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Thanks for the specification link. Looks like the FVP-4000T will be worth the wait.
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Lets hope it doesn't put crap down the HDMI CEC line like the 1800 did. Quite happy for it to have no CEC like the Fox T2.
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Lets hope it doesn't put crap down the HDMI CEC line like the 1800 did. Quite happy for it to have no CEC like the Fox T2.
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I would imagine it's pretty certain to have CEC, it's the way of the future - but presumably it will be capable of being turned OFF?.
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will have to wait till its actually released before i decide for me it must have
media player scart socket for my video sender netflix, amazon and now tv if it has all those it can replace my humax fox t2 and i dont have to have my ps3 for catch up services |
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Humax denied all knowledge of the problem despite lots of complaints on Amazon and elsewhere.
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Freeview Play to launch in October apparently !!!
http://www.freeview.co.uk/articles/n...t-month-2.html Brian |
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Had a reply to an email I sent Humax regarding the launch of Freeview Play in October. I asked when would the FVP-4000T be available,and their answer was it would be around the same time.
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Three or Two tuners?
Just recently I contacted a Freeview Play PVR manufacturer asking why they are not following the Humax decision and having 3 tuners in their PVR's, this was their reply, what do you think?
The purpose and benefit of Freeview Play, is the ability to access more On Demand content than the current Freeview products. We believe the need for 3 tuners is very small because much of the broadcast content will be available on catch up for 30 days, if not more. Based on this, we've opted for 2 tuners. |
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Just recently I contacted a Freeview Play PVR manufacturer asking why they are not following the Humax decision and having 3 tuners in their PVR's, this was their reply, what do you think?
The purpose and benefit of Freeview Play, is the ability to access more On Demand content than the current Freeview products. We believe the need for 3 tuners is very small because much of the broadcast content will be available on catch up for 30 days, if not more. Based on this, we've opted for 2 tuners. |
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Unless the cost is a significant factor for a 3-tuner then I think that is a rubbish reply.
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Panasonic Recorders to hit the market first
Panasonic recently updated their website to show a range of recorders with Freeview Play and they are beginning to appear on retailer's websites as pre-order or special order with expected delivery around 1st October.
This would seem to indicate Humax wont be first to market as previously thought. It's seems that Panasonic's "feature" is 4K upscaling. Not sure that is a bigger draw than three tuners! |
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Freeview Play
I think that is a no brainer that consumers will go for the 3 tuner concept, if you do a lot of recording then I think it is a big advantage also skipping adverts on commercial channels which you cannot do on catch up. Regarding the 4K, do you not have to have a 4K TV to take advantage of this. Regarding Humax, I think you will find their release will coincide with the release of Freeview Play. I think at the end of the day, my advice is to wait for the reviews and then make a choice.
PS: The Humax FVP-4000T has been produced and can be pre ordered. |
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There is no point in 4K upscaling unless it is better than the upscaling in the TV. Same applies to DVD players with HD upscaling.
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Friday.
Just had an email from Humax Direct saying the FVP-4000T will be available this Friday.
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Fvp-4000t
Anyone who is a first buyer of the FVP-4000T your opinion would be appreciated as to what you think of it.
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Anyone who is a first buyer of the FVP-4000T your opinion would be appreciated as to what you think of it.
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Interested
Hi, looking to purchase this item but having no luck, have seen it advertised in the Argos catalogue but out of stock?
Can anyone let me know when this item is likely to be released or where I can purchase one from Thank you in advance |
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Hi, looking to purchase this item but having no luck, have seen it advertised in the Argos catalogue but out of stock?
Can anyone let me know when this item is likely to be released or where I can purchase one from Thank you in advance |
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Tribal UK claim to have stock.
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They are part of the Hughes group which coincidently I've just been looking at the Hughes's website and although marked as 'in stock' when you delve deeper most stores aren't available for pickup until Monday 10am with the remaining stores being the next day for in store collection.
So far there is no sign of the 1TB that I can see. Barring in mind that its an HD recorder and Humax's track record for taking up more space for the same recording on their freeview HD recorders than other brands, the 500GB could be considered a bit on the small side. |
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Barring in mind that its an HD recorder and Humax's track record for taking up more space for the same recording on their freeview HD recorders than other brands, the 500GB could be considered a bit on the small side.
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I wasn't aware of that; do you have any figures on how much more space the Humax uses? I know that what is saved to disk is the received digtial stream plus a time stamp. Are other brands stripping data out of the received stream?
On the custom firmware if you go the the media web-if there is an option for each recording to shrink it. Selecting the option gives an estimation of the % that will be saved for that particular recording. I think it was first reported a few years ago on Myhumax.org when it become very obvious when a small external HD-FOX T2 was being used almost exclusively for Radio programmes. The same was re-reported on hummy.tv a few moths later. The shrink package was released a few days later after it was reported on hummy.tv. The HDR-2000T and HDR-1800T are also similar at least up to version UKTFAC 1.01.13, (I haven't looked at today's new software release for those models yet but the release notes don't mention this aspect being improved). This extra padding of the recordings also effects the Youview DTR-T2100 and presumably the other Humax Youview models. The TalkTalk Youview models are OK but they are not made by Humax. The only disadvantage of the shrink package is that the side car files are automatically rebuilt to take account of the main file change. This has a knock on effect on some SD recordings when played back at 2X that some black blocking can sometimes be observed. All other speeds are unaffected. It probably does effect 2X playback on some HD recordings but so infrequently that is difficulty to find an example, especially that for most recordings it is only intermittent when played back at 2X speed and does not affect the whole recording. The crop option of the custom firmware will also simultaneously shrink the recording. |
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