RE: [OT] Freeview PVRs

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil Harris <mailto:phil@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>> After I saw your message about getting the Humax for =A3199 and
seeing
>> it in store for =A3229 locally, I called Comet and they confirmed
>> 1) their website doesn't show it anymore (even though Kelkoo is
still
>> showing it)
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> Seems strange that they're not showing it on the website
> because (as I understand it) the 9200T is quite a new unit out...
>=20
>> 2) price in my local store is =A3199-99 NOT =A3229 as displayed -
as you
>> mentioned (I suspect that the extra 99p is an error).
>=20
> The .99 is correct - mine was =A3199.99.
>=20
> I did think of the Topfield but there were two reasons why I didn't
> get it:=20
>=20
> 1) I couldn't get it *NOW* (i.e. a short run down the road,
> hand over plastic and walk away with product).

I ordered mine one afternoon, and it arrived the next morning.  That was
go=
od enough for me.

> 2) I don't want to be fannying about "hacking" or
"modifying"
> sh*t nowadays ... I don't have the time or the inclination to
> try to get a bit of kit doing stuff that the manufacturers didn't
> intend it to.=20

The manufacturers did intend this sort of thing to happen with the Toppy,
w=
hich is why they released the SDK.  As for time faffing, it took less time
=
to get Toppy running than the age it took to the guided setup with Tivo. 
O=
f course, I can faff further should I want to.  The only thing that made
me=
buy Toppy was that it's the only thing that does season passes on Freeview=
without losing quality (unless I've missed another product that does it).

Cheers,
Andy