Good HD Festplattenreceiver

After finally I wanted to save the extra hard disk recorder, I decided to purchase a digital HD receiver with hard drive for recording. Delivery was fast as usual always by Amazon (was delivered the next day). Having read most of the reviews here, I was not sure if I get a good deal or absolute junk. Well, my conclusion is that this is a really good receiver with small weaknesses (hence only 4 stars). The installation ran like Humax usual very straightforward from (I have to say that I have the manual did not unpacked). The subsequent Order of channels to favorites was done quickly (but now I have to say that I previously had a Humax digital receiver, but without hard drive) and therefore already knew the menu for the most part. Actually, you do not set much in the main menu, except file sharing if you want to copy the movies over the network to a PC in Capture settings the lead and lag time (which I find to be absolutely awesome if we do not continue manually after programming must admit time, because the films but take so often longer). So as I said, on the whole, I am very satisfied with the device, below is a list of positive and negative points.

Positives:
+ Works great with cable Germany (contrary to some other statement here)
+ Easy Setup
+ Large main menu
+ Easy to program using EPG or manually
+ Search in EPG by storing search terms (just awesome, if you like a particular series record often times. Just the name,
store and already you can call up the stored keyword and search for the shipment and get all the days and times displayed at any time in the EPG, to
is the broadcast the show).
+ Very good image quality in HD and SD
+ Humax TV portal with access to media centers (which, however, also down a negative point of intersection)
+ Finding received shipments not cumbersome on multiple menus, easy on MEDIA and already sees the recorded programs.
+ Support of Humax I can only have a positive rate, contrary to some other statements here. On a technical issue on my part when I had the support
very next day a reply e-mail.

Negatives:
- EPG fills only for the transmitter is switched on.
- Screen is sometimes simply black (switch briefly to "Humax TV Portal" and again on "Exit" and the picture is back When shooting I had.
since but never problems)
- Humax TV portal. Access to the ARD library is not working.
- When viewing time-shift recording, the pre- / Zurückspulfunktion spins often times (when you press more than 2 times faster, he jumps to the top
the time-shift recording back ????

Now one could already say that almost as many negative as positive points and why I am still convinced of the receiver. Quite simply, the negative points I believe are small things that are fixed with safety with future firmware updates, and also with those little errors I can live quite well. It will probably never be a device that copes with everything perfectly. The jack of all trades has just not yet been invented.

My conclusion is that one does not make mistakes when buying this receiver. One need not be high-tech genius to serve the part can also record and brings an absolute layman out without major problems. I would buy it again at any time.

Oh, to copy movies on a USB stick or USB hard drives, I can not say anything, I have not tried it yet. However Copying `s network is functioning with a UPnP-browser such as the Fam. Kröpelin (free) properly. Although the transfer takes a while but I do not know if it (theoretically 500Mbit) is because of my dLAN connection or on Humax receiver. Since a HD movie with 2 hours to just 8GB is so great, it just does not take a bit, but one has every day a number of movies for dubbing on the PC. To cut the data stored in the TS format films, I use the way the program TS-Doctor (in English, but with a basic knowledge to use), which is kept really simple and with which even a layman manages the advertising out cut without first a course in video editing will have to make. I convert my films then ever to MP4 format and then said film comes after cutting and the conversion of the 8GB a 1.5GB file out, which I save to disk, plus I use the also free program HandBrake.

So now everything should be told. I wish all those who have now decided to buy, a lot of fun with the device.