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I’m a former Humax user (Freesat, 10yrs ago) and have grown increasingly sick of the terrible PVR/EPG functionality on my modern LED TV – I’d assumed for my limited use it would be ok but it’s just awful.
Things obviously moved on a lot. The FVP-5000T sounds like a souped up version of what I used to have while the Aura seems a big jump – Android, app control, etc.
My Phillips LED TV has Android and it’s the one thing that makes me hesitate as I don’t enjoy that OS. I don’t care about Netflix (the TV does a good job) but the cost isn’t a factor either. As a pure DVR is there any reason to prefer the previous model, or is Aura just the obvious best choice?
One feature I was really interested to read about was dnla, which I think lets me stream both recordings and live TV to other devices? We have a couple of TVs and often I find the TV I recorded on is in use… And only one TV has an aerial feed.
I read some old posts on this being limited to SD only, what can the Aura do?
Thanks for any advice. It seems like I should just buy the Aura as far as I can see!
The sad reality of the Aura is that it had great promise when it was first released, but with no updates for over a year now. You will see from this forum the amount of issues raised and nothing happens.
It’s difficult to recommend the Aura at this stage.
MattB1 – 36 secs ago »
The sad reality of the Aura is that it had great promise when it was first released, but with no updates for over a year now. You will see from this forum the amount of issues raised and nothing happens.
It’s difficult to recommend the Aura at this stage.
Thanks. I was reading just now and see quite a few issues regarding apps and casting which I really have no interest in – the TV has every app I could want.
The only features I care about are good EPG (unlike my TV which takes several minutes to load) and reliable DVR (unlike my TV which sometimes forgets to record and lacks series-link options).
DLNA would be wonderful too so I can watch on any TV I own in my house.
On that basis, can I expect problems in the core box functionality? And if so, would a previous generation be a better bet?
I’ve actually bought one already but from Amazon so returning is no issue – this was actually the reason I bought from them rather than RS or whoever.
I use my Aura as a PVR and I get solid performance, great Guide and very user friendly. It knocks spots off my previous FVP4000/5000 and is so much faster.
The only recordings that have failed have been when ITV messed up the start signals for coronation street a while back and more recently due to the coverage of the Queens funeral which is pretty exceptional circumstances.
I also heavily use YouTube and Plex without issue and I watch some old SD content via VLC upstairs the bedroom using a Firestick. O
Yes there are a couple of little quirks, but nothing that would stop me purchasing again if mine was to go bang.
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