With a hard drive you can make two recordings at the same time and watch another program or an existing recording. Absolutely no problem, no stuttering in picture perfect.
It was also important for me that there is no fan in the unit is - I hate vacuum cleaner noise from my cupboard.
Despite this, the receiver is only warm and not hot after several hours of hard shell operation.
In standby mode, the hard drive is off and the power consumption of the program changes go afloat, a misfire or freeze the image I had yet not once.
The picture is sharp and the sound (via HDMI and S / PDIF) works perfectly in sync with the picture.
The PVR functions are plentiful. For me it is important that I can make Anchor links in existing recordings and can also fast forward or rewind. For these things of HX7202 Extra class features has built.
Conclusion: for me it's the long-awaited, perfect receiver at the television just is fun and you can enjoy broadcasts with no hassle. Why the LAN connection only the weather shows with a mystery ...
But perhaps the developers are already working on ZDF library or an Internet radio. If that were not possible, then the HX7202 is really a panacea for a great price.
Addendum: I had problems with asynchronous audio / video a few months ago. I really often call the service from Zehnder annoyed (Friday afternoon and so :). I have to say that the specialists from Zehnder are very patient and knowledgeable. In any case was actually in my case, too much signal to my problems the cause. Zehnder has free sent me two attenuators, which have my problems completely eliminated.
First-class service, I must say!