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The blurb did say 5000+ apps so I can’t imagine that’s overly locked down. As to the T3 review I don’t use Netflix (could cast if I wanted off an iPad) and I think the design looks quite premium, it’s certainly better than the all gloss black 5000T and other recent Humax offerings.
I think my main hope is that the apps TiVimate and MX Player work along with the Plex server and client. I want to be able to connect a 4tb external hard drive accessed by Plex.
davidrew – 20 mins ago »
The blurb did say 5000+ apps so I can’t imagine that’s overly locked down. As to the T3 review I don’t use Netflix (could cast if I wanted off an iPad) and I think the design looks quite premium, it’s certainly better than the all gloss black 5000T and other recent Humax offerings.
Considering that there are over 2.7 million apps on the Play Store, 5000 isn’t very many. So I would guess it is substantially hobbled.
The Play store for android mobile which contains 2.7 million apps is not the same as the play store available on android TV. The android TV play store which is available on the Nvidia shield (which is the premier android TV box) contains around 7000 apps, many of which are games. So if the blurb mentions 5000+ apps, I would imagine the vast majority of the play store is available.
adlington36 – 32 mins ago »
The Play store for android mobile which contains 2.7 million apps is not the same as the play store available on android TV. The android TV play store which is available on the Nvidia shield (which is the premier android TV box) contains around 7000 apps, many of which are games. So if the blurb mentions 5000+ apps, I would imagine the vast majority of the play store is available.
In other words, substantially hobbled.
Fixdit – 3 hours ago »
Received mine 1 hour ago from RS. Easy to set up, make sure you use a correct spec HDMI lead, and the batteries in the right way round (since when has black been positive !) fairly quick, first big fail
BBC iplayer does not work. Other players do You tube 4K great. Lots of options in setup.
Iam going to play now
I received mine today and as a previous user of android TV, the interface is very familiar and speedy, a lot faster than my 2015 Sony Brava TV.
However I currently have the following issues…
> As reported by others BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds does not work, it just goes to a bank screen or a message sometimes comes up with ‘The application is not responding’ or something like that.
> The NowTV app doesn’t work, I checked with Humax support before making a purchase and they assured me that NowTV would be supported. However while I can download the app, once I download I just get ‘NowTV is not supported on this device’
> No Netflix, this has been reported elsewhere, I think as others has said… as this is available on other Android TV devices I hope it is activated soon and should be a priority for Humax to make available.
I have raised my issues with Humax support and hope for a resolution.
ps. I performed a full factory reset and tried again, just in case!
My £16.99 Android box off Ebay works perfectly.
Received mine a few hours ago, easy to set up and everything else is intuitive and fast. iPlayer doesn’t yet work as others have reported. BBC programmes are shown on the on demand menu but selecting them brings up an ‘application is not available’ message.
Britbox, Netflix, Curzon Home Cinema are not available via the app store and the overall selection is limited with a USA/world bias, not a UK bias at all.
Hopefully this changes however there’s no problems at all with the Chromecast function so anything is still available if you need it.
One thing left for me to do is to get an optical to coaxial splitter and cables to plug it into the amp as I use a projector. Hdmi is working fine on the TV it’s plugged into for the moment
pepster – 59 mins ago »
Fixdit – 3 hours ago »
Received mine 1 hour ago from RS. Easy to set up, make sure you use a correct spec HDMI lead, and the batteries in the right way round (since when has black been positive !) fairly quick, first big fail
BBC iplayer does not work. Other players do You tube 4K great. Lots of options in setup.
Iam going to play now
I received mine today and as a previous user of android TV, the interface is very familiar and speedy, a lot faster than my 2015 Sony Brava TV.
However I currently have the following issues…
> As reported by others BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds does not work, it just goes to a bank screen or a message sometimes comes up with ‘The application is not responding’ or something like that.
> The NowTV app doesn’t work, I checked with Humax support before making a purchase and they assured me that NowTV would be supported. However while I can download the app, once I download I just get ‘NowTV is not supported on this device’
> No Netflix, this has been reported elsewhere, I think as others has said… as this is available on other Android TV devices I hope it is activated soon and should be a priority for Humax to make available.
I have raised my issues with Humax support and hope for a resolution.
ps. I performed a full factory reset and tried again, just in case!
Now Tv on a mobile device and cast to the built in chromecast should work.
Note Using NOW TV with a mobile device and casting to chromecast counts as two devices.
Can you try this and report back ?
grahamlthompson – 5 mins ago »
pepster – 59 mins ago »
Fixdit – 3 hours ago »
Received mine 1 hour ago from RS. Easy to set up, make sure you use a correct spec HDMI lead, and the batteries in the right way round (since when has black been positive !) fairly quick, first big fail
BBC iplayer does not work. Other players do You tube 4K great. Lots of options in setup.
Iam going to play now
I received mine today and as a previous user of android TV, the interface is very familiar and speedy, a lot faster than my 2015 Sony Brava TV.
However I currently have the following issues…
> As reported by others BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds does not work, it just goes to a bank screen or a message sometimes comes up with ‘The application is not responding’ or something like that.
> The NowTV app doesn’t work, I checked with Humax support before making a purchase and they assured me that NowTV would be supported. However while I can download the app, once I download I just get ‘NowTV is not supported on this device’
> No Netflix, this has been reported elsewhere, I think as others has said… as this is available on other Android TV devices I hope it is activated soon and should be a priority for Humax to make available.
I have raised my issues with Humax support and hope for a resolution.
ps. I performed a full factory reset and tried again, just in case!
Now Tv on a mobile device and cast to the built in chromecast should work.
Note Using NOW TV with a mobile device and casting to chromecast counts as two devices.
Can you try this and report back ?
I imagine it will work as it used to work on my Sony TV prior to the full app launch by NowTV (my SonyTV was to old to download the full NowTV app though).
However, I have just checked my email to Humax support and I did ask them if the Now TV app would be supported, the feedback was that “full NowTV application is supported on our device.”, Chromecast is not the ‘full NowTV application’
Besides, I have used all my NowTV slots and was hoping to transfer a slot from the NowTV smart stick to my Humax Aura. I’ll have to wait until the issue is resolved.
Given that NowTV, BBC iPlayer are both having issues on launch, I’d suggest that more testing would have been needed on this basic of TV apps.
The Humax Aura apps aren’t live in the app stores yet, from what I can see.
Do you think those of you who got your boxes today have maybe got them a day or two in advance of official launch?
I ordered one from Amazon and it is due on Tuesday.
rambles – 5 mins ago »
The Humax Aura apps aren’t live in the app stores yet, from what I can see.
Do you think those of you who got your boxes today have maybe got them a day or two in advance of official launch?
I ordered one from Amazon and it is due on Tuesday.
They are available for sale and next day delivery direct from Humax, so one would expect all the features to be up and running out of the box.
SSThing – 2 mins ago »
rambles – 5 mins ago »
The Humax Aura apps aren’t live in the app stores yet, from what I can see.
Do you think those of you who got your boxes today have maybe got them a day or two in advance of official launch?
I ordered one from Amazon and it is due on Tuesday.
They are available for sale and next day delivery direct from Humax, so one would expect all the features to be up and running out of the box.
I think ‘expect’ is a little optimistic – being an early adopter of brand new products is never an easy ride!
However, with the Humax app not even available, and iplayer not launching, it does seem that features are not fully live yet, would you say?
Could those of you with a unit please post the system info:
Settings
FreeviewPlay Preferences
System Info
Be interesting to compare with what we know to date.
B
Welcome to the wonderful world of beta testing. 😆
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