devonwoody
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Purchased a Humax HDR FOX T2 1TB recorder and after three days I am pleased to write a review.
There is a learning curve setting up these type of toys and perhaps I took longer than some but I am finding the purchase worthwhile.
Around 300 to 500 recording hours and two programs can be set to record same time.
Plus there is a facility to get into I/player via the internet which the Humax can be connected.
High definition channels are also available, although my aerial might not be up to the standard required because I do get some intermittant break up at times. (might be the high pressure weather system we are experiencing at the present time, it used to do it with annalogue down here)
Just the one hdmi lead and the external aerial plus a dongle together with mains in seem to be all the leads required.
There is a front usb 2 location which excepts a usb stick and jpeg, mp3 and others can be viewed on the tv screen easily with remote controller navigation.
The Hunax TV portal was the intended reason for purchasing a new recorder, it does connect to the internet and some of the apps. available are UTube, I/player, Flicker, Picassa and wiki and some others.
The internet setup did give me some headaches of my own making as it turned out but others might get that set up easily. (I had not used the router setup disk and was working the router on a plug and play basis without a proper install)
Utube is much the same basis of connection as a PC, type in a title of your requirement and just press play.
I/player was the same.
Picassa I have not cracked yet, it went and asked me for password and I did a bunk for the time being on that one.
Never used flicker before so will have to investigate what thats all about.
I purchased from a Firm called Peter Tyson in Cumbria because they gave a 3 year warranty and also purchasing off the net means I could have returned all equipment if I wanted to back out with current legislation, (plus credit card)
So there you are, I am an expert after four days, (just got to sort out that password for Picassa and whoa! I have got around 25000 pics on there, so will have all my photoalbums from the 1930's from my armchair.
Plus the usual freeview channels (there is a Sat version)
There is a learning curve setting up these type of toys and perhaps I took longer than some but I am finding the purchase worthwhile.
Around 300 to 500 recording hours and two programs can be set to record same time.
Plus there is a facility to get into I/player via the internet which the Humax can be connected.
High definition channels are also available, although my aerial might not be up to the standard required because I do get some intermittant break up at times. (might be the high pressure weather system we are experiencing at the present time, it used to do it with annalogue down here)
Just the one hdmi lead and the external aerial plus a dongle together with mains in seem to be all the leads required.
There is a front usb 2 location which excepts a usb stick and jpeg, mp3 and others can be viewed on the tv screen easily with remote controller navigation.
The Hunax TV portal was the intended reason for purchasing a new recorder, it does connect to the internet and some of the apps. available are UTube, I/player, Flicker, Picassa and wiki and some others.
The internet setup did give me some headaches of my own making as it turned out but others might get that set up easily. (I had not used the router setup disk and was working the router on a plug and play basis without a proper install)
Utube is much the same basis of connection as a PC, type in a title of your requirement and just press play.
I/player was the same.
Picassa I have not cracked yet, it went and asked me for password and I did a bunk for the time being on that one.
Never used flicker before so will have to investigate what thats all about.
I purchased from a Firm called Peter Tyson in Cumbria because they gave a 3 year warranty and also purchasing off the net means I could have returned all equipment if I wanted to back out with current legislation, (plus credit card)
So there you are, I am an expert after four days, (just got to sort out that password for Picassa and whoa! I have got around 25000 pics on there, so will have all my photoalbums from the 1930's from my armchair.
Plus the usual freeview channels (there is a Sat version)
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