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[TheBoy]

Though, it sounds like you did buy the wrong telly, so 

[Taxi_Driver]

Though, it sounds like you did buy the wrong telly, so 

Im actually still pleased with the sony tv, @ £400 a year ago, for what it does  ....the only thing i missed out on, was, John Lewis had them for £400 plus 5yr guarantee....for a few days until they sold out....when they got them back in stock, price went upto £500 iirc.
I managed to get mine from Comet with bog standard guarantee....few days after they sold out too.

Sooo.....i think Humax is they way to go.....looking at the specs again, the Humax seems to play more formats than the Sony.....Just got to wait until payday next week 

[Shackeng]

Try AVforums.com for more info.

[TheBoy]

Though, it sounds like you did buy the wrong telly, so 

Im actually still pleased with the sony tv, @ £400 a year ago, for what it does  ....the only thing i missed out on, was, John Lewis had them for £400 plus 5yr guarantee....for a few days until they sold out....when they got them back in stock, price went upto £500 iirc.
I managed to get mine from Comet with bog standard guarantee....few days after they sold out too.

Sooo.....i think Humax is they way to go.....looking at the specs again, the Humax seems to play more formats than the Sony.....Just got to wait until payday next week 

Seems a lot of Phony TVs, esp from W series era, might need that 5yr warranty. Hope yours survives.  Though I guess for every duff on, Phony stand half a chance of making a good one...

[Taxi_Driver]

Though, it sounds like you did buy the wrong telly, so 

Im actually still pleased with the sony tv, @ £400 a year ago, for what it does  ....the only thing i missed out on, was, John Lewis had them for £400 plus 5yr guarantee....for a few days until they sold out....when they got them back in stock, price went upto £500 iirc.
I managed to get mine from Comet with bog standard guarantee....few days after they sold out too.

Sooo.....i think Humax is they way to go.....looking at the specs again, the Humax seems to play more formats than the Sony.....Just got to wait until payday next week 

Seems a lot of Phony TVs, esp from W series era, might need that 5yr warranty. Hope yours survives.  Though I guess for every duff on, Phony stand half a chance of making a good one...

I guess it also makes a difference on how long any tv is turned on for......

My neighbour got an 40" led tv (carnt remember the make) same time as me, 12 months ago from John Lewis......he was pleased he got the 5yr warranty.....however he's got two kids.....his tv is on from the time they get up.....till he goes to bed.....probably 16 hours a day.....mines on for about 3 to 4 hrs a day........

[Taxi_Driver]

Another question for AA.. Is the wifi dongle a humax one or cheap as chips fleabay one ?

[Auto Addict]

Another question for AA.. Is the wifi dongle a humax one or cheap as chips fleabay one ?

Humax, plug and play.

[Andy B]

Another question for AA.. Is the wifi dongle a humax one or cheap as chips fleabay one ?

Humax, plug and play.

any links? 

[Auto Addict]

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat.asp?cat=access&type=networking

[Andy B]

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat.asp?cat=access&type=networking

So .......  you plug this into the back of the recorder, put the WiFi code in (somehow  ) and you can watch Youtube on your telly   

[Auto Addict]

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat.asp?cat=access&type=networking

So .......  you plug this into the back of the recorder, put the WiFi code in (somehow  ) and you can watch Youtube on your telly   

Yup, bit slow on my Wi Fi though.

[Andy B]

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat.asp?cat=access&type=networking

So .......  you plug this into the back of the recorder, put the WiFi code in (somehow  ) and you can watch Youtube on your telly   

Yup, bit slow on my Wi Fi though.

Thanks. Something I might well consider. 

[Taxi_Driver]

Another question for AA.. Is the wifi dongle a humax one or cheap as chips fleabay one ?

Humax, plug and play.

Thanks for that AA, but sod paying £29 for one.......i'll try an ebay special for a fiver first i reckon 
Unless you've been told only Humax one work with the PVR 

[Taxi_Driver]

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat.asp?cat=access&type=networking

So .......  you plug this into the back of the recorder, put the WiFi code in (somehow  ) and you can watch Youtube on your telly   

Yup, bit slow on my Wi Fi though.

Thanks. Something I might well consider. 

It will also let you play with 'catch up' tv....

[Shackeng]

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/prodCat.asp?cat=access&type=networking

So .......  you plug this into the back of the recorder, put the WiFi code in (somehow  ) and you can watch Youtube on your telly   

Yup, bit slow on my Wi Fi though.

Thanks. Something I might well consider. 

Research I did suggests that the dongle route can give patchy results depending on installation, distance from router, type of router, type of dongle etc., so I have just ordered a pair of Solwise passthrough homeplugs for £52 inclusive, as described here: http://www.avforums.com/forums/networking-nas/731564-homeplug-faq.html. As you can see these also have limitations. I will advise on my results.