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Which Freesat+ to buy??
Need your advice peeps! I'm looking to ditch my Sky box and go to Freesat. Im willing to pay up to/around £300. Need good memory, simple use, connectable to iPlayer, twin tuner , HD compatibility and most importantly reliability. Any suggestions?
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I think you will find at least 80% on this forum will recommend the Humax HDR as the best of the bunch. I am well pleased with mine. Try Amazon
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I think you will find at least 80% on this forum will recommend the Humax HDR as the best of the bunch.
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A third vote from me (owner since Nov 2008)
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And it's big yes from me (an owner from launch)
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Thanks guy's for all the responses, most appreciated. However further investigation suggests I could keep my Sky box and buy a card for 25 quid and get what Im looking for...minus HD and iPlayer. Is it worth it to shift to a Humax box and pay out 200 odd pounds .....hate Murdoch and would love to move but.....
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and minus the recording function
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AHHH....spot on my friend...forgot about that
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Hi all. Iv now purchased a Humax on your recomendations. Another question for you again Im a fraid. I want to watch the BBCi player. Is it possible to connect a wifi box to the Humax to pick up a signal from my other wifi box as opposed to run a cable from my Humax to my other router? Or does a router transmit only?
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Which Freesat+ to buy??
The new Humax 500GB Model,
it should have BBC iPlayer on it, but I am not sure, the old 320GB has though |
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The new Humax 500GB Model,
it should have BBC iPlayer on it, but I am not sure, the old 320GB has though |
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Hi all. Iv now purchased a Humax on your recomendations. Another question for you again Im a fraid. I want to watch the BBCi player. Is it possible to connect a wifi box to the Humax to pick up a signal from my other wifi box as opposed to run a cable from my Humax to my other router? Or does a router transmit only?
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A pair of homeplugs is the easiest way to connect a hdr to your router without running a cat5 cable.
Thanks Graham. Being a complete novice can you enlighten me as to what homeplugs are, where I can get get them and how much they are? Many thanks in advance!!
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Here's the starting point:
http://www.homeplug.org/home/ There are a few manufacturers of suitable products and they can be found on numerous site dealing with networking products. A lot of people use them but there can be downsides too with regard to mains interference. If you can it is best to use a network cable. |
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I'll concur, it is far from perfect but it is the best on the market. But I'd definitely not recommend that particular flea-market.
I'd rate it on par with Sky HD which I've always maintained is the most reliable complete system on the market(**). As far as the kit itself is concerned it may even be more reliable. It's just the broadcasters who sometimes let it down. (*)And I own an older Humax PVR and once said I'd never buy any of their kit again so I'm not a 'fanboi' ![]() (**)Not perfect of course but until the HDR it was the only PVR I would trust sufficiently to forgoe all live viewing in favour of time-shifting. |
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