An excellent post damian and very true!
Yes the 8000t was only one tuner a near useless 40gb and standard definition. I probably kept using it through a CRT for far longer than I should have. Its still going and I will take its very mild unobtrusive hum (now disabled at the hard drive supply lead) over the clatter this 2000t makes any day. My 2000t must be faulty so I will stop harping on and see what humax can do for me
The 8000T 40gb was a clear a cut above some shocking set top box products at the time. I remember a nokia I paid a high amount for which kept freezing and taking ages to change channels. Plastic rubbish it was but people were getting into the early days of the digital box revolution. I was just impressed with how reliable the 8000t was for me.....obviously its 40gb and being non HD ready makes it fairly useless, other than a spare freeview radio receiver I am now using it as
I missed 9200 9300 generation although I was handed a 9200 with the clock fault rendering it not worth repairing and it was dated(non hdmi?) The 9300 I could have bought for £15 but thought they are history anyway. Didnt want youview and wasnt bothered if it had a display on the front with the later models so the 2000t seemed a good budget buy to go with a hand me down Samsung 720p flatscreen
So things have moved on and gone exponential You are exactly right that I wouldnt want to be managing a product to handle all of those variables. I do take that into account and it is a lot for a pvr to be doing. The UI on the 2000T is really good and I love the way programmes resume from the last point and how fast the hard drive gets on with it. The recordings are superb and BBC i player is superb in HD. Therefore it is a real shame that there are other flaws in operation
I mainly have heads which clatter and echo so much that I can hear them in the kitchen. That just cant be right. I need to hear another one working but one large warehouse store doesnt switch them on( I wouldnt return there anyway as they tried to sell me a heavily used one thrown back in a box with no packaging)
I will see if Richer Sounds will let me hear one. I am well accustomed now to the noise I am listening for. In conversation and calmer scenes its disturbing...Indeed in louder scenes I can hear the thing clattering and chuntering..... even over my PX30 headphones for tv use. No other hard drive I have makes that racket and Ive installed a few. I could try soundproofing sheets inside the case
So I will get on to Humax again and see what they can do about ensuring I get a cosmetically new looking one back with a quiet hard drive Whats held me back is Im going to look stupid if I get another noisy one.
Best wishes
| Thu 17 Nov 2016 17:10:35
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Regarding the 2000T and wanting to hear another unit. Well the real point is that won't be possible as you 'won't hear it'. Whilst mine and many others make some slight platter chattering it's not something you would hear if the TV was switched on and even with the TV off you would have to be close to the unit and concentrate. You just need to get it swapped out and be done with it.
