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I’ve had my humax 1000s 1TB for about 6 weeks
I’ve had sky about 10 years and had most of the problems that people are saying is wrong with the humax
Failed recordings, cutting the end off program’s, hard drive failing, crashing, failing to stop recording which then wipes everything off the box.
Got my humax and unplugged the sky box and plugged the humax in
2 mins later up and running
It’s worked perfectly for the last 6 weeks
Recorded every thing correctly
Plugged it into my stereo with the optical cable all works fine
Connected it with Ethernet cable to my network and connected to my server perfectly and plays mkv stuff (renamed to .ts) no problems
Copied my tv program’s stuff (all mkv and xvid) on to a mini self powered USB hard drive, all play with no problems. ( most of my program’s are not in DTS which is a problem )
I only get 2 meg broadband but I can watch bbc iplayer in hd as if you pause it, it will buffer the whole program if you leave it long enough.
I thought I would share my experience as most people will only post with problems which looks a bit unfair if somebody is thinking about getting one.
Maybe the 1Tb version which came out after the 500gig version was better.
Ps yes a don’t like the clicky remote but probably because of using a sky remote for ten years
and the aspect ratio would be good to sort out on USB playback but then that was not available on the skybox
Got to admit I’ve been really pleased with the Freesat box in the past 2 months I’ve been using it. I’ve not noticed a single missed recording personally, and all the other bugs are merely minor niggles for me. Certainly it’s no worse than the Samsung Sky + HD box that I came from.
Yes, it’s not all bad. When my 1TB box does what it’s supposed to do it does it very well. My son was visiting and remarked on the superb picture quality. He has a SKY HD box and a TV costing close to twice mine. However, the minor niggles are now a new bug found almost every day, see here…
http://community.freesat.co.uk/t5/free-time/bd-p/freetime
…and that regularity becomes a major irritant.
I must say that having moved from my £10 a month normal sky+ package to the 1000s 1tb version I absolutely love it. I can’t wait for Free HD Moto GP, some F1, FA Cup, athletics, cycling, even darts. Match of the day has never looked so good, although the pundits are less good looking in HD……. This has been the best piece of kit for me for an age. The ability to play shows from an USB hard drive has helped with the kids shows. Streaming items from upstairs and I player etc. Fantastic in my opinion.
Yes I have missed the end of a show but having now set end to manual 10 minutes I have not mised anything. My wife dislikes the guide but appreciates the saving each month. I have swapped the clicky remote for a Logitech and this works really well.
I would highly recommend this kit to anyone. I love it. Just need to enlarge my 32 LCD to enjoy the show more.
Steven
Which Logitech remote do you have?
See this thread for the remote that Steven is using:
“Connected it with Ethernet cable to my network and connected to my server perfectly and plays mkv stuff (renamed to .ts) no problems”
Hi, my box is not seeing my MKV’s on my server via Ethernet, do you know why changing the file type works? Also can you advise on how the box handles 1080i?
Thanks,
Dave
“Ps yes a don’t like the clicky remote but probably because of using a sky remote for ten years”
I grabbed a Logitech Harmony One used off Ebay for £55, controls all the functions of the box, and everything else besides!
Sherbet66 – 21 minutes ago »
“Connected it with Ethernet cable to my network and connected to my server perfectly and plays mkv stuff (renamed to .ts) no problems”
Hi, my box is not seeing my MKV’s on my server via Ethernet, do you know why changing the file type works? Also can you advise on how the box handles 1080i?
Thanks,
Dave
Can’t say why but the box plays 1080i (and 1080p24) no problem.
What is the current view of this box and Freetime?
I’m looking to buy to replace my daughter’s SKY subscription but she isn’t technical. All I want is a unit that she can use to (reliably) watch and record TV progs/series with an easy-to-use EPG. This box seems to fit the bill but I’ve kept an eye on various threads covering people’s experiences and I get mixed messages. I’ve got until end-January before I need to buy.
What’s the views of the learned contributors?
PS
I think the guys who spend their time checking out issues and finding workarounds are doing a brilliant job, I hope FreeSat/Humax appreciate their value!
Hi Mariner, welcome to the forum
For a user like your daughter I think the only issue that will have any effect is failure of some recordings. Thanks to lots of experimentation by several members here and others the conditions which cause these is becoming a lot clearer. Ergo knowing how to reproduce the problem is a very large step in producing a fix
The other issues mainly involve DNLA playback, not likely to be an issue here.
I would hang on a week or so, if not a fix at least a workaround that works in all circumstances may be found.
It takes a while because anything you try takes at least 24 hours or longer to check the result. Ideally a fix should run for at least 8 days without actually using the box and not losing any recordings (1 day longer than the epg contains when the box is put in sby). Not easy to check as you might imagine without having lots of boxes.
grahamlthompson – 45 seconds ago »
Hi Mariner, welcome to the forum
For a user like your daughter I think the only issue that will have any effect is failure of some recordings. Thanks to lots of experimentation by several members here and others the conditions which cause these is becoming a lot clearer. Ergo knowing how to reproduce the problem is a very large step in producing a fix
The other issues mainly involve DNLA playback, not likely to be an issue here.
I would hang on a week or so, if not a fix at least a workaround that works in all circumstances may be found.
Should have been an edit 😳
Im loving my new hdr1000s.
Just downloaded the TVersity media server – and got a single PC license for just £3. This streams movies and music to my humax effortlessly.
It took a while to get the settings right… TVersity couldnt detect which type of media player I was using, as such music wouldnt play – but changing the settings in TVersity to ‘Sony Playstation 3’ means music and movies stream really well now.
I have also downloaded Airplay on my ipad too, this picks up the media centre.
Love it.
Well I have had my box now since November and still works perfectly. Loving the new YouTube ( how you can use if from your iPad Is beyond me )
I used sky the other day and can’t believe how annoying its is fast forwarding through adverts
As with the humax about 6 clicks and they are skipped.
If the screen aspect problem is fixed it would be perfect.
Stephinson – 1 hour ago »
I used sky the other day and can’t believe how annoying its is fast forwarding through adverts
As with the humax about 6 clicks and they are skipped.
If you go to the settings menu then you can reduce that even further.
Pretty much most adverts go on for 4 mins and there is a 240 sec option so just 1 click is all that’s needed, but there are also the odd program like Jonathan Ross that have shorter adverts where the 120 sec option with 2 clicks is the better option at those times.
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