It`s a Freeview PVR with built in HDD.

There is a difference.

A HDD Recorder allows you to record from external sources, but a Freeview PVR does not.

Humax PVR-8000T Personal Video Recorder specifications
Sound system: MPEG/MusiCam Layer I & II decoding
Tuner system: Freeview Digital Terrestrial tuner built-in, auto channel find, store
Hard disk: 40GB (approximately 20 hours record time) built in
Rear Sockets: Scart 1: RGB, S-Video, composite & stereo in; composite and S-Video out;
Scart 2: RGB, S-Video, composite & stereo out
Stereo audio, composite video via RCA;
Coax antenna in/out loop-through (output adjustable between ch 21 & 69); optical digital output

If its only capable of recording its own received Freeview transmissions, why put in inputs on SCART 1 as it would only ever need to give a output to a TV (or when HDD is full to make backup copies to tape\DVD).

The mere fact that it states it has inputs implies by defination that it can record from external sources, just because the thing has a built in Freeview receiver does not preclude its use on Sky or camcorder IMO.

This item was edited on Wednesday, 11th August 2004, 18:36

@Rassilon63

The SCART inputs are there to allow you to loop through your existing other equipment, such as a DVD player and VCR.

Most modern equipment has this loop through feature.

This is how you can connect several items to a TV that only has one SCART socket.

:) I bought one of these Humax Freeview Hard disk recorders with 40gig hard drive. You mention that the hard drive can be replaced with a 80gig seagate one. Has it got to be a seagate brand or can it be any 80gig drive, have you tried an 80gig and does it work. It should give you 40hours (double) the amount of recording than the 40gig, is this correct. Many thanks, awaiting your reply.

Az

"Has it got to be a seagate brand or can it be any 80gig drive, have you tried an 80gig and does it work. It should give you 40hours (double) the amount of recording than the 40gig, is this correct."

I cannot disclose where my information came from. But believe me when I say the Seagate 80 gig is the one to use. Any other (probably would work) but your on your own. I believe the reason to use Seagate is. 1. They tend to be more quiet. 2. they are supposed to be more reliable. 3. The 40 Gig in the Humax is a Seagate.

You can do some editing with the programmes, but I understand you can`t record a programme & watch at the same time. I have read there is possible software to correct this in the future.

I would agree about the loopthrough, but has anyone used it for recording from other inputs.

A simple Yes\No would be nice to hear from anyone who has one (Emilio over to you).

Rapidly begining to wish I`d never spotted the bloody thing in Dixons now.

This item was edited on Saturday, 14th August 2004, 19:57

Bought one of these after the last thread a few weeks ago. I think it`s excellent for the money!! Mine came with the latest firmware already on, so I get the 5 day EPG.

I`m also not bothered to much that it will only record the program that you are watching, I could always watch the other program on analogue. So no great shakes!!

There is a long running discussion here :-

http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?board=freeviewbox;action=display;num=1077194110;start=0"

Sorry my browser won`t let me put into a nice tidy url.

I would pretty much ignore the first 30 pages (unless you need to know about changing the hard drive) as it referres mainly to old firmware problems!

If you look for the previous post on this one, you will find the link for some savings.

Hope that helps

Blister

This item was edited on Friday, 13th August 2004, 09:33