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This device was launched today.
I had been keeping an eye out for the Amazon recast but I think this device will cover all my requirements in the near future and ….not a bad price too?
https://advanced-television.com/2020/10/19/humax-unveils-aura-4k-freeview-pvr/
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Info released today, but product not due for a few Weeks at least:
Details of product on Humax website:
https://uk.humaxdigital.com/product/aura-uhd-android-tv-recorder/
and press release:
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Voice control and no analogue audio out? Not for me then.
gomezz – 12 hours ago »
Voice control and no analogue audio out? Not for me then.
s/pdif toslink to analogue audio converters widely available
From spec
S/PDIF Out 1 x Optical
You don’t have to use voice control it has a normal remote control.
My Tv remote has voice control and it’s super handy as does my 4K firestick.
Being an oled it’s susceptible to screen burn. If there is a static image I just press the microphone button on the remote and say “screen off”. It’s a cinch to change inputs. Once you have it you wonder how you managed without it. Press 1 on the remote it wakes up instantly.
Don’t you have a smart phone these have Voice control. My car entertainment system is voice controlled. I can say Phone Fred and it rings Fred.
You need to join the 21st century
Is it possible to say what the user interface will be like?
Can we reasonably infer that the Freeview Play experience will be similar to the FVP-5000T?
Those links show the user interface.
grahamlthompson – 23 hours ago »
gomezz – 12 hours ago »
Voice control and no analogue audio out? Not for me then.
s/pdif toslink to analogue audio converters widely available
You don’t have to use voice control it has a normal remote control
Aye, I can work around the limited audio output capability with add on adaptors, splitters and switches but is that really what we still need to resort to in the 21st century.
It is the physical presence of voice control which makes me wary. I would want to take a pair of wire snips to the microphone. Never used voice control on my phone or tablet. Of course I could use a unique variant of my online identity to log into iPlayer and other services on this device so foil any linking to any other variant of my online identity harvested from elsewhere.
prking – 3 hours ago »
Those links show the user interface.
I should have been clearer, apologies. I’m specifically interested in the TV guide screens/user experience.
The rest of the Android TV experience will presumably be the same as other Android TV products, but I’m wondering if we have any way of guessing what the EPG will look like/function like, the recording/playback etc.
Do we have any clues/information about whether it will be similar to other Humax products or might it be a wholly new design?
I’ve emailed Humax to ask but I’m wondering if any of you guys have insights because I’m completely new to this ecosystem (recently cancelled Sky and keen to purchase my first non-Sky PVR).
Username – 4 hours ago »
I’m specifically interested in the TV guide screens/user experience.
There is a blurry image of the TV guide on the 1st link in post #2, behind the smart phone.
For a clearer version of that same image here is another link.
https://www.coolsmartphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Humax-AURA-TV-Guide-700×394.png
From the date that appears to be six months old and so may have been tweaked compared to what will be available at launch, but I doubt it will have totally changed.
Luke – 1 hour ago »
For a clearer version of that same image here is another link.
Thanks Luke, that is very handy.
I suspect that I won’t get a better answer on this without buying one lol.
I will look for somewhere that has a no-quibble return policy in case it doesn’t meet wife-approval (At the moment she’s quite upset that I talked her into cancelling Sky so whatever we replace it with has to pass her inspection).
Username – 54 mins ago »
Luke – 1 hour ago »
For a clearer version of that same image here is another link.
Thanks Luke, that is very handy.
I suspect that I won’t get a better answer on this without buying one lol.
I will look for somewhere that has a no-quibble return policy in case it doesn’t meet wife-approval (At the moment she’s quite upset that I talked her into cancelling Sky so whatever we replace it with has to pass her inspection).
The Aura seems to be more than likely to support NOW-TV. Which is Sky delivered over the internet. If you can add NOW-TV to a mobile device like a tablet or phone or even a smart TV you should get some brownie points
. A trial install is free.You will need a decent download speed which I have no idea if you have.
The box has a built in chromecast. You can watch a NOW-TV programme and transfer the stream to a suitable box.
https://help.nowtv.com/article/what-devices-can-i-use-to-watch-now-tv
Incidentally NOW-TV can be used on a windows 10 laptop. If you have one with hdmi out that may be all you need to watch it on your TV now. Just using a long enough HDMI cable to your TV.
I can watch NOW-TV now using the Windows-10 app just by connecting my laptop to the front HDMI input on my AVR receiver. Using a longer cable I could connect it to a spare hdmi port on my TV.
No need to have the box you can try this out now.
gomezz – 10 hours ago »
grahamlthompson – 23 hours ago »
gomezz – 12 hours ago »
Voice control and no analogue audio out? Not for me then.
s/pdif toslink to analogue audio converters widely available
You don’t have to use voice control it has a normal remote control
Aye, I can work around the limited audio output capability with add on adaptors, splitters and switches but is that really what we still need to resort to in the 21st century.
It is the physical presence of voice control which makes me wary. I would want to take a pair of wire snips to the microphone. Never used voice control on my phone or tablet. Of course I could use a unique variant of my online identity to log into iPlayer and other services on this device so foil any linking to any other variant of my online identity harvested from elsewhere.
I do not know of any remote capability that can press and hold down a physical button on a remote control. Without this you cannot communicate with the box. You can scream at the box and it will not react at all. I have to hold down the microphone button my LG oled remote. Though why any one else would be interested in me turning off my local TV display, frankly baffles me.
Paranoid or what. 😯
This is not a amazon echo that listens 24/7. There is no audio phrase to turn it on only a real button that needs a real finger to turn on.
If you have to physically hold a button down then it is a half-baked voice control implementation which is of little use to those who could genuinely benefit from it.
Rather the press button A to ask it to do B why not just press button B?
Looking at the available blurb, it appears that this one has the LEDs pointing forward instead of downwards as in the 5000T. At least that is an improvement, if correct.
gomezz – 17 hours ago »
If you have to physically hold a button down then it is a half-baked voice control implementation which is of little use to those who could genuinely benefit from it.
Rather the press button A to ask it to do B why not just press button B?
It’s the same arrangement on all the remotes I have with google assistant This is the one for my LG OLED
https://www.tomsguide.com/uk/us/lg-tv-settings-guide,review-5624-6.html
It’s a sensible arrangement because you don’t get audio from other devices triggering the microphone on.
This sometimes happens using a Amazon Echo that has the microphone enabled all the time listening for it’s trigger phrase. If say someone on TV says the trigger phase the echo responds.
This never happens with the LG remote.
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