Just got this on an email from Humax - 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.
Thank you to London2014 clarifying that this does not have an internal hard drive.
- Khairul
All comments (31)
YouDontWantToKnow
24 Nov 15#1
hot
anthony712
24 Nov 15#2
tried to order it yesterday but the P&P to the Isle of Wight made the deal over £60, so sod em
lanky78
24 Nov 152#3
I have one of these, they're really good. heat!
London2014
24 Nov 15#4
You CANNOT Record with this box!!!!
rugman to London2014
24 Nov 15#6
are you sure, i thought you could plug in a usb stick/drive and record to that...?
YouDontWantToKnow to London2014
24 Nov 15#8
I know.
Its a SMART FREESAT DEVICE
That you can "add an *external hard drive required for recording facility"
lanky78 to London2014
24 Nov 152#10
Yes I can... I have a ton of stuff on my 500gb hdd attached already!
hcc27 to London2014
25 Nov 15#14
Well you have to pay extra for a box with those features - there was a 500GB refurb that was on here yesterday for £99, now sold out.
Khairul to London2014
25 Nov 15#15
Thanks for mentioning that - I was on the verge of buying it!
London2014
24 Nov 151#5
You also need to buy a dongle or connect via ethernet to access Internet
London2014
24 Nov 15#7
yes you may be right. not clear though so no good for those who aren't tech savvy. also refurbished
kevf1
24 Nov 15#9
can this be used with a sky dish ???
Dyslexic_Dog to kevf1
24 Nov 15#11
Yes
Danze1984
24 Nov 15#12
Is it worth getting one of these if I have a Sky box already and a PC for on demand stuff?
srp111 to Danze1984
25 Nov 15#16
No it's basically the same , you won't get anything more
johnnypanic
24 Nov 15#13
With delivery, £60 to NI :disappointed:
Bully to johnnypanic
5 Mar 16#31
Rip off, best avoided.Shameful.
dush_yant
25 Nov 151#17
This box has only one LNB input so you can't watch a different channel when it's recording
sreddar
25 Nov 15#18
These are great for the price. Personally I wouldn't get one and attach an external drive to it. Better to get one with a built-in record facility for a little more but then I have having a tangle of wires around. If you can record onto a USB stick it would be neat. Anyone clarify that?
colsey85
25 Nov 151#19
I got one of these refurbished boxes a few months back, its a fantastic bit of kit. Anyone worried about the recording function don't be, I got a 750gb Toshiba hard disk for £30 plugged it in by usb and its instantly good to go, nothing technical to do. So for £60 you will have all the features of a much more expensive box.
The only issue in my opinion is that its only a single tuner so you cant record one channel and watch another, I get around this by switching to freeview but others may not be able to.
WillieGophar
25 Nov 15#20
Are you sure? I thought that Sky boxes were limited to receiving only those free channels that Sky want to give you, and Freesat has many, many more.
ddaann_99
25 Nov 15#21
Thanks for this OP. I've ordered one. Got a few hdds lying around that can be stuck into a cheap usb caddy to record with. Postage was min £7 for me which was a shame but £46 for a humax with a years warranty can't be bad.
fyrewall
25 Nov 15#22
Are the recordings to HDD encrypted / locked to that box?
Also, I assume it's single tuner, so no recording one thing and watching another...?
UKSoaper to fyrewall
25 Nov 15#25
The website says single tuner . . . so the 500GB version is a better option for mainstream viewing (now back in stock by the way).
srp111
25 Nov 15#23
i get exactly the same on my sky box as my mum does on her humax
Qman
25 Nov 15#24
£3.25 off (10% on vat free price) with code HUMAXBD1
normsland
26 Nov 15#26
Bargain. Definitely worth the money. Got one works well. Even streams from my NAS box too ☺
morcef
28 Nov 15#27
Got one 2 days ago, delivered today. After 3-4 hours of testing decided to return it. Decoding quality of non hd channels is really bad, worse than my Goodmans. Menu guide navigation is also slower, not happy overall. I don't think I will trust Humax products anymore after this. I have had great expectation from the product, now disappointed.
ryan2801 to morcef
8 Jan 16#30
Surprised at that, as most reviews are excellent. Perhaps a dud?
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Opening post
Thank you to London2014 clarifying that this does not have an internal hard drive.
- Khairul
All comments (31)
Its a SMART FREESAT DEVICE
That you can "add an *external hard drive required for recording facility"
The only issue in my opinion is that its only a single tuner so you cant record one channel and watch another, I get around this by switching to freeview but others may not be able to.
Also, I assume it's single tuner, so no recording one thing and watching another...?