braychurchmouse
New Member
I think we have had around a dozen Humax boxes, Freesat and Freeview, over the years and all have been absolutely superb, especially the FreeSAT HDR1010S which we have in the lounge, recording, replaying and catchup by WiFi operating perfectly with no technical knowledge required.
I therefore had no hesitation in buying the FVP-4000T (we have good TV aerial feed but no sat cables available) for bedroom use, mostly by my non-technical partner. What a baptism of fire. Even when working correctly it is unresponsive and seemingly takes ages to show the recordings menu, select a recording and then play it. That is if it responds at all. Virtually any time it is required to replay a recording I am summoned to assist and in most cases have to power down and reboot. Just now it needed 2 reboots. The red/blue indicator seems to have a life of its own and gives no indication of status that is in any way meaningful.
I have browsed various forums and it seems most users of the 4000T have similar experience so I am not prepared to invest time in trying to resolve the issues. I am not prepared to go to the effort of updating software, (why isn't it automatic?), and having a frustrating dialog with Humax etc etc.
I would just like the forum's recommendation on which older model of Freeview HDR (from the good old days!) would be easy to use and consistently reliable. We will forgo the availability of catchup and don't really need a large drive. We can probably handle catchup separately with a Chromecast or similar. The older Humax boxes we have had in the past have been non-recording Freeview boxes and recording Freesat boxes so I have little experience of recording Freeview boxes (except the dratted 4000T).
Just a quick solution please, otherwise divorce lawyers will be involved. I am assuming that the 5000T is just "more of the same". A second hand buy on eBay would be fine.
I therefore had no hesitation in buying the FVP-4000T (we have good TV aerial feed but no sat cables available) for bedroom use, mostly by my non-technical partner. What a baptism of fire. Even when working correctly it is unresponsive and seemingly takes ages to show the recordings menu, select a recording and then play it. That is if it responds at all. Virtually any time it is required to replay a recording I am summoned to assist and in most cases have to power down and reboot. Just now it needed 2 reboots. The red/blue indicator seems to have a life of its own and gives no indication of status that is in any way meaningful.
I have browsed various forums and it seems most users of the 4000T have similar experience so I am not prepared to invest time in trying to resolve the issues. I am not prepared to go to the effort of updating software, (why isn't it automatic?), and having a frustrating dialog with Humax etc etc.
I would just like the forum's recommendation on which older model of Freeview HDR (from the good old days!) would be easy to use and consistently reliable. We will forgo the availability of catchup and don't really need a large drive. We can probably handle catchup separately with a Chromecast or similar. The older Humax boxes we have had in the past have been non-recording Freeview boxes and recording Freesat boxes so I have little experience of recording Freeview boxes (except the dratted 4000T).
Just a quick solution please, otherwise divorce lawyers will be involved. I am assuming that the 5000T is just "more of the same". A second hand buy on eBay would be fine.