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From: Pip Luscher on 16 Feb 2010 16:54 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:13:31 -0000, "Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote: > >"Fr Jack" <sp(a)m.com> wrote in message >news:ncqln5dabe018svng800t9igr2i2dv4o57(a)4ax.com... >> Looks like the audio output from my Humax has died, so it's time for a >> new one. >> >> I'm thinking of trying a different brand, as there have been issues >> with support from Humax. >> >> What's the brand of choice? >> >Humax or topfield are the only two that I'd consider , so if you want to >avoid Humax...... Here's a thing: my Humax has become a complete PITA - its response time to the remote can be literally tens of seconds, so it ends up getting power-cycled a lot. I gather that a lot of PVRs are susceptible to this, so I would guess that there are only a limited number of PVR-specific CPUs out there. As manufacturers of STBs generally base their software stacks on those provided by the chip manufacturer, I would be interested to know which manufacturer uses what, so I know what to avoid. I have tried Googling but information on which PVR uses which chipset is thin on the ground. I suspect that this is a long shot and I'm probably at least as well placed as others to find this out, but does anyone happen to know who uses what? -- -Pip
From: Pip Luscher on 16 Feb 2010 17:50 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:37:06 +0000, Cab <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Are there freetoair PCI cards available in the UK for PC's? Urgh. I should have said: I don't really fancy the self-build route, or having a PC in the lounge. -- -Pip
From: Colin Irvine on 16 Feb 2010 18:00 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:54:20 +0000, Pip Luscher squeezed out the following: >On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:13:31 -0000, "Dr Zoidberg" ><AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote: > >> >>"Fr Jack" <sp(a)m.com> wrote in message >>news:ncqln5dabe018svng800t9igr2i2dv4o57(a)4ax.com... >>> Looks like the audio output from my Humax has died, so it's time for a >>> new one. >>> >>> I'm thinking of trying a different brand, as there have been issues >>> with support from Humax. >>> >>> What's the brand of choice? >>> >>Humax or topfield are the only two that I'd consider , so if you want to >>avoid Humax...... > >Here's a thing: my Humax has become a complete PITA - its response >time to the remote can be literally tens of seconds, so it ends up >getting power-cycled a lot. I don't know what model you have, but there's a 36-page thread on Digital Spy about the 9200 slowing up. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Fr Jack on 16 Feb 2010 19:19 Pip Luscher <pluscher(a)live.invalid.co.uk> spewed forth: >Here's a thing: my Humax has become a complete PITA - its response >time to the remote can be literally tens of seconds, so it ends up >getting power-cycled a lot. Go through your channel list and delete anything you don't use and the data channels, etc. Cycle the power, nice and speedy again. -- Fr. Jack I hear you talking but the words are kinda strange
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 16 Feb 2010 21:58
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Cab <me(a)privacy.net> saying something like: >Are there freetoair PCI cards available in the UK for PC's? For years. |