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It concerns me a little that people are saying that the Humax is buggy. But to be honest my Sky HD Thomson box is very buggy so I can live with some problems. I would also rather buy DVD boxsets or download the decent US shows than subscibe to Sky. Most of the ones I like are on FTA channels anyway.
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Why did you not just remove your sky card for a while and test the water. Your posting sounds very suss to me.
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Yes, its very suss, I will come clean, I work for sky.
).Normal people know what channels they tend to watch. And if the lack of Sky was causing you so much grief, why wait a year to get it back? And if the Humax is so useless to you why not sell it and recoup some of your losses? And one also has to wonder why someone who is so fed up with Freesat that they are going to mothball a £300 piece of equipment is wasting their time reading a Freesat specific forum anyway. It certainly all pointed to you just trying to promote Sky so thanks for coming clean.
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Funny, that's exactly what I thought when I read your first post in this thread (which sounded exactly like something I would expect to hear from someone working for Sky retentions.
).Normal people know what channels they tend to watch. And if the lack of Sky was causing you so much grief, why wait a year to get it back? And if the Humax is so useless to you why not sell it and recoup some of your losses? And one also has to wonder why someone who is so fed up with Freesat that they are going to mothball a £300 piece of equipment is wasting their time reading a Freesat specific forum anyway. It certainly all pointed to you just trying to promote Sky so thanks for coming clean. ![]() |
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What magnifies the 'badness' of the picture is people's understandable annoyance at Humax for failing to bring out a timely bug fixing update
Consumers need visibility into what's going on. Even if the only answer we get is that "this problem is being addressed" that's better than silence. But ideally what we need are reasonably regular updates, even when not all reported problems are fixed in any one update. |
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Now, should folk who work for or exclusively sell or promote one system, have to decare that in the public profile, under power to ban if they do not?
To me it's a more important matter than the moderators easy task of erasing any humour on threads. |
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I got rid of Sky because I thought it was not value for money at the time, and money was short. Now I have money to spare. I am not going to sell the Humax becuase I dont know what my situation will be in a years time, I am putting aside the money for a years subscription. I came into this forum to find out if there was an update for the HDR, there is not. And just to make it clear to DS mods, I dont work for sky. (Dont want to get banned for making claims LOL)
Well, if money gets short again I'd suggest you apply for a job with Sky's retentions department. You seem to have their patter down to a fine art.
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Well, how intersting this thread is turning out to be.. £KY must be beginning to get worried about Freesat regardless!! That has to be good for Freesat. Even though I think the box should have been better - there is ZERO chance of me going back to paying for $KY again. The only thing as far as I can see £KY is worth paying for is the sport and I am not that much of a sports fan - apart from Cricket! Hopefully when the firmware upgrade comes out we will all be that bit happier too!!
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. I came into this forum to find out if there was an update for the HDR, there is not. And just to make it clear to DS mods, I dont work for sky. (Dont want to get banned for making claims LOL)
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I see.
Well, if money gets short again I'd suggest you apply for a job with Sky's retentions department. You seem to have their patter down to a fine art. ![]() ![]() |
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They have been saying that for ages.
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They have been saying that for ages.
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There has not however been any info on what's fixed until recently has there ?
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In addition to that I have the full Sky + package, so I am able to compare the two. Every week my Sky+ box fails when recording. It has been changed 4 times. Being in the know
I can change the box any time. The Sd picture on the Humax is far superior to Sky. The Hd on Humax is superb to. If yhe programming meets anybodys viewing needs. The Humax is fine I.M.O. |
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Is there any evidence for that? I know there's now an unofficial list of things that might be fixed in the (very) long-awaited update; but I haven't seen any indication of whether it'll come this month, next month, this year or next.p |
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I came into this forum to find out if there was an update for the HDR, there is not.
As for the HDR, anyone telling you it isn't functional is lying. There are a very small minority of boxes with serious problems. All of the rest are perfectly good as a day to day Freesat mode receiver / recorder. I love my box although there are some things I'd like to see improved (primarily non freesat mode). Its also proven extremely reliable. As others have pointed out unless you're unlucky to get a "lemon" most HDR's are perfectly problem free unless you suffer from regular power cuts in which case the problem with the box needing a manual reboot after a power cut could be a problem (although a UPS can easily alleviate this and is preferable as it will prevent the loss of ongoing recordings at the time of the power cut). We're hearing comparisons here on reliability with Sky + boxes, and yet I know several people who had Sky + boxes that failed during the warranty period. I also know several people who's boxes suddenly failed a few days after the warranty expired. There are loads of similar stories around the net. I'm not trying to discredit Sky here, merely point out that all receivers / pvr's have reliability problems to a greater or lesser extent. It seems no-one has yet come up with the perfectly reliable box. most people are satisfied with Sky boxes as most people are satisfied with HDR's, the choice ultimately comes down to subscription charges and content and whether or not you want (or can afford) to pay for it. |
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the choice ultimately comes down to subscription charges and content and whether or not you want (or can afford) to pay for it.
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... the choice ultimately comes down to subscription charges and content and whether or not you want (or can afford) to pay for it.
As we only watch a couple of hours TV a day on evenings we are in we can find literally more than enough on BBC2, BBC4 and Film4 with occasional additions from the remaining members of the big 5. When Sky brought out their broadband and TV for ~£16 we did consider it but decided that we simply didn't need any extra channels. I don't think that would change even if C4 and C5 both went subscription. |
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Overall, though, I'm very pleased with my box and am glad I bought it. I'm sure that there are many, many, others who feel the same.
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If you are so pleased with it I can't understand why you keep banging on about things which some others regard as a problem. You seem to find some way of raising the same issues in almost every thread
I am, overall, very happy with my Foxsat, even though there are a number of minor and a couple of more major niggles. I am not happy that Humax initially indicated that they would issue an update in a reasonably timely manner and in particular stated that the fixes would be issued before the iplayer was added and then reneged on that statement and delayed the bug fixes so that the iplayer could be included. We were sold a PVR, not an iplayer and as such I firmly believe that they should have sorted out the problems with what we bought before adding features that we didn't. I trust you are happy now that your intervention has caused this to get yet another airing and that you now understand the situation. BTW, the underlined part of your post is complete nonsense. |
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Before you get rid of Sky, Think about how much you will be paying for the Humax. £250. The cost of sky’s basic subscription for a year is £210 (12x17.50). Trust me; once you get rid of Sky, It will be fine for a couple of weeks, then your see an advert for a program, or your read about a program in the paper. Soon you’re Miss Sky. I have been without Sky for a year, and like you I got rid of it (I now see that I wasted money as I could have had Sky for another year with the money I spend on the HDR). Next week, I am getting it back, the Humax is going into the loft until further notice. The choice is yours.
![]() Or did you go without any TV for a few months until it was released? Take it back and get a refund if it's not right. |
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I came into this forum to find out if there was an update for the HDR, there is not.
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How would an update to the HDR add the channels you desire which are only available on Sky?
People who want to come here to promote Sky really should make sure they have a coherent story.
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Very pleased with my Humax HDR, just need a firmware update to fix the green screen HDMI handshake issues with my Sony W2000 and i'll be a happy man. Also being able to delete or flag deletion when recording would be nice.
......A small TV screen on the EPG might be a nice addition as well. |
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How would an update to the HDR add the channels you desire which are only available on Sky?
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I can change the box any time. The Sd picture on the Humax is far superior to Sky. The Hd on Humax is superb to. If yhe programming meets anybodys viewing needs. The Humax is fine I.M.O.