Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #255 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Humax
• Model: PVR9300T
• Released on: 2009-04-20

Manufacturer's Description
Don't miss your favourite programmes ever again. Equipped with the latest technology and a slimline design, the Humax PVR9300TB provides digital terrestrial broadcast reception, and offers up to 200 hours worth of recording with its integrated 320GB hard disk drive. It enables you to record one channel while watching another and to record two channels simultaneously while playing back a previous recording. There's also a Picture-in-Picture function so you can enjoy two of your favourite programmes at the same time.

The Humax PVR9300TB has a highly sensitive tuner for excellent reception and a live eight-day Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), for even better programme information on all channels. It also enables subtitles, digital teletext, and interactive features. The PVR9300TB is also compatible with broadcasts carrying the Audio Description service, which offers a useful narration for sight-impaired people. The USB 2.0 connection allows viewers to enjoy digital photos on a large TV screen or to listen to MP3 files downloaded from a PC. An HDMI output allows you to connect to a compatible HD Ready TV for best picture quality. Installation is simple, just plug in and play.

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Customer Reviews

NOW NOT SO NOISY Humax PVR9300T...
The PVR300T is as good as all the previous models, it is let down by a few things though...

The main thing you WILL notice about the PVR300T is the noise it makes... unless of course you have the latest update (27/11/2008 - v1.00.12), if not grab the update which WILL make a big difference!

The ability to send your digital channels via the RF cable is also missing, (even though the manual states you can, you cannot, appears Humax badly edited the manual from a previous model)...

also the RF loop through (for sending analogue signal to your TV/VCR) only works when the PVR is ON... but you can set the "Power Saving in Standby" (miscellaneous settings) option to "Off" and then it will allow you to watch analogue while its in standby). I also used to be able to send a digital signal to a second TV (on previous model) via the RF, on this model that is not possible via that method...

Humax also need to look into cacheing the 7 day guide to the HDD, so it dosnt need to be downloaded every time the device is turned on, and then it could update itself on the go... you can speed up your EPG download time by setting the PVR to turn on Automatically in the morning (for example) and switching itself to BBC1... this will allow it to update the EPG the quickest...

The clipping of recordings at the front of some programs may occur on some channels (also some say they can miss the end too)...

USB port?... this PVR has a USB port, one slight problem, you cannot do anything with it... HUMAX sort it out... give us the ability to Transfer the data TO our PC's and Mac's


UPDATE: This product is MUCH better its now near silent... face the fact Humax before this update the PVR9300T was Noisy... even my computers made less noise... Now worth a 4 Star Rating... Not quite worth all five stars as the device still has flaws...

Humax Improved
I'm happy to be the first to review this product with it's new software upgrade.

When I purchased this a week ago I was horrified at the ridiculously loud fan noise. After contacting Humax to see if it was a fault I was told an over the air upgrade was coming this week. What a difference it makes, it's gone from being the loudest PVR on the market to the quietest! So instead of telling people to avoid it give it five stars. The picture quality is superb with no blocking or freezing, it's a piece of cake to reord shows and even series. And it never misses the end of a show, a big improvement on my old one.

Sure there are a few ways I'd like the software to be improved but it's nothing you can't work round with a few clicks. Top marks.

Spoilt by very noisy fan
I already own a Humax PVR-9200T, and on needing a second freeview reciever to use with a TV in another room, I decided to buy the 9300T (from Turbosat through Amazon). My intention was to move the older version to the other room and have the newer model in the front room. Unfortunately, this hasn't happened, the older version is staying put in the front room and the newer model is going into the other room. This is entirely due to the very noisey fan. This is a pity because Humax have made some worthy improvements to this model; it is now smaller, has an HDMI connection, a larger capacity hard-drive, and has a power-saving capacity when it goes into standby, where mercifully, the fan stops. On my older model the fan runs continuously, but is quieter. On the newer model the fan is very intrusive and can be heard over the sound of the TV, which spoils the whole experience. It is a pity Humax have spoilt an otherwise good product for the sake of a noisy cooling fan!