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. *external hard drive required for recording facility
P&P: £7 making it £46 delivered
- jayok
Top comments
joedredd
20 Jul 168#5
Having just had a complete nightmare with Humax direct I cannot recommend them.
I ordered the YouView box refurb, it wouldn't connect to the Internet from day one (I'm very technical and know what I'm doing). It took 7 days of tech calls before they decided it needed to go back. No replacement available, despite them still selling the same model refurbed - apparently that's a separate stock pile. It got collected 14 days ago and I'm still awaiting a refund on my card. Shocking service.
magpieno1
20 Jul 164#15
Unfortunately I have also had a bad experience with Humax Direct. Bought a refurb box 2 months ago. Had faults straight away. Customer support were useless. Finally they have agreed for item to be replaced but only because box is barely working. However, I have decided to get a refund. Can't bear the thought of having to deal with them again should the replacement box perform just as badly. It is a shame because I bought another refurb box about 5 years ago and had no probs at all. If customer support was good, I wouldn't mind taking the risk, but getting a response from them is like getting blood out of a stone.
All comments (46)
read_5
20 Jul 16#1
seems like a great price to me
blackster
20 Jul 16#2
Can an internal drive be installed into this?
TheUrbis to blackster
20 Jul 16#3
No
jayok
20 Jul 162#4
P&P is £7 making it £46
joedredd
20 Jul 168#5
Having just had a complete nightmare with Humax direct I cannot recommend them.
I ordered the YouView box refurb, it wouldn't connect to the Internet from day one (I'm very technical and know what I'm doing). It took 7 days of tech calls before they decided it needed to go back. No replacement available, despite them still selling the same model refurbed - apparently that's a separate stock pile. It got collected 14 days ago and I'm still awaiting a refund on my card. Shocking service.
tech1e
20 Jul 16#6
Argos sells this model and an external drive can apparently be fitted (from a customer review)
TheUrbis
20 Jul 16#7
Yeah an external can.
ST3123
20 Jul 16#8
Very impressive price for this. Rare to see a decent Freesat PVR at this kind of price. Heated.
stealth666 to ST3123
20 Jul 16#9
Not that decent... it's a refurb... and they always have lots of refurb stuff...
jayok
20 Jul 16#10
A refurb with a years warranty for £46 is very good. New will cost about £30 more
pimpMe
20 Jul 16#11
I wouldnt be without my Humax, luv it, and paid a lot more than this £46 for it!
Hootwo
20 Jul 161#12
Bought a refurb Humax from this outlet 3+ years ago and it has been faultless.
Used to think Humax were a bit overhyped, but the UI is so well thought through and it just works well.
Hot and recommended.
padamowicz93
20 Jul 16#13
I've been after a decent pvr for ages but could never justify the expense. However with this price tag it's a no-brainer.
Can you guys recommend a decent internal aerial that would pick up HD channels ? I can't be bothered with drilling and stuff.
tintin7
20 Jul 161#14
This is a Freesat box - you will need a satellite dish not an internal aerial (that would be Freeview........)
padamowicz93 to tintin7
20 Jul 161#16
Just realized ! They better cancel my order quickly.
jumpinoffthbed to tintin7
21 Jul 16#21
What kind of satellite dish?
magpieno1
20 Jul 164#15
Unfortunately I have also had a bad experience with Humax Direct. Bought a refurb box 2 months ago. Had faults straight away. Customer support were useless. Finally they have agreed for item to be replaced but only because box is barely working. However, I have decided to get a refund. Can't bear the thought of having to deal with them again should the replacement box perform just as badly. It is a shame because I bought another refurb box about 5 years ago and had no probs at all. If customer support was good, I wouldn't mind taking the risk, but getting a response from them is like getting blood out of a stone.
lugsy3
20 Jul 16#17
Bought this last time posted and great little box. Added an external hard drive for recording and pausing etc and works a treat.
jeczap to lugsy3
2 Sep 16#39
Fellow purchasers, I ordered/received this box the other week, very happy with it..............however - how do you get the standby to work? I've had a play with power-save settings etc, but if the unit has been left in what I assume is stand-by state (red light on front) and I use the remote to power it up (to green)....nothing. The only success I have is when I turn it off/on from the mains and then use the remote to power it up.
Figured I would ask here before I contact Humax.
evostick47
20 Jul 16#18
They asked if an internal one can...
thegamer147
20 Jul 16#19
Thanks for this
nordicgod
20 Jul 16#20
Only has one tuner though
padamowicz93
21 Jul 16#22
Like one of those Sky ones or anything that picks up Astra/ Hotbird satellite.
I rushed to order but now emailed them to cancel it. It ain't freeview (which would pick up hd channels from normal aerial) and there is no hard drive installed so very basic box.
paulgee31
21 Jul 161#23
I've bought 4 refurb units over the years and never had an ounce of trouble. One is now 8 years hold and still going strong.
RayB
21 Jul 161#24
Humax boxes are usually very good but with my two, the remote control is not so good.
Also with refurbs/recons in electronics, I think they check them and sometimes miss the faults which they were returned for, so you can end up with a faulty one.
But great price - pity only one connection; with this smart class box you would expect two. Heat added.
pollarj
21 Jul 16#25
I have this box and am very happy with it. Recording to an external drive is just the same as on the more expensive pvrs from humax . You can't use USB sticks for recording though has to be a drive for some reason. great price. I also purchased refurbished from them but I have never had an issue so not had to deal with returns.
Majumba
21 Jul 16#26
I paid the same for this earlier in the year. I thought it was the standard price from Humax Direct.
KopCity
21 Jul 16#27
Does this work as IPTV source too?
KopCity
21 Jul 16#28
wifi built in = No.
kowalski
21 Jul 161#29
For those that need a Freeview box rather than Freesat, I'd highly recommend picking one of the BT-branded Humax YouView boxes ("DTR-T2100" 500Gb) off eBay - can be had for around ~£50-£60. Really pleased with mine.
q44q to kowalski
21 Jul 161#30
yes i agree the T2100 is a good box
Got 1 for £32+£7 p/p like new @Ebay last week
tfish
21 Jul 16#31
Not as basic as receiving your tv through an aerial
djlondon22
22 Jul 16#32
the worst customer services ever. my box arrived with previous owners freetime profile still installed and lasted one day. They took over 10 days to refund me dispite having picked up their box the next day. awful. but if you want freesat or freeview ltd choices other than humax
jayok
22 Jul 16#33
My box arrived about 20 minutes ago and it is now all set up and working fine. You could not differentiate it from a brand new box
shariifi
22 Jul 16#34
I have motorised dish. Does this box has Motorised Dish Setup.? If not, then it is NOT worth even £20.
Brim to shariifi
22 Jul 16#35
It's primarily a Freesat box so it's probably not for you. It is however, worth more than £20.
jayok to shariifi
22 Jul 16#36
Don't be silly, it is worth more than £20!
buglawton
23 Jul 16#37
Agree with above negative comments about Humax customer service. Once ordered a Humax refurb Freeview PVR and the HDMI wouldn't work with my Sony TV. Turns out to be a moderately well known issue where each manufacturer blames the other (Sony HDMI is perfect on all other devices). Humax CS were deeply reluctant to send a 2nd box to try so I gave up for a refund and never found out if that model can work with my Sony. Pity as my very first SD PVR was a Humax and was great to begin with, till Freeview frequency rejigging by the broadcasters plus god awful software updates from Humax destroyed that box.
jayok
23 Jul 16#38
Why would Humax send out a 2nd box for what is likely to be a compatibility problem with the Sony TV? I assume you had no other TV that you could have tried to connect the Humax to?
lugsy3
2 Sep 16#40
Mine powers on from red light to green just using the green circle to turn on and vice versa. Have you tried pressing STB then green circle, not being sarcastic.
jeczap to lugsy3
3 Sep 16#42
After it's been idle for a couple of hours and the light is red, I click on STB, then the top right power button, the red light goes out but the unit doesn't power up.
If I turn it off from the mains and do the same sequence, the rest light goes out and green comes on.
jayok
2 Sep 16#41
Mine does the same as lugsy3
lugsy3
4 Sep 16#43
Sorry only just seen this. It sounds like it's faulty to me. Fingers crossed they are good at sorting it.
jeczap
4 Sep 16#44
Yep and yep - cheers
jeczap
27 Sep 16#45
just an update... Humax arranged for a courier to collect and exchange the receiver, which went well. problem fixed - no more problems with standby! (customer service was ok, but did take a couple of follow up phone calls)
hukd_addict
5 Oct 16#46
£39 now... fancy this for the bedroom as I've just got a dumb skyhd box plugged in with no card. shame its only 1 LNB in. hmmm decisions..
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P&P: £7 making it £46 delivered
- jayok
Top comments
I ordered the YouView box refurb, it wouldn't connect to the Internet from day one (I'm very technical and know what I'm doing). It took 7 days of tech calls before they decided it needed to go back. No replacement available, despite them still selling the same model refurbed - apparently that's a separate stock pile. It got collected 14 days ago and I'm still awaiting a refund on my card. Shocking service.
All comments (46)
I ordered the YouView box refurb, it wouldn't connect to the Internet from day one (I'm very technical and know what I'm doing). It took 7 days of tech calls before they decided it needed to go back. No replacement available, despite them still selling the same model refurbed - apparently that's a separate stock pile. It got collected 14 days ago and I'm still awaiting a refund on my card. Shocking service.
Used to think Humax were a bit overhyped, but the UI is so well thought through and it just works well.
Hot and recommended.
Can you guys recommend a decent internal aerial that would pick up HD channels ? I can't be bothered with drilling and stuff.
Fellow purchasers, I ordered/received this box the other week, very happy with it..............however - how do you get the standby to work? I've had a play with power-save settings etc, but if the unit has been left in what I assume is stand-by state (red light on front) and I use the remote to power it up (to green)....nothing. The only success I have is when I turn it off/on from the mains and then use the remote to power it up.
Figured I would ask here before I contact Humax.
I rushed to order but now emailed them to cancel it. It ain't freeview (which would pick up hd channels from normal aerial) and there is no hard drive installed so very basic box.
Also with refurbs/recons in electronics, I think they check them and sometimes miss the faults which they were returned for, so you can end up with a faulty one.
But great price - pity only one connection; with this smart class box you would expect two. Heat added.
Got 1 for £32+£7 p/p like new @Ebay last week
If I turn it off from the mains and do the same sequence, the rest light goes out and green comes on.