Humax Digi Box ..any good?
shirley222
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Somebody has recommended this digi box and as I have had such a lot of duff ones lately I want to make sure this will be a good one..
Any advice please?
Any advice please?
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My Humax has not set a foot wrong since buying it at launch a couple (I think!!) of years back. It's very rare I watch live TV these days....I had a non HD one before the T2 and that performed faultlessly also...
So the OP really needs to tell us more about what they want. We do not even know if they want a satellite or terrestrial box.
At the mo' I have a Bush HD LCD TV and the digi box I have is a Dion which is for recording and I just have Freeview.
Hope that makes more sense and can anyone advise which Humax I should buy? PLEASE!
Do you want to access FreeSat?
Do you want HD channels?
Do you want to record and keep a lot of programmes?
Do you want to view on Demand tv from the last 7 days?
What sort of speed do you get on your broadband connection?
All you need to know
Under their "Managers Special" section
Cant tell them from new + warranty is included
1/ No
2/ ?
3/ Yes
4/ ? .. Not really (?)
5/ No idea!?!
Lookin' good..Thankyou.
Thanks for that as well.
(Bye.the.way...what does OP mean,,Old Person! .. )
OP = Original Poster aka Thread Starter
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I already did....:rolleyes:
Thankyou! Yes I know I am exasperating..
I would if it was possible but noone seems to think so and there is a problem with the sound as well. When I put the volume down it keeps cutting out all the time. TV man who looked at it said it was because the box was on the way out.
Do you just want a new digi box so you can watch Freeview (including Freeview HD) or do you want to record as well?
You can get a Humax HD Fox T2-G (refurbished) from Humax Direct for £69. You can then add a USB hard drive for around £50 which will convert it to a single tuner recorder. This will access BBC iPlayer too.
If you do NOT want to record, but want access to BBC iPlayer, I strongly suggest you get one of these Technikas for £25 (you will need to get a £1 HDMI lead if you do not already have one). This will give you Freeview HD and the ability to access BBC iPlayer (a software upgrade may be needed, contact me for further advice if you get one). In my opinion, and I have both, the output picture is superior to the Humax, especially on the SD channels. It is also very sensitive and ideal for marginal reception areas.
The output picture on the Humax DTR T1000 (the Youview box) is again better, especially on SD channels, than the HD Fox T2. I have one but frankly if I had paid for it, it would have been returned for a refund. It has real stability problems, in part caused by the box "operating system" being down to Humax and the "program" coming from Youview. While I am sure these software glitches will be fixed in time, I would not recommend one at the moment. On the other hand, these sorts of early glitches are common with Freeview HD boxes and hopefully the new software engineers that Youview have advertised for should bulk up their team. The DTR T1000 is being replaced by the DTR 1010 which is effectively the same hardware in an updated case. The earlier models may well be available at a discount in the coming month or two so may be worthwhile investigating.
I had just got to the point of deciding to get a Humax HDR-Fox T2 500GB Freeview + HD Digital TV Recorder.
I've put the full details in order not to have any confusion as to which one I mean altho', as I said before, most of the info is all foreign to me!..
It's not that I want to appear to be a spendthrift but not being tech minded I prefer to have it all done and dusted for me even tho' it might cost more.
So.. fact is that having been advised that this is a very good digi box I am now wondering if that is actually so!?! .. :eek:
The picture quality on our Fox T2 is excellent.
My wife can't even tell the difference between SD and HD, though I can - but it isn't huge, certainly on the better quality channels. (But of course the grot channels don't have HD anyway.)
Edit: typing at the same time. The HDR Fox T2 is a good box, but there are other ways to achieve some of what it does. Wanting it all packaged in one at a slight cost penalty is perfectly reasonable.
You should note that the Manager's specials or A grades only have a 1 year warranty as opposed to Humax's normal 2 years.
So, to reference your earlier thread, were the messages about LCNs on the box or are you seeing them on your Bush TV when the box is on standby? If the latter it could be the RF cable that needs checking - see http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/freeviewadvice.html
If the box is on standby there is no picture (!?)
Will check the leads tomorrow..
However, have now bought the new box... next prob. ... getting it installed! ... :eek: ... Major effort required... :rolleyes:
Fear not about connecting up on your own: this is made much easier by using the guide on http://www.which.co.uk/static/flash/tvconwiz/which_tv_connection_jslocal.html orthose in your manuals should only take one cuppa!
1/ There is no aerial link lead from box to TV so the TV's internal Freeview won't work
2/ There is a link lead but you "forget" to switch to the TVs internal Freeview (known in the trade as finger trouble )
3/ The box has a low power standby mode. In this mode it turns off the little internal amplifier that splits the aerial signal between the boxes tuners and the socket out to the TV. Hence no signal. Not entirely sure why manufacturers do that, unless they cannot conceive of any situation where a user would not want to watch telly using the box? Anyway most such boxes have a menu setting to turn low power stand-by off so this amplifier stays alive when the box is in standby so you can watch telly still.