Installing Humax myself

Nortonian · 06-06-2006, 12:34

Hi

I have an HD ready TV and am thinking of buying a Humax HDCI-2000, the only thing is I do not have a dish or Sky. How do I go about fixing up my own dish and locating it and wiring it up?

Help please.

Nortonian

wgmorg · 06-06-2006, 12:38

Wrong forum we're freeview people... try...

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...play.php?f=141

Derek S · 08-06-2006, 00:07

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Originally Posted by Nortonian

Hi

I have an HD ready TV and am thinking of buying a Humax HDCI-2000, the only thing is I do not have a dish or Sky. How do I go about fixing up my own dish and locating it and wiring it up?

Help please.

Nortonian

You don't bother - buy a 9200t and save yourself the hassle and the subsciption fees!

WPP · 08-06-2006, 15:27

is HD really that much better ? so you can count the pores on tom cruises nose in a movie is that worth a couple of grand to upgrade ? what am I missing ?

TimmyRaa · 08-06-2006, 16:08

Also, am I correct in thinking that the Humax HDCI-2000 isn't compatible with Sky's pay services? Ie. all the stuff worth watching?

The only HD stuff I think it'd be able to view is the BBC test stuff*, which is from a different Astra satellite anyway, so you'd have to keep repointing your dish.

* Yes, and the World Cup. But that's a big outlay for a 3 week long competition.

Me · 08-06-2006, 16:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by WPP

is HD really that much better ? so you can count the pores on tom cruises nose in a movie is that worth a couple of grand to upgrade ? what am I missing ?

I've got a very good (and very expensive!) B&O 28" tube TV

It's the best picture I've ever seen.

Any larger screen that I've seen (Tube, Plasma, LCD, projector) is worse than this.
Frankly, I wouldn't want a bigger screen in my lounge.

However, if you want a huge screen, then HD will give you comparable quality to a normal definition smaller set.

incidentally,

"This year sees two major television anniversaries - the launch of the world's first regular service of high definition television from Alexandra Palace in North London on November 2nd 1936 and re-launch on June 7th 1946 after the war."

High Definition in this context was 405 lines!!!

WPP · 08-06-2006, 16:32

so given that I'm extremely happy with the picture quality on my 32" set it's probably not worth going HD unless I want a screen thats twice that size then ?

which I don't really I don't even have that much free wallspace for a picture that size

cool summat I don't have to buy then

WPP · 08-06-2006, 16:39

ooo and I remember 405 line telly ... could have been 625 though I wasn't that good at counting at the time I was only a year or two old

big brown bakelite box with a whopping 9" screen in the corner of the room

interestingly it took up about the same space as the 32" jobbie I've got now, it would probably be worth more as an antique though

plus ca change, plus ca meme chose

MikeFocus · 08-06-2006, 16:53

Ah, that was 405 line! Coo... we must have been posh - seem to remember ours was 14 (or maybe 15) inches, and you could count every line!

WPP · 08-06-2006, 16:59

aye and there were t'woodentops an muffin the mule and proper andy pandy not this poncy little cartoon andy pandy yer get nowadays

and yer tell't yung un's t'day and thi don't believe yer

aluk · 08-06-2006, 18:41

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Originally Posted by WPP

aye and there were t'woodentops an muffin the mule and proper andy pandy not this poncy little cartoon andy pandy yer get nowadays

and yer tell't yung un's t'day and thi don't believe yer

Aye an we lived in a wooden hut and had a wire coathanger for an ariel.
Edit. The coathanger bit is true.

WPP · 08-06-2006, 18:46

wire coathanger ? wire

luxury! you had it easy

me dad used to load t'telly un us backs and we'd have to run round to catch t'signal while he whipped us wi 'is belt

an if t'picture were'nt perfect perfect mind he'd murder us and sell us bodies to t'local tannery for a farthing and wear us as shoes he would

aluk · 08-06-2006, 19:23

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Originally Posted by WPP

wire coathanger ? wire

luxury! you had it easy

me dad used to load t'telly un us backs and we'd have to run round to catch t'signal while he whipped us wi 'is belt

an if t'picture were'nt perfect perfect mind he'd murder us and sell us bodies to t'local tannery for a farthing and wear us as shoes he would

Aye you ad a gud dad as saw you got plenty exercise.

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wgmorg Inactive Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Services: DTT Humax 9200T, BB Sky Unlimited, DST Sky 3p DRX-550 -> DMR-EX768 Posts: 4,946	Wrong forum we're freeview people... try... http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...play.php?f=141

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WPP Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 112	is HD really that much better ? so you can count the pores on tom cruises nose in a movie is that worth a couple of grand to upgrade ? what am I missing ?

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TimmyRaa Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Henley-on-Thames, UK Services: Humax Foxsat-HDR, Xbox 360, Wii, BT Infinity 40Mb Posts: 1,019	Also, am I correct in thinking that the Humax HDCI-2000 isn't compatible with Sky's pay services? Ie. all the stuff worth watching? The only HD stuff I think it'd be able to view is the BBC test stuff, which is from a different Astra satellite anyway, so you'd have to keep repointing your dish. Yes, and the World Cup. But that's a big outlay for a 3 week long competition.

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WPP Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 112	so given that I'm extremely happy with the picture quality on my 32" set it's probably not worth going HD unless I want a screen thats twice that size then ? which I don't really I don't even have that much free wallspace for a picture that size cool summat I don't have to buy then

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WPP Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 112	ooo and I remember 405 line telly ... could have been 625 though I wasn't that good at counting at the time I was only a year or two old big brown bakelite box with a whopping 9" screen in the corner of the room interestingly it took up about the same space as the 32" jobbie I've got now, it would probably be worth more as an antique though plus ca change, plus ca meme chose

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MikeFocus Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9	Ah, that was 405 line! Coo... we must have been posh - seem to remember ours was 14 (or maybe 15) inches, and you could count every line!

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WPP Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 112	aye and there were t'woodentops an muffin the mule and proper andy pandy not this poncy little cartoon andy pandy yer get nowadays and yer tell't yung un's t'day and thi don't believe yer

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WPP Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 112	wire coathanger ? wire luxury! you had it easy me dad used to load t'telly un us backs and we'd have to run round to catch t'signal while he whipped us wi 'is belt an if t'picture were'nt perfect perfect mind he'd murder us and sell us bodies to t'local tannery for a farthing and wear us as shoes he would

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