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canonbeck

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:09 pm

Regular contributor Joined: 03 May 2009 Posts: 35

I'm looking for a freesat pvr.

I like the community & hackability of the foxsat hdr but am concerned that its already quite long in the tooth and is generally slow to respond to commands. Slow response wouldnt go down well with the wive and family - esp after speedy mystuff.

The samsung seems like a decent box, now that theyve fixed most of the software issues.

The echostar also seems like a decent system, although i'm not sure i'll ever use the sling features.

Has anyone got any experience of all 3? or otherwise in a position to make any recommendations?

Cheers

gomezz

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:38 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 3988 Location: Buckingham

I don't find my Foxsat HDR slow to respond.

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juwlz

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:15 pm

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I do (especially for deleting recordings).

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alpine*

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:47 am

Regular contributor Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 84 Location: Rayleigh Crystal Palace Tx

juwlz wrote:

I do (especially for deleting recordings).

You can 'bulk' delete from file manager, OPT+, yellow, select files and press red, then switch off and go to bed. It will go to standby when files are deleted Very Happy

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gomezz

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:07 am

Frequent contributor Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 3988 Location: Buckingham

But only if they are all in the same folder. I suppose you could set up a Delete folder and move all the recordings from the various other folders to that first which, while the moves happen more or less without any appreciable delay, is a bit of a faff.

But I tend to delete as I go and if it is a series then delete the previous episode when I start watching the new one. That has the advantage of seeing which series I am currently following while in the Recordings Lists (it auto-files each series in its own folder).

alpine*

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:25 am

Regular contributor Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 84 Location: Rayleigh Crystal Palace Tx

I mean if they are not in any folder, just one off's.

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gomezz

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:38 pm

Frequent contributor Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 3988 Location: Buckingham

One off's are in the top level folder.

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