Eurovox Max V PVR Review

[gadgetfiend]

I've been trialing the Eurovox Max V PVR for a while now, and here is my review of the product.
For a start on first look its appearance is no different to the latest eurovox max v, until
you look at the rear. Here you will see two noticeable differences, the power lead has been
replaced with a 2 pin figure 8 lead instead of the kettle lead, and it now has an on/off button
for rebooting the box without pulling out the plug or the power lead. This is essential for
HDD units as it will need resetting now and again to reboot the HDD. As i said the front is
the exact same until you pull down the flap and you will see the slot where you will install
your HDD. This is a simple process and you will need an IDE laptop hard drive, I have a seagate
120gb IDE one, and all you have to do is push it in.

There is no major difference to the day to day operation apart from you now have the record function,
and within the channel manager you now have a section called PVR manager where all your recordings
are stored, within this section you can watch delete or edit them. The recording process is also
very simple as your new remote (different to eurovox max v remote ) has a big red R button for one
step recording, and you can also if you wish set the timer within your epg to record your choice
of programming. You can also use the pause button to pause live tv then resume (time shift) which is
great. Another feature of this unit is when you are recording a program you can if you wish watch
another program by using the channel up or down buttons to change between channels but during
recording you will find that your fav's or channel list will not work and you will only be able to
watch another channel from the same transponder as the one that you are recording from. It is a simple
and effective PVR system but not a dual tuner system like certain others but the price will reflect this.

There has been 2 key changes here since i started trialing and it has updated very fast indeed, and the picture
quality has improved noticeably on channels with a higher bit rate, this is down to main board changes which
now offer better video bandwidth and bus width handling . I really like the simplicity of this PVR
and the fact its appearance hasn't changed into some big bulky heavy machine. I'm pretty sure the biggest
majority of Eurovox users will love this machine. The RRP will be around the same as current models, so pick
yourselves up a decent quality HDD and your in business. Although any size HDD should work on this unit,
its probably best to stick to no more than 250gb at most, as the bigger they are the hotter they run,
so could cause problems, I have tested it successfully with a 500gb drive but personally use a 120gb.

I am reliably informed that the Units will be on sale from all the usual outlets as pre order from 1st of July with
actual units being available from perhaps the week after. I am also informed that the remote control has changed
again slightly from the test one that I've been using.

[gadgetfiend]

here are some pics i took i have included the remote but it is different from the 1's which will be supplied !

[lucky13]

Nice one.

As you say looks the same apart from the remote. The price indication is even better.

Fair play for sharing pics'n'all that with us gadgetfiend

[AciidSn3ak3r]

Great post gadgetfiend. You got any piccies of the back of the box?
And how the hell did you get to trial the box lol.
Shame that it doesnt have a dual tuner. Maybe later lol.

[gadgetfiend]

Originally Posted by alexhodge1234

Great post gadgetfiend. You got any piccies of the back of the box?
And how the hell did you get to trial the box lol.
Shame that it doesnt have a dual tuner. Maybe later lol.

yep m8 heres a piccy from the back and god knows how i got to trial it, i woke one morning and it was in my tv cabinet. Must have been the dodgybox fairy....

[satsmo]

Thanks Gadget very informative review.

[wizweb]

Cheers Gadget for the heads up.....

[cb2011]

Good review thanks, looks very good indeed.

[bhedge]

Does it have a 'Series link/Season pass' type function, Mr. Fiend?

[gadgetfiend]

no m8 it doesnt as i said its a simplistic pvr system not as advanced as sky+ type system.