“This is the second 1800T we have purchased, this time for an elderly gent. We, and he, find it uncomplicated, reliable but with one exception, easy to use, that is the use of two LED colours to give three indications. Red is for Standby ("off") and Recording ("on"), so when its recording, it's not obvious if the recorder is ready for use. I will also comment on the delivery company Humax used (APC Overnight), they are rubbish. It was delivered 9 hours after the time given in a text message. When I complained, had to use Resolver to get a response from them, I was told the text is an automatic response and should not be taken seriously!
My hard of hearing, 95 year old friend waited patiently by the front door all that time, fortunately it was close to his kitchen.
By all means order one, just be aware of waiting for the delivery!”
“A little bit of a disappointment. Can't use the guide to skip back to catch up programmes (like the humax box that I already have).
Hardly any apps. Not all it's cracked up to be. Have disconnected and gone back to a basic external HDD for now.
Sorry”
“We bought this as a replacement for an eleven year old freesat humax which is now unwilling to record programmes. Hovever there are still lots of our favourite programes that it will still play back, so we are trying to use both side by side. This has been made difficult, though, because each controller controls both machines, but with slightly different functions, making it rather difficult to do. Be that as it may, the new machine is really good, and the functions run a lot faster than the old one. There are a few niggles, one of which is that like the old machine, it is easy to zip quickly through a recording, but unlike the old one, it doesn't seem to be possible to zip quickly in reverse. On the whole, though, it's good, and if it is as dependable and reliable as our old one, we will be well satisfied.”
“Every time I switch on the TV and go to HDMI to watch something previously recorded or to record something that evening, there is no sound. I have to switch off the Humax and back on again and wait before sound returns. I never had this hassle with my old Humax.”