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These could be subject to change, so do not hold me to them
HDR 2000T – Dual tuner freeview PVR
HDD options – 500GB and 1TB
W 320mm – D 245mm – H 50mm
External power supply
Rear connections:
Antenna in/out
Composite (RCA) out – Video and Audio 🙄
Scart x 1
SPDIF
HDMI
Ethernet
USB x 1
PSU input
Front Connections:
USB x 1
Remote control is same form/factor as DTR 1000T Youview and HDR 1000S freesat freetime products with obviously some button reassignments.
Barry – 44 minutes ago »
These could be subject to change, so do not hold me to them
HDR 2000T – Dual tuner freeview PVR
Barry, any hints as to how it differs from the HDR-FOX T2?
Where it says external power supply does that mean a laptop style power brick with low voltage input to the PVR?
More akin to mobile phone charger you would describe it I guess, PSU plugs directly into mains socket, low power output lead to rear of unit.
Well that’s two hideous things about this:
External power supply – looks awful if you can’t hide mains sockets behind things. Or in my case I’m short of sockets so for neatness and convenience I buy multi way plugs that you can connect up to 4 mains leads into. Which is hopeless if it’s not a mains lead but a plug in power supply.
The DTR-T1000 remote control is the ugliest and nastiness to use of all of the 8 remote controls I currently have. Why Humax have chosen to copy this awful thing is a mystery to me. Maybe it’s dirt cheap? The HDR Fox T2 remote is much nicer.
According to your spec list it doesn’t have analogue stereo audio phono outputs. So not only is it not suitable for me (see mains lead problem above), it’s now not suitable for my parents since they feed analogue audio to their hifi.
Lets just hope our HDR Fox T2s keep working then.
Ah, Red/White (RCA) outs for audio is what my parents would need.
However that is not part of composite out. My parents use the RCA audio outputs plus HDMI to their TV. I’d split this as two items:
Composite video (RCA) out
Stereo audio (RCA) out
Composite is a term applied to video specifically. Composite means nothing in the context of audio. And hey, you can put one more item on the spec sheet doing it my way round.
Owen Smith – 1 hour ago »
Well that’s two hideous things about this:
External power supply – looks awful if you can’t hide mains sockets behind things. Or in my case I’m short of sockets so for neatness and convenience I buy multi way plugs that you can connect up to 4 mains leads into. Which is hopeless if it’s not a mains lead but a plug in power supply.
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I agree, external power supplies are acceptable for battery powered equipment like cordless phones and laptops but to have them supplying fixed equipment like a PVR is tacky.
And why do they design them so they stick out the wrong way (from the earth pin side) which makes it hard if not impossible to use them in double-sided extension gangs without blocking use of the opposite socket?
Owen Smith – 11 hours ago »
Ah, Red/White (RCA) outs for audio is what my parents would need.
However that is not part of composite out. My parents use the RCA audio outputs plus HDMI to their TV. I’d split this as two items:
Composite video (RCA) out
Stereo audio (RCA) out
Composite is a term applied to video specifically. Composite means nothing in the context of audio. And hey, you can put one more item on the spec sheet doing it my way round.
The two audio out and composite video are invariably together on pvrs. No point in having composite out without the associated audio connections. In any case I presume the box will also have a scart socket, the three outputs are also part of the standard scart socket configuration.
So the probable correct answer is the new box like all the other Humax pvrs will have two sources for stereo analogue audio.
Biggles – 17 hours ago »
I agree, external power supplies are acceptable for battery powered equipment like cordless phones and laptops but to have them supplying fixed equipment like a PVR is tacky.
On the other hand provided the input voltage is 12V it makes this a possible Caravan/Campervan PVR as with some 12V satellite receivers.
However I have to agree regarding power bricks that plug directly into a mains socket obstructing other sockets. Very frustrating to have a 4 Gang extension into which only 3 or at worst 2 items can be plugged.
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