Humax HDR-1000S/500GB Freesat+ HD with Freetime TV Recorder
REFURBISHED - 1 Year Warranty
This smart Humax recorder gives you everything you need to be in control of your TV viewing. With Freetime, the super-smart, award-winning TV Guide from Freesat, you can use the Roll Back TV Guide across 26 channels, to watch shows you've missed from the last seven days. Enjoy a broad range of Catch Up TV with BBC iPlayer, ITV player*, All 4, Demand 5 and YouTube. Plus Showcase recommends top TV picks of cool stuff to watch, chosen daily by Freesat's Editorial team. Choose from over 200 Channels including sport, news, movies, kids, music and entertainment; with eleven in picture perfect High Definition. Plus, you can Pause, Rewind and Record your favourite programmes at the touch of a button. You can also use the clever little App from Freesat, to plan and control your TV viewing at the swipe of a finger, when you're at home or out and about. *ITV Player available in England, Wales and the Channel Islands.
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fivegoldstars to apesvc3
23 Nov 1520#29
No. I just put a large plastic funnel in the back of mine, and all the satellite signals just fall into it from space.
cicobuff to Robinsad
23 Nov 155#20
There is £7 delivery on this...OP should have put that in the description...however use code HUMAXBD1 knocks 10% off taking it down to £89.10 plus £7 delivery = £96.10. Just buy it, I cannot see Humax Direct having a Black Friday sale on their refurbs or for that matter any cheaper becoming available.
To put it into context, 3 years ago we got the 1TB of this receiver for £160 from Bargain Crazy, was mint condition with protective sellophane still over the unit. The box had no inner packaging pieces although the unit was sensibly bubble wrapped inside of the box.
Now that was when the 1TB units retail price was £250, it was a stellar deal 3 years ago and only around the last 6 months have we been seeing graded 1TB units now at Humax Direct being £139 (£132.10 delivered with 10% code)
So £96.10 for a 500gb unit is a real good deal unless you could do with more storage capacity for recording. If so it would be worth considering the 1TB unit and particularly the white 1010S as it has inbuilt wifi if needed, the 1TB 1000S does not.
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OrribleHarry
23 Nov 15#1
These are "OK" if you don't mind the basic menus. Worth £99 IMHO
cicobuff to OrribleHarry
23 Nov 152#3
Basic menus?!?! Are you confusing these with the older Humax models prior to Freesat + ? The only difference between these and the newer Humax 1100 is in footprint size and inbuilt wi-fi.
Stellar deal for this.
hcc27 to OrribleHarry
24 Nov 15#70
Ehh I think you need to move on with the times.
This is what TrustedReviews says about the EPG in this box:
''The brand new Free Time EPG found on the Humax HDR-1000S is simply gorgeous, a million miles from the traditional Freesat EPGs you may be used to''
Yes. Providing you have at least a twin LNB from your dish, I use a MK4 Sky Dish with an Octo LNB just fine.
HankHandsome to gordo1964
23 Nov 15#6
yes you can - I do with mine. you can also cast the output of the YouTube app to it as well and it works in exactly the same way as the chromecast for that - it's the reason I got rid of mine!
OrribleHarry to gordo1964
23 Nov 15#7
Yes
bilbob to gordo1964
23 Nov 15#9
If you had sky HD, or sky plus, then yes, the dish will work with this :wink:
gordo1964
23 Nov 15#5
LNB?
cicobuff
23 Nov 151#8
Example of a Quad LNB, notice its four F Plug outputs.
gordo1964
23 Nov 15#10
Does Freesat get more channels than the Humax Terrestrial boxes offer?
OrribleHarry
23 Nov 151#11
I have this exact model I'm sure about the menus. It's fine just basic and clunky. works well enough though.
HankHandsome
23 Nov 15#12
not really, no. you do miss out on a few but I don't think it's that many.
these boxes are also apparently getting an update at some point that will add netflix
cicobuff
23 Nov 15#13
Well I certainly have not tried Virgin's latest box or BT etc, but compared to other Freesat boxes and the Virgin V+ box we ditched I find it far from basic or clunky with well defined menus, a fantastic EPG and decent phone and tablet integration.
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REFURBISHED - 1 Year Warranty
This smart Humax recorder gives you everything you need to be in control of your TV viewing. With Freetime, the super-smart, award-winning TV Guide from Freesat, you can use the Roll Back TV Guide across 26 channels, to watch shows you've missed from the last seven days. Enjoy a broad range of Catch Up TV with BBC iPlayer, ITV player*, All 4, Demand 5 and YouTube. Plus Showcase recommends top TV picks of cool stuff to watch, chosen daily by Freesat's Editorial team. Choose from over 200 Channels including sport, news, movies, kids, music and entertainment; with eleven in picture perfect High Definition. Plus, you can Pause, Rewind and Record your favourite programmes at the touch of a button. You can also use the clever little App from Freesat, to plan and control your TV viewing at the swipe of a finger, when you're at home or out and about. *ITV Player available in England, Wales and the Channel Islands.
Top comments
To put it into context, 3 years ago we got the 1TB of this receiver for £160 from Bargain Crazy, was mint condition with protective sellophane still over the unit. The box had no inner packaging pieces although the unit was sensibly bubble wrapped inside of the box.
Now that was when the 1TB units retail price was £250, it was a stellar deal 3 years ago and only around the last 6 months have we been seeing graded 1TB units now at Humax Direct being £139 (£132.10 delivered with 10% code)
So £96.10 for a 500gb unit is a real good deal unless you could do with more storage capacity for recording. If so it would be worth considering the 1TB unit and particularly the white 1010S as it has inbuilt wifi if needed, the 1TB 1000S does not.
All comments (121)
Stellar deal for this.
This is what TrustedReviews says about the EPG in this box:
''The brand new Free Time EPG found on the Humax HDR-1000S is simply gorgeous, a million miles from the traditional Freesat EPGs you may be used to''
Read more at http://www.trustedreviews.com/humax-hdr-1000s-review-free-time-epg-page-3#cTgOrOxWtEg42e7b.99
these boxes are also apparently getting an update at some point that will add netflix