It has both FreeView and FreeSat HD tuners and a PVR function.
Does this mean that it will match or out perform my Humax HB1000S?
Already have a thread going about a new TV but realised something when looking at this beast.
<https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-43uq91006la>
It has both FreeView and FreeSat HD tuners and a PVR function.
Does this mean that it will match or out perform my Humax HB1000S?
Noting that the LG supports DVB-T2/T and DVB-S2/S I assume that this means the highest resolution of recording is Full HD - do many PVRs support recording of (rare) 4K broadcasts?
Already have a thread going about a new TV but realised something when looking at this beast.
<https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-43uq91006la>
It has both FreeView and FreeSat HD tuners and a PVR function.
Does this mean that it will match or out perform my Humax HB1000S?
Noting that the LG supports DVB-T2/T and DVB-S2/S I assume that this means the highest resolution of recording is Full HD - do many PVRs support recording of (rare) 4K broadcasts?
[I started out looking for a 40" 4K TV as a replacement monitor but I'm having feature creep.]
This could simplify my long delayed wall mount plan for the bedroom.
Cheers
Dave R
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The only way you can know this is to test one in my view. There could be a lot of compromises building it into a tv, which they cleverly forget to mention. Some shops, but they tend not to be the discounters have been known to loan sets with a refundable deposit.
Already have a thread going about a new TV but realised something when looking at this beast.
<https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-43uq91006la>
It has both FreeView and FreeSat HD tuners and a PVR function.
Does this mean that it will match or out perform my Humax HB1000S?
On 02/03/2023 17:46, Brian Gaff wrote:
The only way you can know this is to test one in my view. There could be a >> lot of compromises building it into a tv, which they cleverly forget to
mention. Some shops, but they tend not to be the discounters have been known >> to loan sets with a refundable deposit.
I find that the best way to get to know a product before buying it is to >download a PDF of the user manual: there's a lot more information than
you get in the marketing blurb, and you get to see what exactly you can
and can't do, including any restrictions such as "you can connect an
external hard drive and play MPG but not TS format files, and the drive
must be formatted as FAT32 and not exFAT or NTFS".
On Thu, 2 Mar 2023 21:00:19 +0000, NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On 02/03/2023 17:46, Brian Gaff wrote:
The only way you can know this is to test one in my view. There could be a >>> lot of compromises building it into a tv, which they cleverly forget to
mention. Some shops, but they tend not to be the discounters have been known
to loan sets with a refundable deposit.
I find that the best way to get to know a product before buying it is to
download a PDF of the user manual: there's a lot more information than
you get in the marketing blurb, and you get to see what exactly you can
and can't do, including any restrictions such as "you can connect an
external hard drive and play MPG but not TS format files, and the drive
must be formatted as FAT32 and not exFAT or NTFS".
I download user manuals before buying. Humax manuals don't tell you that their
PVRs over heat in hot weather and self destruct.
On 03/03/2023 12:40, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 2 Mar 2023 21:00:19 +0000, NY <me@privacy.net> wrote:
On 02/03/2023 17:46, Brian Gaff wrote:
The only way you can know this is to test one in my view. There could be a >>>> lot of compromises building it into a tv, which they cleverly forget to >>>> mention. Some shops, but they tend not to be the discounters have been known
to loan sets with a refundable deposit.
I find that the best way to get to know a product before buying it is to >>> download a PDF of the user manual: there's a lot more information than
you get in the marketing blurb, and you get to see what exactly you can
and can't do, including any restrictions such as "you can connect an
external hard drive and play MPG but not TS format files, and the drive
must be formatted as FAT32 and not exFAT or NTFS".
I download user manuals before buying. Humax manuals don't tell you that their
PVRs over heat in hot weather and self destruct.
I can't see that being included in the specs!
When I got my Panasonic PVR DMR-HWT130 about 10 years ago, I had a
choice between that and the more expensive DMR-HWT230. The difference
was that the latter had a 1TB HD instead of a 500GB disk, and included
WiFi. I didn't require either, so went for the 130T. When I looked at
the manual, another difference appeared - "DMR-HWT130 does not have a
cooling fan. Instead, it has ventilation holes". This was a bullet point
in the "Connection" section. I've no idea why it was put there. But it
did concern me as my older Panasonic DVD recorder had gone faulty after
an IC had overheated due to a too-small heat sink.
I download user manuals before buying. Humax manuals don't tell you that their
PVRs over heat in hot weather and self destruct.
On 03/03/2023 12:40, Martin wrote:
I download user manuals before buying. Humax manuals don't tell you that their
PVRs over heat in hot weather and self destruct.
Do their boxes still run hot?
I had one of their first HD satellite boxes and the bottom of the box
was around 60C after 10 minutes. They used the metal base plate as a
heat sink for the processor. I added 1 inch tall feet so that was a
better flow of cooling air beneath the box.
Friends have a current sky Q box and this has the same problem with overheating if you stack it on top of other equipment generating heat or don't allow a free flow of air beneath. They had put their box on a
cloth mat to stop it marking their cabinet it was standing on
effectively reducing the height of the miniature feet:).
Already have a thread going about a new TV but realised something when looking at this beast.
<https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-43uq91006la>
It has both FreeView and FreeSat HD tuners and a PVR function.
Does this mean that it will match or out perform my Humax HB1000S?
Noting that the LG supports DVB-T2/T and DVB-S2/S I assume that this means the highest resolution of recording is Full HD
- do many PVRs support recording of (rare) 4K broadcasts?
[I started out looking for a 40" 4K TV as a replacement monitor but I'm having feature creep.]
This could simplify my long delayed wall mount plan for the bedroom.
Cheers
Dave R
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