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As title states – why do the stand-alone Humax Youview PVR’s not have DLNA functionality?
I can perhaps see a commercial reason for BT/TT not wanting it on their offerings. I can’t however make a case for Humax not offering it on their stand-alone customer purchase boxes.
Does any one know why this is the case.
Because the unit is built by Humax but to Youview’s specification. They don’t want recording padding, or archiving recordings to usb to name a couple of other facilities missing.
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Do we know why though Graham. Is it for commercial reasons or that Youview prefer a locked down system?
Faust – 12 minutes ago »
Do we know why though Graham. Is it for commercial reasons or that Youview prefer a locked down system?
You will have to ask Alan Sugar that question
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It’s really a service box, like a Sky box. It was designed for the purpose of delivering the service provided by YouView and/or a triple-play ISP. Just as Sky only adds features that serve Sky’s interests, YouView only adds features that serve YouView’s interests.
The service is the main point, not the box. They’ve already made clear they’re interested in cloud “recording”. I wouldn’t be surprised if the PVR features dwindle away completely once that’s up and running.
JamesB – 53 minutes ago »
It’s really a service box, like a Sky box. It was designed for the purpose of delivering the service provided by YouView and/or a triple-play ISP. Just as Sky only adds features that serve Sky’s interests, YouView only adds features that serve YouView’s interests.
The service is the main point, not the box. They’ve already made clear they’re interested in cloud “recording”. I wouldn’t be surprised if the PVR features dwindle away completely once that’s up and running.
By cloud recording I assume you mean something similar to BBC iPlayer streaming?
When you set a timer, instead of the programme being recorded on the box’s hard drive it just becomes available from the cloud. The user gets the illusion of a PVR, but actually has to stream the content from the server.
Here’s a quite informative piece about YouView’s plans:
They’ve just delivered on HTML5 and Connected Red Button.
Interesting article. It does make you wonder though why you would make a private purchase of Youview as more and more functionality looks to be tied to the ISP’s.
Faust – 3 minutes ago »
Interesting article. It does make you wonder though why you would make a private purchase of Youview as more and more functionality looks to be tied to the ISP’s.
That’s how it’s gone from launch. BT’s needs have dominated from the start. There was a big bust-up among the partners, earlier this year, with the result that BT and TT now provide most of the funding, while the FTA broadcasters and Arqiva, though still YouView partners, have cut their contribution to a token amount and are now developing a rival project, Freeview Connect.
I suppose then it does make a private purchase of the Humax Youview box from the likes of JL particularly poor value for money?
As one’s only or principal PVR, I’d say so. But as a supplementary box, the T2000 now seems to me quite desirable. It seems to be reliable, unlike the T1000, it has an excellent search, the VOD offerings are improving, and some of the most annoying bugs have been cured.
I’ll wait to see what I can get from Plusnet, and if they don’t come up with the goods, very likely I’ll buy one from Richer Sounds, who do that nice 5-year guarantee.
Are things like Sky Now quite limited for the private consumer as opposed to an ISP subscription though?
The Sky Now version on YouView currently is only the movies. The recent update makes it possible for Sky to add the channels, same as on the Sky Roku. The BT/TT Sky channels are multicast, which is a whole different ballgame.
So really what you imply and what I believed to be the case is that Youview as a private purchase is more like Youview Lite. Whereas the ISP version is ‘full fat’.
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