I have had two digi boxes in a very short time so I really want to get one that will last far better and would appreciate any advice or help on this matter.
I have a Bush HD LCD TV and need a recording system.
At the moment I have a Dion digi recorder box which continually freezes so a new one is needed urgently.
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Re: Digi Recorders
I think Dion is Asda own brand ? How long have you had it ?
Do you have freeview, freesat or Sky ?
Do you have freeview, freesat or Sky ?
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Re: Digi Recorders
Humax - had one for years without any issues. They do them for Freeview, Freesat and Youview
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/
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I never shop at Asda but someone did say they thought it was a Tesco box.
I have had it for about 18mths to 2yrs so no guarantee left.
I only have freeview.
I have had it for about 18mths to 2yrs so no guarantee left.
I only have freeview.
Great! Thanks for the info.darrenba wrote:Humax - had one for years without any issues. They do them for Freeview, Freesat and Youview
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/
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darrenba wrote:Humax - had one for years without any issues. They do them for Freeview, Freesat and Youview
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/
I agree with Darren, we've had one for around 10-12 years.
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You get what you pay for in this market. Tuners can be made INCREDIBLY cheap. I've seen the models during pre-sales evaluation that skip channels (frequency scan too wide), REALLY poor TV guides, no OTA updates, poor quality, etc.
Stick with the brands and you can't go wrong - Humax will do you proud. Same goes for the crap TV's too.
If you are spending some cash on a freeview box, to be fair, it can actually work out just as cheap to get a Samsung TV or similar, depending on size....
Also, in regards to freezing - this could be your aerial (type or alignment) or the cables in use.
I put some pics up ages ago about the different types of coax in use - the fly leads you get in boxes (like Bush and crappy makes) are TERRIBLE, seriously rubbish. People stick boosters/splitters in that can make the issue worse.
Check the diagnostic menus on the freeview box - it might offer signal information/quality/errors/bit rate - this is one way of checking without paying for cash.
Don't forget to try re-tuning your box. As they move channels around, this can also cause freezing when you select certain ranges.
Hope that helps.
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Stick with the brands and you can't go wrong - Humax will do you proud. Same goes for the crap TV's too.
If you are spending some cash on a freeview box, to be fair, it can actually work out just as cheap to get a Samsung TV or similar, depending on size....
Also, in regards to freezing - this could be your aerial (type or alignment) or the cables in use.
I put some pics up ages ago about the different types of coax in use - the fly leads you get in boxes (like Bush and crappy makes) are TERRIBLE, seriously rubbish. People stick boosters/splitters in that can make the issue worse.
Check the diagnostic menus on the freeview box - it might offer signal information/quality/errors/bit rate - this is one way of checking without paying for cash.
Don't forget to try re-tuning your box. As they move channels around, this can also cause freezing when you select certain ranges.
Hope that helps.
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Re: Digi Recorders
also worth doing a re-tune a hard drive re-format and factory reset in that order if the last didnt help but after the aeriel is ruled out
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Re: Digi Recorders
A panasonic 120 HD+ freeview recorder. Had it a few months and its amazing. Fantastic quality picture, never a problem recording or playing back plus you can plug in external drives stream the recordings over your internal network and it has a load of apps to install for free including netflix...
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Panasonic... the best by far in my opinion..!!phildamb wrote:A panasonic 120 HD+ freeview recorder. Had it a few months and its amazing. Fantastic quality picture, never a problem recording or playing back plus you can plug in external drives stream the recordings over your internal network and it has a load of apps to install for free including netflix...
