"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:12:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:cp3vggtr5pfbbs12bc6eq3cqcub25gumt8@4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:41:41 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
>>> <steve@easynn.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 11 Jul 2021 18:25:01 +0100, Richard Evans
>>>><R.P.Evans.NoSpam@Sky.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 10/07/2021 14:21, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 10 Jul 2021 11:15:54 +0100, Richard Evans
>>>>>> <R.P.Evans.NoSpam@Sky.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 09/07/2021 20:26, elliot davies wrote:
>>>>>>>> who likes Wimbledon
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would be indifferent,
>>>>>>> But when it's on BBC1, BBC2 and Red Button, for most of the day.
>>>>>>> When my PVR keep recording tennis instead of other programs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Grrrr.....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't have that happen with my Panasonic recorder. It records the
>>>>>> programs I want whatever time they come on. I don't want it to record
>>>>>> tennis so it doesn't.
>>>>>>
>>>>>It presumably varies a lot between different models.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>There is only one tuner in the one I have. Later models have two
>>>>tuners so two channels can be recorded while watching a third. There
>>>>is one model that says 16 programs but I can't believe that means
>>>>concurrent.
>>>>
>>>>They can record to HDD or DVD but I only use HDD.
>>>>
>>>>>My Humax doesn't seem to cope at all well with changes in schedules.
>>>>>So presumably, when a match overruns, requiring changes of
>>>>>scheduling, at short notice, it ends up recording from the
>>>>>old schedule :|.
>>>>
>>>>I've never had a Humax.
>>>
>>> I'vehad two Humax Freesat PVRs they aren't very reliable.
>>
>>ITYF that's common with all makes
>>
>>trawl the internet for reviews of PVRs and you will find negative comments
>>about all of them
>>
>>I personally have had 4 different brands of PVR and none of them have been
>>reliable
>
> The first Humax I bought, one designed for Dutch cable is still going
> strong
> after about 10 years.

My 9150 lasted 13 years, but that doesn't mean it was reliable. It would
routinely miss recordings. (In a semi predictable way)

> The two I have for Freesat have heating problems.

My Hummy Freesat box seems to be OK.

>The fan on
> the first one died and cooked the electronics. Our current one has
> software
> problems. Recordings get deleted or just disappear and there are frequent
> recording failures,

Yup, that's the sort of problem that commonplace.

My new Manhattan does that. (In an entirely random way)

> With a disk holding a terabyte of recordings a search
> function is needed to locate recordings.

It's not that difficult surely. There can't be that many

tim

On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:30:16 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:lgn9hgdccud10nmbrc0lr7l91hb9n7aqsk@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:12:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:

>> With a disk holding a terabyte of recordings a search
>> function is needed to locate recordings.
>
>It's not that difficult surely. There can't be that many

According to Humax 1TB - 500 hours SD, 250 hours HD
--

Martin in Zuid Holland

"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:30:16 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:lgn9hgdccud10nmbrc0lr7l91hb9n7aqsk@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:12:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>
>>> With a disk holding a terabyte of recordings a search
>>> function is needed to locate recordings.
>>
>>It's not that difficult surely. There can't be that many
>
> According to Humax 1TB - 500 hours SD, 250 hours HD

1) do you really store that many?

2) aren't they collected into one "folder" per series (seems to be the norm
now)

3) It still isn't difficult searching 250 programs stored in alpha order
(again, a feature which is normal)

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:04:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:rjichg1snu65pk6lcubm2bmlh0i4b6ebik@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:30:16 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:lgn9hgdccud10nmbrc0lr7l91hb9n7aqsk@4ax.com...
>>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:12:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>> With a disk holding a terabyte of recordings a search
>>>> function is needed to locate recordings.
>>>
>>>It's not that difficult surely. There can't be that many
>>
>> According to Humax 1TB - 500 hours SD, 250 hours HD
>
>1) do you really store that many?

Yes I have an almost full disk
>
>2) aren't they collected into one "folder" per series (seems to be the norm
>now)

Most are or films etc, but series

>
>3) It still isn't difficult searching 250 programs stored in alpha order
>(again, a feature which is normal)

It is not difficult it is time consuming. It is not difficult to write software
to search a list. They already have a search for EPG contents.
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Martin in Zuid Holland

"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:04:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:rjichg1snu65pk6lcubm2bmlh0i4b6ebik@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:30:16 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>news:lgn9hgdccud10nmbrc0lr7l91hb9n7aqsk@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:12:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> With a disk holding a terabyte of recordings a search
>>>>> function is needed to locate recordings.
>>>>
>>>>It's not that difficult surely. There can't be that many
>>>
>>> According to Humax 1TB - 500 hours SD, 250 hours HD
>>
>>1) do you really store that many?
>
> Yes I have an almost full disk
>>
>>2) aren't they collected into one "folder" per series (seems to be the
>>norm
>>now)
>
> Most are or films etc, but series

???

>>3) It still isn't difficult searching 250 programs stored in alpha order
>>(again, a feature which is normal)
>
> It is not difficult it is time consuming. It is not difficult to write
> software
> to search a list. They already have a search for EPG contents.

but it's damned fiddly for the user to have to enter in an alpha search
string using the keys on a remote

So perhaps they thought that users wouldn't use it

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 14:50:46 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>news:fjuehg58v8u3ae1uv9adngllrhfn6eg2sc@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 08:04:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:rjichg1snu65pk6lcubm2bmlh0i4b6ebik@4ax.com...
>>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:30:16 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Martin" <me@address.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>>news:lgn9hgdccud10nmbrc0lr7l91hb9n7aqsk@4ax.com...
>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 08:12:37 +0100, "tim..." <timsnews99@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> With a disk holding a terabyte of recordings a search
>>>>>> function is needed to locate recordings.
>>>>>
>>>>>It's not that difficult surely. There can't be that many
>>>>
>>>> According to Humax 1TB - 500 hours SD, 250 hours HD
>>>
>>>1) do you really store that many?
>>
>> Yes I have an almost full disk
>>>
>>>2) aren't they collected into one "folder" per series (seems to be the
>>>norm
>>>now)
>>
>> Most are or films etc, but series
>
>???
>
>
>>>3) It still isn't difficult searching 250 programs stored in alpha order
>>>(again, a feature which is normal)
>>
>> It is not difficult it is time consuming. It is not difficult to write
>> software
>> to search a list. They already have a search for EPG contents.
>
>but it's damned fiddly for the user to have to enter in an alpha search
>string using the keys on a remote
>
>So perhaps they thought that users wouldn't use it
>
>
In general I don't have to enter more than three characters to find an EPG
programme.Iwouldn't describe entering the characters as fiddly,Humax have
stopped making Freesat boxes. Is the market for them small?
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Martin in Zuid Holland