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    Anonymous
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    I want to buy two replacement Humax boxes (one for my father in law) but I’m worried that these only get 3 stars on Amazon and there seems to be issues raised here too.

    Do I abandon Humax after Heaven knows how many years and buy something else, or are the problems gradually being resolved?

    Bob

    #78075
    Anonymous
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    Bob. Got to give Humax a plus for working hard to improve the 4000T Operating system. Some OS updates been good but can sometimes produce a backward step.

    Basically this model has too many options for it’s own good so when one problem is put right another one pops it’s head.

    Had our FVP 4000T for a year, as we us it just as a TV Catch-up & Record many of the options we don’t use so ours is working fine.

    This forum is doing an excellent job keeping us informed.

    #78076
    Martin Liddle
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    grinningdog – 48 minutes ago  » 

    I want to buy two replacement Humax boxes (one for my father in law) but I’m worried that these only get 3 stars on Amazon and there seems to be issues raised here too.

    You need to look at the dates on the negative reviews on Amazon; the box had a number of software issues when released which quite reasonably attracted poor reviews. I think most of the major bugs have been fixed or are in the progress of being fixed. The major remaining gripe is that menu system is slow to respond.

    #78077
    Barry
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    graham uk – 21 hours ago  » 

    Got to give Humax a plus for working hard to improve the 4000T Operating system.

    Wholeheartedly agree, great efforts have been made to improve this unit.

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    This forum is doing an excellent job keeping us informed.

    Thank you for those kind words.

    #78078
    Barry
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    Martin Liddle – 20 hours ago  » 

    grinningdog – 48 minutes ago  » 

    I want to buy two replacement Humax boxes (one for my father in law) but I’m worried that these only get 3 stars on Amazon and there seems to be issues raised here too.

    You need to look at the dates on the negative reviews on Amazon; the box had a number of software issues when released which quite reasonably attracted poor reviews. I think most of the major bugs have been fixed or are in the progress of being fixed.

    Agree with Martin – the early reviews are meaningless, and also contained numerous errors – even ‘expert’ reviews had errors.

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    The major remaining gripe is that menu system is slow to respond.

    I find booting the unit and leaving it for a few seconds to settle down, as I do with PC/Laptop makes a difference.

    #78079
    Anonymous
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    Thanks very much for the replies. Some of the reviews are from October/November 2016 so, not that old but I think I’ll trust Humax to do the right thing… eventually.

    I’m going to buy myself one but I think I’ll hold off on the other one. Nobody has the willpower to run tech support for an 86 year old man with a slightly buggy product! ;)

    #78080
    Anonymous
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    That’s probably a good way forward GD. Although I have to say I have always found the support from this forum to be swift and first class. R-

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