Humax Foxsat -HDR

The Humax Foxsat HDR is a digital box that allows you to pick up HD Freesat tv using a satellite dish. If you already have a dish set up (maybe if you have previously had Sky) then you won't need to get a new dish installed or even repositioned. The digital box itself looks great. It has a simple but smart look with a dark blue tint to the front cover. This cover then flips down to reveal several buttons such as channel up and down and menu, as well as a USB port which i will come to later. Also on the front on the top left corner is a power button. You can press this without having to open the front cover. Also on the front is a display showing you various ...  Read the complete review

humax foxstat-hdr.has a very serious fault in my view,in that even with two feeds if you record two programmes you cut out most other channels.so your viewing is cut to almost nothing,unless you use your tele,via a freeview enabled t.v or with a set top box if your area is digital only.if you purchased a humax, a t.v and dish only you would be in for a suprise.they say with one feed only your viewing is restricted whilst recording!.i have a top field p.v.r and you can record two programmes and watch what else you want to with no problems.at present if you wany h.d it is sky,or humax,i would do your reserch to check you get what you want.i think this problem is only on ...  Read the complete review

I was a bit nervous about buying this after lengthy discussions with John Lewis staff about the returns policy. It comes down to the fact that it contains a hard drive, making it recordable media, and their legal obligations are different. In real terms it means if I did return it they'd have more work to do to ensure that the device was still fit for sale and they'd want me to bear that cost. All I actually wanted was a PVR, and I wasn't too bothered whether it was satellite or terrestrial. However I didn't want to buy something only to have to throw it out and get something HD soon after, and since terrestrial Freeview isn't offering me HD I had to go ...  Read the complete review

*** ALERT Very long review, hope you can make it through and I do appreciate it if you do :O) *** I am a former Sky TV customer but after some serious cost-cutting a few years ago I did not see the need to pay for a multitude of channels I did not have time to watch. Don't worry you still get the free to air channels from BBC1 to Channel 5 so I did not lose out. However I still have to use my combi VCR and DVD-Recorder to records programs I was never around to watch. The progression from a VCR and DVD-Recorder has to be a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) recorder. Simply put you can record programmes straight to a hard drive. Great if you do not want to ...  Read the complete review