hubb – 2 hours ago  » 

Faust – 10 hours ago  » 

hubb – 10 hours ago  » 

Sorry, my TV is an old Sony Plasma with just Freeview.

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In that case have you not considered something like the Sky NOW box – only about £15 and that way you get all the catch up services without having to subscribe. Much better than the Humax apps.

Kind of defeats the object of having bought a box that is supposed to do that but I appreciate your suggestion nevertheless. It would be good to have ITV catch player though but having another box in the chain with only 2 HDMI cables already spoken for in my tv is a non starter. The thought of yet another remote as well.

Humax got back to me and suggested the old chestnut of re-formatting the hard drive. Yeah right – I will wipe all my recordings just to find that it hasn’t solved the problem because Humax do not want to accept that this machine is faulty.

I currently have two PVRs, a Blu-Ray player, Apple TV, Chromecast plus a Soundbar in my setup – the TV has 3 HDMI ports. However, I use a HDMI hub, it isn’t required to be powered and is a very neat solution all round. Oh! did I mention I have two 64 gig memory sticks in the USB ports.

I have 6 remotes to contend with – however, I like it that way, I did try one of those Harmony remotes but found it far to complicated. When I tried to show the wife how to use it I was given short shrift and told (in no uncertain terms) to go back to the 6 remotes which she could at least follow.

hubb – 17 minutes ago  » 

JamesB – 2 hours ago  » 

You do seem to have had many problems with the box. Is it still under warranty? If so, might it not be better to cut your losses, sacrifice the recordings, and get it replaced?

No it isn’t under warranty.

It’s only been about 14 months since purchase, hasn’t it? (Going by your previous posts)

Did you not register for the second year of warranty?

You would have been entitled to register for the 2nd year of warranty, regardless of who the retailer was. But you do have to actively register for it, so if you don’t remember doing so, that suggests you didn’t. Humax could tell you, if you ring them up and tell them the serial number and purchase date.

Of course, a replacement might not solve all the problems. I bought a HDR2000T a few years back – found it troublesome from the start, nothing major, just generally a bit flakey. I returned it, and I’m glad I did. Eventually, since I had a leftover Sky dish, I bought a HB1000S which I’ve been very pleased with.

All the more reason to sign up for any free extended warranties that may be available at the time of purchase!

We’re lucky to have excellent consumer rights in the UK. Whatever it is, check it out thoroughly when you get it, so you can return for full refund if you’re not happy.

But of course some things don’t show up within that time, or within the warranty period. Then the consumer rights are not so helpful, as the burden of proof shifts to the purchaser.