Now with Addendum after 8/11 months possession in detail at the end. I take 2 stars away.
Short Summary:
+++ Positive 1 star: HD image and sound notch
+++ Positive 2. +. 3 Stern: operation, remote control, with programming options, every 14 days EPG
--- Negative no 4 star: device freezes 1-3 times a week an absolutely, characterized lost recordings
--- Negative no 5 star: Reacts sometimes not on FB commands or displays incorrect information to
--- Negative: Kathrein not make it to 4 replacement devices to remedy these errors.
Detailed:
Long awaited, finally I have in my hands: the new UFS 912sw. As expected and not disappointed in proven Kathrein quality. I want to give an initial estimate. I have him. With a Oehlbach HDMI cable 3 stars on a Philips 47PFL8404 Kathrein at 1080i.
Positives:
- Operating in only one language (German), for absolutely perfect vividly with perfect images (193 pages). The even understand my wife. (Apologies to all the others)
- HD picture is perfect, to assess the current Olympics I take shots that were recorded in real HD. No motion blur and streaking to the objects actually any errors identified. Detailgenauigkeit- madness!
- SD-image (only applies to ARD, ZDF and Co with high data rate, on the other Economical transmitter we're not talking): very good, better than previous SD picture, of course, not as detailed as HD and one remains what in digital receiver on Scart already was: a large object and the background is moving fast to generate the object flicker. The object itself remains absolutely sharp. But it is less than about Scart. (Bildverschlimmbesserer in TV were shut down, only 100Hz and Natural Motion to minimum). But this is no cause of Kathrein, but lies at Hochscalieren and deinterlace.
- Operation is completely intuitive, easy to understand everything with us German words occupied.
- Remote functionally maintained, not too many buttons, clearly, you always know immediately what you have to press for certain applications. The structure of the menus - logically and clearly. At the bottom of all appear to be pressed options in German.
- USB playback: Photos are built very quickly, that is, it loads the data of the 1st image in the background, and sets only after the image is Then you can it as a slide show in different speeds drain and remembers nothing of the. Laden. One can easily -zurückspringen the next picture before /, but then you have to wait a moment, the previous image remains on the screen, so that the whole is a true visual experience.
- USB Video playback: MPEG-2 (with the ending xxx.mpg), HD H.264 (ending xxx.ts) possible (.pva or VIDEO_TS is not). Mpg is but perfect. Exact Aspect ratio, including 4: 3 is accurately reproduced and not dragged wide.
- I have a USB hard drive ".. Taken from Western Digital device problems (with archive" an alternative 2.5 is meant as the tvtv data is stored, must not be so large media "area is used to store and JPEGs MP3, so do not even make as large, and recording archive "logically the biggest set).
- Channel switching: between SD channels nearly a second to or between HD just over one second.
Negatives:
- From power-on to first pass image 25Sekunden (is NEN computer), switching stations are available only after a further 8 seconds.
- In radio mode, no radio text is displayed to ADR times there were still at Kathrein. (Radio text will be sent, because my Satkarte in computer displays it.
- The remote control is the same as on my UFS650: the inscription of the most frequently used keys (program + -) is tapped for a half year.
- Get it tvtv data is loaded after switching off in standby mode. This takes forever long (about 30min.). This can be reduced by this can only active for the interesting stations.
Old text
(The negative points are not, however, lead to a point deduction that these points are not better at the competition, and this Kathrein the most versatile of all. Network functionality, SD card slot, etc.)
22.04.2010: Supplement
After 3 weeks, I sent the unit to guarantee to Kathrein:
1. 1. Switch from TV to radio mode: either get no radio playback state, it takes far more than 1-2min. or only after been switched several times between different radio stations. From SD-TV slightly faster, from HD TV extremely long or not at all.
2. recordings on the external hard disk are reproduced through the UFS912 only player to skip. Same file (s) checked the computer - all recordings were error-free.
Kathrein has replaced the device very straightforward with a new one. The errors described, the device is no longer on, but many other errors that usually occur only once and can not be reproduced. A sign that it's a sensitive computer.
Small selection of errors:
- After recording Stop it takes on a new programming not to. Not in the "Timer list", tried several times, unsuccessfully. The day after this programming is then 4 to 5 times in there.
- Reverted to stop recording TV channel, the device display the new station is shown, but on the old TV station will be displayed (is not later switched).
Changed stations -. Pressed to "I". there are the data of the last channel displayed. Multiple "back", "i" button. no change. Always false information display of the transmitter. All buttons drücken- no success, so off hard restart, 40 seconds of patience, then it went again.
- Rarely, off no more reaction to the remote and hard again, then again everything goes.
This annoying already. If everything is not very common, but like a mimosa-like Windows machines. The have not had the predecessor. Unfortunately is in the instructions of the proposition that, freeze at "illogical" entering the device, or may. What a sentence !!
August 2010:
3. replacement device is available directly from Kathrein.
No improvement, the device freezes almost daily once a total. Only by resetting (switch back) and reboot again functional. This programmed recordings are gone for this time, if you are not at home, nothing works up to this voltage reset. Poor in the absence and several scheduled recordings. Freezing geschiet in connection with recordings. Either at the beginning, at the end, or when you press Stop and then selects another station. Even if you look TV, previously scheduled recording the station at the time set on the device freezes sometimes. Test was also tested with another original Kathrein sold hard drive. Freezes anyway.
The partial false readings onscreen or bottom of the display there were even without a connected hard drive. So at this, it was not.
Mostly you can not change the channel. There are 3 ways to: 1.- P "+" or "-, 2.- directly using the number buttons, 3.- about OK" and the cursor keys. Sometimes it does not go with one or two variations. Then take the third variant it comes and then it goes again with the 2 other variants.
September 2010:
4. replacement device. No Change. From time to freeze or even false indication or not respond to remote control as described. Kathrein wanted sign, it I am still waiting. But I have to praise the customer service in the past. Both in responding to e-mails as well as concerns by phone. The uncomplicated way to replace the device immediately.
Summary: Even the UFS 910 freezing and freeze until today regularly (occasionally) a. The UFS 912 continues this. Kathrein should quickly work and return to old virtues. I will update when a change of state. Therefore, the removal of 2 other stars, only a reliable device earned 4 or more.
Consider the subject of recordings on the PC: I've been using the TS-Player from DVBViewer.com. This may look at you, cut off the beginning and end and convert normal xxx.mpg (MPEG-2). This is just a rewriting, no conversion, so no loss. After that (create DVD structure) with an authoring program authors and burned with a burning program on DVD. No Problem. This was now only used for MPEG-2 (SD-TV).
December 2010-12-10
Freezing the devices only very rarely. Basically, you can not quick succession want another operation on the device when accessing HDD. So stop recording, wait for 5 seconds, then press until the next. Then it goes without freezing.
Update to v2.01
+++ Immediately after deleting the capacity of the HDD is updated, so good.
--- Now the HDD jerky when playing at irregular intervals. Was not so far.
------- While long startup my TV (Philips 8404, Bj.2009) goes into a half sleep mode in this time now checks whether the Kathrein HDCP works with the TV because it is sleeping again, "he is no feedback . Result: The Kathrein only delivers sound and no picture Raus one comes only by changing the channel between SD and HD channels stupid when the receiver just in standby / programming mode was and receives (display Recording in progress ") then the TV switches on and.. Kathrein turns. Then you can to fix the error does not switch between the channels (As I said there must be a change between SD / HD be.) That was not to v2.00. Kathrein contacted. Statement Kathrein:. We have now + integrated HD because we have to make the query to HDCP "How stupid only that the receiver not only times I watch, if at all is an HD + card in the slot, then he may like the HD + / HDCP query . I have to start and do not want HD +, and are thus left alone. Kathrein recommended to v2.00 reprogramming it back (only possible via the USBstick- must be absolutely empty, FAT32, accurate folder structure). Have I made. Now everything goes as before. Picture / sound is there, but no update HDD when deleting, well. Kathrein is already working on a next version. Let's hope on solution.
