I've just upgraded from a FOXSAT-HD to my first PVR the new HDR-1000S and I'm a little disapointed with how slow it is to navigate the menus. My FOXSAT was slow but I just put that down to it being old and bog standard. This new box cost me £300 though and I was expecting a big improvement in terms of speed.
I'm more than just a little dispapointed to be honest. Now that I have the ability to record TV I was excited about the prospect of being able to whizz through the TV guide and easily select programmes during the week. Instead it's a massive chore having to wait for the EPG to populate every time I press left/right/up/down. It makes me want to cry. I NEED responsiveness. Responsive = user friendly. The design of the menus is great I will admit, however what is the point if they are so damn slow??
There are other speed related issues as well which add to the frustration. Loading the On-Demand services is painful (Funnily once loaded I find the BBC iPlayer is lot quicker to navigate than the Humax menus). There's also a fancy transition which occurs when you go from the Guide to watching a programme whereby the small preview window enlargens. Wow that's so clever... shame it's not smooth at all and not nice to look at.
Does anyone else feel the same as me about this? Maybe becasue this is my first PVR I haven't got a clue and that this is just the way it is and I have to deal with it. How does the previous model compare?
What sort of engine is in this thing? My phone has a quad core processor and 2gb RAM.
Please someone tell me there be an update that will improve performance?