Digital TV Recorder with Scart output

[RAClNG SNAKE]

Is there such a thing still available?

A family member's Thomson recording box has gone pop and their TV is scart only but they don't want to shell out for a new TV as well as a recorder.

[belleair302]

Just buy a new digital TV recorder and a scart convertor box, which will allow HDMI cables and signals to be connected via the box to an older TV. Costs around 40.

[telecat]

Just go to the HUMAX direct website and see what they have on offer. At the moment they have the 9150 and 9300 boxes under 100 and the HDR Fox-T2 for 129. All have SCART outputs.

[jet_noise]

Dear RS,

lots of 2nd hand jobbies on *bay. I got a Humax Foxsat HDR for 70,

regards,
Jet

[RAClNG SNAKE]

Thanks folks there's a couple of good options there.

[RAClNG SNAKE]

Ordered a 9150T from Humax Direct but neither me or their technical department could stop the picture from stuttering. They sent an exchange unit but this did the same! It is likely that my father-in-law's TV aerial/coax could do with replacing but the fact is we can run two other freeview TVs and two other Thomson boxes without any problems so if there is an issue it is only affecting the Humax boxes. I always thought Humax was a good choice for Freeview recorders?

[telecat]

Generally they are the best especially as the "major" makers avoid this market like the Plague. Try goggling "Hummy.org" and see if anybody else has the same problem. I have a 9150 along with two 9300's and two FOX-HD-T2's and have no problems with any of them.

[megaphone]

RAClNG SNAKE said:

Ordered a 9150T from Humax Direct but neither me or their technical department could stop the picture from stuttering. They sent an exchange unit but this did the same! It is likely that my father-in-law's TV aerial/coax could do with replacing but the fact is we can run two other freeview TVs and two other Thomson boxes without any problems so if there is an issue it is only affecting the Humax boxes. I always thought Humax was a good choice for Freeview recorders?

Are you splitting the same aerial feed to all those devices? Do you have a powered distribution amp? Have you tried the Humax direct to the aerial with no split?

[RAClNG SNAKE]

All these devices were tested in isolation both with and without an amplifier at the point where the coax enters the house. The obvious solution is to get a TV aerial engineer in but by default if several boxes/TVs work without a problem then the current set up should have been sufficient for the Humax 9150T.

The Humax was supposed to be a way of giving my Father-in-law a fully functional HDD recorder until he is ready to upgrade his TV to HD.

[telecat]

Is the SCART set to RGB or Composite?