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and – consequently – busy<br />
tuners are greyed out in the<br />
channel list so that you can<br />
see at a single glance which<br />
channel selection will be<br />
successful and which won’t.<br />
While this may sound like an<br />
obvious feature we have to<br />
say that it is not as common<br />
as we would like it to be.<br />
The one thing that does<br />
not meet with our approval<br />
is the limited timer memory<br />
that only allows a maximum<br />
of eight entries. A modern<br />
PVR receiver with twin tuner<br />
capacity requires more than<br />
that!<br />
In everyday use the HD<br />
8840 impresses with a huge<br />
range of practical features<br />
and functions, all of which<br />
are neatly implemented too.<br />
You get OSD teletext, dedicated<br />
buttons on the remote<br />
control for changing the output<br />
resolution or selecting a<br />
soundtrack, and so on.<br />
All commands sent from the<br />
remote are received swiftly<br />
and executed without any<br />
noticeable lag, even when<br />
two HD recordings are taking<br />
place in the background. The<br />
powerful 400 MHz processor<br />
that is the heart and soul of<br />
this receiver deserves the<br />
credit for this, together with<br />
a 64 MB flash memory and 1<br />
GB of DDR SDRAM which provides<br />
sufficient buffer memory.<br />
But even with all those<br />
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Looking at the two tuners of the Amiko HD 8840.<br />
Tuners for DvB-S/S2 and DvB-T/T2/c are available,<br />
which can by used in any combination.
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