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I think it unlikely that the Sky Player functionality will appear on the Humax portal now that Sky go is due to launch in July.
I use the Humax portal on an HD-T2 and find the iplayer very slow, it takes ages to navigate to and open the programme you want to watch but once streaming it seems to run to the end OK.
Also have a Samsung TV with a portal and iplayer runs much much faster on that in terms of navigation to the requested programme. I’m unclear why the Humax solution should be so much slower than Samsung’s version.
The speed issue appears to be largely unrelated to internet connection speeds and I wonder if some of the debug code is still in the firmware since this is a beta release. If so then speeds may increase when it goes to the production version.
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Interestingly Humax do not seem to have invited
The slowness is it down to an underpowered CPU.
Are you saying Sky would not allow Sky streaming and VOD on FOX T2s and we will have to wait for the YouView STBs/PVRs which will have more capable hardware?
Welcome one and all
Skyplayer is still on the radar, the delay currently is not of Humax making. As for the BBC iplayer speed, wait for the next release, and compare.
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That’s good news… my original post was trying to highlight that Sky were releasing a replacement service Sky GO so were delaying release. The subsequent post seem to suggest that the FOX-T2s were incapable of handling the user interfaces adequately.
Hopefully the portal will be extended to cover Lovefilm and blinkbox. Especially blinkbox as they carry some free content.
Barry – 3 weeks ago »
Welcome one and all
Skyplayer is still on the radar, the delay currently is not of Humax making. As for the BBC iplayer speed, wait for the next release, and compare.
Well, don’t know if anybody else considers the iPlayer performance acceptable but I would say the browsing experience is similar to that of my PowerMac 8500 released c.1997 [Which still works!!]
Youtube is pretty much unusable.
My two peneth.
Anyway I need somewhere to vent my spleen as Humax seem to provide pretty much zero feedback.
Any updates on availability of Sky GO?
No updates … I think it is now clear that Sky GO’s silverlight requirement is the likely reason the portal will never carry Sky GO!
I use the portal mainly for internet radio nearly all day, favourites being CJNU & WVLT, clearer layout compared with shoutcast which 3view use & a favourite station list,BBC iPlayer as well for late night radio replay
I have just got the Humax HD-FOX T2 box. I was lead to believe it would have Teletext Holidays on the TV Portal. But I can’t find it. The BBC iPlayer and YouTube show up.
Any ideas?
So will Teletext Holidays be coming to the HD-FOX T2 at some point?
What about facebook and twitter? Heard that some boxes also have that.
I would imagine TH will appear on the HD at some point, as for the other two, not on Humax boxes using the official firmware.
gsvalentine – 16 hours ago »
So will Teletext Holidays be coming to the HD-FOX T2 at some point?
What about facebook and twitter? Heard that some boxes also have that.
Facebook was on the TV Portal of both T2 boxes in early January, but was removed a few days later.
Since iplayer is there, I am hoping 4OD and 5 will also be added. Are they technically that much different? Would like to know the difference.
iplayer works a treat for me by the way. No slower than my Virgin Media iplayer.
Yes the BBC iPlayer also works great for me.
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