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date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100,    group: uk.tech.tv.video.pvr        back       
The contenders   
Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.

so..
Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
status whatever that is.

I can't decide but I  WILL ditch Sky+ soon. !!!

help?

Dave
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100   author:   oash

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
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date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
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date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
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date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

Re: The contenders   
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:32:11 +0100, "oash"
 wrote:

>Right so we all want 2 tuners, series link and reliabilty, not to wait 
>forever for EPG loading and not too noisy a fan.
>
>so..
>Humax (best seller) or Topfield (most versatile?)
>Tivo (1 tuner and out of production )is surely not a contender as I think 
>that soon the others (humax at least)will have series link software upgrades 
>and TIVo will have lost any advantage with Some sort of new PVR "freeview" 
>status whatever that is.

I wouldn't buy a machine based on what it might have in the way of
firmware upgrades in the future, especially when it comes to Humax.
They never fixed the major bugs in the 8000T, and what was worse, the
9200T had a lot of the same ones (some have now been fixed I believe).

The Toppy with MyStuff fits your needs much closer now.
-- 
Andrew, contact via http://interpleb.googlepages.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question.
date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:20:56 +0100   author:   Andrew

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