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sleepingcaveman – 9 hours ago »
To avoid an argument every morning I have had to disable the auto power down and we now leave the Humax turned on all the time. Otherwise the box gets confused if we turn on and access the recordings to play back when the menu to do so first appears before giving it 5 minutes to settle down.
Nigel
I must admit that I had a few heart-in-mouth moments when I went to recordings too quickly after start up and found nothing there. But because I now know that this happens I just switch it on a few minutes before I need it and do something else whilst it’s settling down. It’s behaviour is not that different to my iMac which I switch on every morning then open the curtains, put the kettle on etc. while everything is loading up.
You could still switch off the Humax and use the Timer to have it switch on 15 minutes or so before you get up in the morning then everything would be loaded and ready for you when you turned on your TV.
Stephen
Thanks for suggestion of using the timer function to turn the box on. Will look into that as it will help with keping the blue light from glowing and eluminate the nighttime noise from the hard disk… Would be Ok if box was in lounge but we need to have it in a bedroom
I agree entirely with Damian’s two posts.
David.
I would say that the FVP-4000 is “quirky” but is fit for it’s primary purpose. It’s not as “solid” as my previous Humaxes but it they were just basic single and dual tuner recorders so you could say that they only had one “primary purpose”.
The FVP-4000 replaced a home built 4-tuner Vista media centre PC which was very versatile but must have cost me over a £1000 over the years and was extremely quirky and less reliable than the FVP.
Bottom line: if my FVP-4000 blew up tomorrow I would buy another one unless there is an alternative 3 tuner recorder on the market which is attracting good reviews.
Richard
RichardS-UK – 17 minutes ago »
I would say that the FVP-4000 is “quirky” but is fit for it’s primary purpose. It’s not as “solid” as my previous Humaxes but it they were just basic single and dual tuner recorders so you could say that they only had one “primary purpose”.
The FVP-4000 replaced a home built 4-tuner Vista media centre PC which was very versatile but must have cost me over a £1000 over the years and was extremely quirky and less reliable than the FVP.
Bottom line: if my FVP-4000 blew up tomorrow I would buy another one unless there is an alternative 3 tuner recorder on the market which is attracting good reviews.
Richard
Two secondhand HDR-FOX-T2’s is much more versatile especially if you can run them at different locations.
grahamlthompson – 10 minutes ago »
RichardS-UK – 17 minutes ago »
I would say that the FVP-4000 is “quirky” but is fit for it’s primary purpose. It’s not as “solid” as my previous Humaxes but it they were just basic single and dual tuner recorders so you could say that they only had one “primary purpose”.
The FVP-4000 replaced a home built 4-tuner Vista media centre PC which was very versatile but must have cost me over a £1000 over the years and was extremely quirky and less reliable than the FVP.
Bottom line: if my FVP-4000 blew up tomorrow I would buy another one unless there is an alternative 3 tuner recorder on the market which is attracting good reviews.
Richard
Two secondhand HDR-FOX-T2’s is much more versatile especially if you can run them at different locations.
Surely you can’t be serious? I would need them both in the lounge for my Wife, who would then have to programme two separate machines without the problems caused by using one controller and remember which programmes are recorded into which machine so she didn’t end up with two copies of Corrie and none of Emmerdale (wouldn’t quite be the same with series but you get the idea).
I don’t think that’s going to work.
Richard
RichardS-UK – 30 minutes ago »
grahamlthompson – 10 minutes ago »
RichardS-UK – 17 minutes ago »
I would say that the FVP-4000 is “quirky” but is fit for it’s primary purpose. It’s not as “solid” as my previous Humaxes but it they were just basic single and dual tuner recorders so you could say that they only had one “primary purpose”.
The FVP-4000 replaced a home built 4-tuner Vista media centre PC which was very versatile but must have cost me over a £1000 over the years and was extremely quirky and less reliable than the FVP.
Bottom line: if my FVP-4000 blew up tomorrow I would buy another one unless there is an alternative 3 tuner recorder on the market which is attracting good reviews.
Richard
Two secondhand HDR-FOX-T2’s is much more versatile especially if you can run them at different locations.
Surely you can’t be serious? I would need them both in the lounge for my Wife, who would then have to programme two separate machines without the problems caused by using one controller and remember which programmes are recorded into which machine so she didn’t end up with two copies of Corrie and none of Emmerdale (wouldn’t quite be the same with series but you get the idea).
I don’t think that’s going to work.
Richard
You can look at and playback all the recordings that are on the other (and vice versa) The HDR-FOX-T2 comes with DTCP-IP DLNA server and client as standard. No need to worry about which machine the recordings are on, the other will play them back. Ideal if you have two TV’s no more hassle about what to watch.
Install the custom firmware you can schedule recordings using a Web Browser. With each open on two tabs you can flick between the two tabs see what is scheduled, copy recordings to a PC and add new ones at will on either box. If you want I can post a sample of what you see on my two HDR-FOx-T2’s.
grahamlthompson – 25 minutes ago »
RichardS-UK – 30 minutes ago »
grahamlthompson – 10 minutes ago »
RichardS-UK – 17 minutes ago »
I would say that the FVP-4000 is “quirky” but is fit for it’s primary purpose. It’s not as “solid” as my previous Humaxes but it they were just basic single and dual tuner recorders so you could say that they only had one “primary purpose”.
The FVP-4000 replaced a home built 4-tuner Vista media centre PC which was very versatile but must have cost me over a £1000 over the years and was extremely quirky and less reliable than the FVP.
Bottom line: if my FVP-4000 blew up tomorrow I would buy another one unless there is an alternative 3 tuner recorder on the market which is attracting good reviews.
Richard
Two secondhand HDR-FOX-T2’s is much more versatile especially if you can run them at different locations.
Surely you can’t be serious? I would need them both in the lounge for my Wife, who would then have to programme two separate machines without the problems caused by using one controller and remember which programmes are recorded into which machine so she didn’t end up with two copies of Corrie and none of Emmerdale (wouldn’t quite be the same with series but you get the idea).
I don’t think that’s going to work.
Richard
You can look at and playback all the recordings that are on the other (and vice versa) The HDR-FOX-T2 comes with DTCP-IP DLNA server and client as standard. No need to worry about which machine the recordings are on, the other will play them back. Ideal if you have two TV’s no more hassle about what to watch.
Install the custom firmware you can schedule recordings using a Web Browser. With each open on two tabs you can flick between the two tabs see what is scheduled, copy recordings to a PC and add new ones at will on either box. If you want I can post a sample of what you see on my two HDR-FOx-T2’s.
It’s OK, I’ll stick with the Humax as my Wife could never operate the Media Centre (which we had for 10 years!) and she still struggles with the Humax after 18 months (“what’s this do you want to watch in HD message which has appeared?”). Anything with browsers and tabs is a non-starter I’m afraid.
Richard
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