This seems to be standard price at Currys - I've bought two at this price over the last few months - so consistently cheaper than elsewhere.
danfr
12 Dec 16#25
I have the hdr-1000s 1tb white box
bigbak
12 Dec 16#24
An Enigma2 based box would be a much better buy.
edchum
12 Dec 16#23
Thanks, I'll try that but I got the feeling that it's the lack of grunt rather than the remote being laggy, still this doesn't resolve the incredibly stiff buttons on the remote.
I had the very first Humax PVR and loved it (PVR-8000T I think)? After that, a Sharp (cheap and nasty, died on me after a year!) and a Topfield that was total pain and kept crashing, even with custom software and hours of reading on the Toppy forums for help.
steveymp
12 Dec 16#21
99p cheaper from Humax themselves with free standard next day delivery :stuck_out_tongue:
lianne21
12 Dec 16#20
Got a Hisense coming tomorrow from Richer sounds but its for my sons bedroom so I wont be watching it. It has freesat on it but we wont be using it. Handy to have though I guess.
Also of note DVB-S2 satellite tuners are built into a lot of TVs these days from vendors like Hisense. You won't get the smart stuff on offer with these boxes but you will get all the channels and be able to use your satellite dish if you have abandoned Sky like I have. Hope this helps someone.
edchum
12 Dec 16#16
The main advantage for a TV with it built-in is that generally the TV's these days have decent processor's so menu navigation is very quick, I've compared my TV apps menu with this humax box and the TV is much faster. However, what is really annoying is that the built in apps for on-demand players is really varied. So the TV has iPlayer, Netflix and Amazon, whilst the Humax box has all the terrestial TV on demand players and netflix. The apps also behave differently so it all adds clutter which the wife hates. I do prefer Freesat to Freeview, picture quality seems better to me.
lianne21
12 Dec 16#15
Yes I've owned PVR's for 12 years now, had the humax one 6 years ago but sold it. I've had almost every make/model including the vestels. Think I've owned 16 so far and currently own 6 humax Pvrs but they are all freeview. I have 2 lnbs and would prefer a recorder but would depend on price. I don't want a tv with freesat would rather a seperate box.
edchum
12 Dec 16#14
Also I have a BT youview box 500GB I want to get rid of, like new, still with sticker on face plate if anyone is interested. Should I post on classified's?
alsproject
12 Dec 16#13
If you wanted to, you can get a refurbished version from Humax Direct for £49 plus delivery.
Its a good box but they are prone to crashing every so often. Once, mine crashed so frequently that I was going to get a Manhattan instead but the issue went away
lianne21
12 Dec 16#11
Looking for free sat but just not prepared to pay 80 quid for a basic box, not worth it I don't think.
The Manhattan box is 50 but waiting for a sale to get it cheaper.
edchum to lianne21
12 Dec 16#12
The Manhattan boxes are awful, they are very slow, the humax ones are much faster. The remote is horrible though, if it were me I'd get a TV with freesat built in, also note that with this one you only need a single input, with the ones with built-in hdd, you need 2 satellite inputs as one is used for recording, the other for viewing if I understand correctly
ST3123
12 Dec 161#10
Yes, youview does need an aerial to work so rules it out for some. I have nothing against Freesat, in fact I prefer it to Freeview as I like music and it has a lot more music channels, though sadly still no HD ones (they look very pixelly on a big TV). I use Freesat myself with a Humax HDR1000S 2TB PVR I got on eBay for little over £100, lovely easy to use box with great PQ. Admittedly they rarely come up that cheap but it goes to show what you can get with shopping around (and maybe a bit of luck)....
ST3123
12 Dec 16#2
Sorry but seems kind of pricey for a basic viewing only box, especially considering you can get 500GB Youview boxes for £50 and often under on eBay. Sure Freesat commands a premium in general, but i'd still say a basic STB is of limited use these days....
ziggy81ziggy to ST3123
12 Dec 16#9
Youview is through aerial? We pick up about 5 channels through aerial so for some people Freesat is worth it :smiley:
sisseroo
12 Dec 16#5
Why are the freesat boxes dearer than the freeview boxes. Been looking for a freeview box under £100 from humax, don't mind the old type
dothedealnow to sisseroo
12 Dec 16#7
suspect its a volume issue, many more freeview boxes sold than freesat.
welshblob to sisseroo
12 Dec 16#8
Smaller market which means less volume and therefore more expensive to produce.
The Humax Youview freview dtr-2100 PVR is a really good, fast box and I could really do with finding a Freesat equivalent as my old original Freesat PVR is a bit clunky these days. The Youview box also blasts the Virgin Tivo out of the water on speed / GUI layout as well which isn't that unexpected given its got a new processor although Virgin do seem to shoot themselves in the foot with released firmware which slows the Tivo down.
dothedealnow
12 Dec 16#6
Had one for a couple of years. With a 1tb hard drive I can record and watch the very small amount of stuff that is worth watching. There is also an app to control it. What more do you really need?
jeczap
12 Dec 162#4
jeczap
12 Dec 161#3
For the past couple of months this has the regular price at both Currys and Tesco (I know because I had been price checking before I purchased a refurb from Humax for £40something)
Bighare
12 Dec 16#1
Remember that it needs an external USB hard drive if you want to record anything .....
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This seems to be standard price at Currys - I've bought two at this price over the last few months - so consistently cheaper than elsewhere.
I had the very first Humax PVR and loved it (PVR-8000T I think)? After that, a Sharp (cheap and nasty, died on me after a year!) and a Topfield that was total pain and kept crashing, even with custom software and hours of reading on the Toppy forums for help.
Also of note DVB-S2 satellite tuners are built into a lot of TVs these days from vendors like Hisense. You won't get the smart stuff on offer with these boxes but you will get all the channels and be able to use your satellite dish if you have abandoned Sky like I have. Hope this helps someone.
Its a good box but they are prone to crashing every so often. Once, mine crashed so frequently that I was going to get a Manhattan instead but the issue went away
The Manhattan box is 50 but waiting for a sale to get it cheaper.
The Humax Youview freview dtr-2100 PVR is a really good, fast box and I could really do with finding a Freesat equivalent as my old original Freesat PVR is a bit clunky these days. The Youview box also blasts the Virgin Tivo out of the water on speed / GUI layout as well which isn't that unexpected given its got a new processor although Virgin do seem to shoot themselves in the foot with released firmware which slows the Tivo down.