Humax PVR-8000T Review

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Humax PVR-8000T
3.5 stars
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rover32's Review of Humax PVR-8000T Digital Video Recorder

11th Jul 2004

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Features
    4 stars
  • Time DVR Owned
    6 - 12 Months
  • Ease of Use
    4 stars
Good Points

Recorded picture is as good as the orginal.
Good picture & sound from the Freeview tuner.


Bad Points

Menu system for choosing recordings to playback is clumsy. Deleting recordings a pain as the pin number has to be entered for each.
No card slot for Top-Up Tv - a big minus point.


General Comments

For £169 I feel the Humax PVR-8000T is the ideal alternative to a VCR provided (like me) you never actually keep your recordings.
I was disappointed at not being able to subscribe to Topup Tv due to the lack of a card slot.
The playback menu is cumbersome - it needs shortcuts using the remote's buttons.
Overall, worth the money as you're getting a hard disk recorder for about £100 more than a separate Freeview receiver.

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Members' Comments onrover32's Review

  • converse on 6th Jun 2005

    i don't need to enter any pin numbers on mine to delete recordings.

    if you press play when unit is on, a sub menu appears ,then press ok and the list of recorded progams appear on screen - plus u can do other things with the sub menu

    only major flaw with this unit was the never ending recording scenerio, but that seems ok with the new software

  • amtrakuk Rank: Corporal on 21st Jun 2005

    With the latest firmware upgrade, you dont need to enter a PIN to delete a recording. The lack of a CAM for TUTV is a disapointment but since E4 has gone to freeview im not to bothered with TUTV