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19 July 2010, 03:20 PM
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Should i get one of these or something else?
I was going to buy one of these:
http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product...=10087&cat=stb
it works with a sat dish, am able to record and watch the few HD channels.
Is there anything other you think I should get or is this good enough? I have a dish but think I need to run a second cable to be able to record and watch at the same time.
Sam
I was going to buy one of these:
http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product...=10087&cat=stb
it works with a sat dish, am able to record and watch the few HD channels.
Is there anything other you think I should get or is this good enough? I have a dish but think I need to run a second cable to be able to record and watch at the same time.
Sam
19 July 2010, 03:37 PM
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Looks pretty good value. We've got a Fortec unit with external HDD which can only do 1 channel for a similar price. Not sure how Humax compares, but it beats our TVs own SD upscaling by a mile.
You don't get many HD channels yet on Freesat and there are a few Freeview ones that are yet to make the transition, but I reckon its the future. Best of all if I ever lose my job I can start installing satellite dishes.
You don't get many HD channels yet on Freesat and there are a few Freeview ones that are yet to make the transition, but I reckon its the future. Best of all if I ever lose my job I can start installing satellite dishes.
19 July 2010, 04:06 PM
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guys, get a moveable dish and you can have as many freesat channels as you can shake a stick at. 28.2 is not the only bird in the sky y'know. ant, do you do polar mount or horizon to horizon installs?
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19 July 2010, 04:10 PM
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Looks pretty good value. We've got a Fortec unit with external HDD which can only do 1 channel for a similar price. Not sure how Humax compares, but it beats our TVs own SD upscaling by a mile.
You don't get many HD channels yet on Freesat and there are a few Freeview ones that are yet to make the transition, but I reckon its the future. Best of all if I ever lose my job I can start installing satellite dishes.
You don't get many HD channels yet on Freesat and there are a few Freeview ones that are yet to make the transition, but I reckon its the future. Best of all if I ever lose my job I can start installing satellite dishes.
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mine locks perfect. the HtoH mount takes about a minute to go from 30E to 30W. enough satellites in that 60 degrees to keep me busy. 1.2m triax with dual feed. the relook has a 500GB HDD in there. only prob is they dont do HD. was looking at the new dream 8000. £950......gulp.
yes the AC Ryan has been upgraded with new firmware and has played everything i have thrown at it. it even does full 1080 streamed over the network (if i have nothing else going)
yes the AC Ryan has been upgraded with new firmware and has played everything i have thrown at it. it even does full 1080 streamed over the network (if i have nothing else going)
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I got a Humax box, two input thingy, recordable...I think it's 80gb things, it was about £160 a year or so ago.
The remote, the menus and the guide are no way as nice as Sky or as easy to use but it does its job adequately. One thing I do like is that when I record a whole series, they're all together in one folder. Also, I've never had to reboot it unlike the previous Sky boxes.
Overall I like it
The remote, the menus and the guide are no way as nice as Sky or as easy to use but it does its job adequately. One thing I do like is that when I record a whole series, they're all together in one folder. Also, I've never had to reboot it unlike the previous Sky boxes.
Overall I like it
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