Thanks for comments.
I should say I have no Axe to grind re Humax.... had several Humax products over the years and am not really trying to do anything with the FVP4000 that it is not supposed to do.
My main aim was (a) a PVR that I could copy files from to laptop for viewing away from home; (b) simple set it up once and use way for me and wife to stream content to other TV's in house; (c) benefit of more than two simultaneous recordings had some attracation.
BT YouView Box, was performing fine, fast and reliable but couldn't do any of these things. But I thought it was made by Humax for BT so assumed the FVP4000 was some sort of technological advancement.
I recognise the loyal following Humax has, and have to say thanks to forums like this.
Without the posts online from you Barry and others, I would NEVER as a non techie have been able to get the file server functionality working and the right named file paths mapped to my laptop. I would also have not realised there was a software glitch and that something called the SAMBA server needs to be turned on and off and reset periodically to re-establish file sharing.
My main gripe with the product is simple. I am getting shouted at daily... if in the room when my wife is using the Humax box.... that it is so slow and clunky, and why did I waste money on a new toy. It makes more a more peaceful life I fear to give up on my ambitions for (a)(b)(c)above, plug the BT You View box back in, and return the Humax to John Lewis..... who incidentally from a quick look at their website last night appear to have stopped stocking this model.
I will ask them if they can get me a replacement remote control to check that is not a main cause of problems. The range, power, required accuracy of direction of beam or something is atrocious compared to any other remote I use. But the problem is I think more than that.
I can't comment much about how the software has improved. I am on the latest available v1.01.57 30 Nov 16 release since I purchased in Dec 16. The processor/hard disc/programming or whatever it is that controls speed of performance desperately needs to be of a better quality.
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.
Response to an accurate single press on the remote is sluggish... 3 to 5 seconds just to navigate one item up and down menus etc. So it is never clear that the remote did function correctly.
EPG guide information disappears.. especially the past events.. so making catch up unavailable until it reappears at a time of its choosing.
I am pretty sure that even with room for occasional pilot error it does not always record when set to.
As said even with a reliable home Ethernet LAN in the house, dedicated IP addresses the shared media streaming loses connection back to the FVP 4000 requiring rest on the TV. I can manage it.. but I don't expect on a Saturday night to have to check on the second TV an hour before my wife wants to watch a streamed recording that the connection is still there.. leaving me time to get the notebook out again to reset the damn Humax Box.
Whilst the Humax box is capable of doing what it should do, and quality of recorded pictures is good my box is definitely very sluggish, very frustrating to use. To be honest it is the only product in the house for years which has been screamed at regularly. As said John Lewis seem to have withdrawn the product from their available range, which must say something.
Is another software upgrade imminent?
Nigel
| Thu 9 Feb 2017 10:11:02
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