That’s interesting to hear. I had my 9300 from new in 2011 (because of the digital switch over). It worked well for years but did have a few issues I worked around, for example the EPG only filling in for 3 days for channels other than ones you left the box on a channel from that multiplex (hope that makes sense), the sound skipping slightly on some programmes which pausing sometimes helped. I had numerous times of pulling the plug too to fix things, like when BBC1 didn’t record sound for a few days or one multiplex kept losing signal. What was the end for me was that I couldn’t put it in standby anymore (or it lose power) without it losing all my settings and recording schedule (luckily recorded programmes were always still there). I used it everyday and the hard drive was always OK, seems I was very lucky in that respect. I did love the box and it was usually fairly reliable. I hope yours continues for many years to come

Yes I replaced mine with the 5000t, it took some getting used to but I like it now. Recording four programmes is very handy.

Yes I think the EPG is a common issue, I just used to leave it on certain channels and then set my recordings, wasn’t too much hassle, something I got used to and became the norm.

I’m not very techy so not sure I would have been able to change the hard drive I rang Humax once it kept losing my settings and recording schedule and they explained the parts were no long available as they’d stopped making them some time ago.

I’ve read a lot online about people saying the 9300 is one of the best that’s been made, as it was my first Freeview recorder I didn’t realise it was the so good as had nothing to compare it to but I’m pleased it was.