Humax Foxsat-HDR Freesat+ PVR Launches

Author Hugo Jobling
Published 20th Nov 2008
Humax Foxsat-HDR Freesat+ PVR Launches
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We were pretty impressed with the Humax Foxsat-HDR Freesat PVR when we spotted it at IFA this year so it is indisputably good news to hear the system will be available to buy as of Saturday.


Humax reckons the Foxsat-HDR's 320GB hard drive is capacious enough to take 80 hours of HD video or 200 of SD (or a mix of the two, of course) which should be more than enough for all but the most avid of recorders. There's also the option to record in HD and SD simultaneously, which is interesting - although I can't actually think why such a feature would be useful.

Other features include an eight-day EPG, series-recording, that is the automatic recording of all programs in a series, and split recordings (or automatic advert recording avoidance as it might as well be called). And of course the ability to pause and rewind live TV. Although how long a cache the player keeps is unspecified - at least from the beginning of the currently watched programme I would have thought, though.

At £299 the Foxsat-HDR isn't exactly cheap, but compared to a Sky HD set-up, the long-terms saving more than make up for the slightly increased initial investment.

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Comment Matt G Baish said on 24th November 2008

@Paul Nicolson "Im sure you can get a hdmi box to component output."

HDMI is digital & encrypted & so although you can go from component to HDMI th... more

Comment Mike Derrick said on 5th December 2008

Recieved today wow what a piece of kit this is,See why it's difficult to purchase.Picture perfect built for the future.Well Pleased

Comment Comokid said on 7th December 2008

OK, techie virgin here. I already have Sky+ with the two cables installed. If I get a Freesat+ box do I have to get an extra double cable with another receiver thingie on the dis... more

Comment Ken Coulson said on 29th December 2008

i recieved my humax from john lewis before xmas, very pleased but the remote has a short range and works intermitantly at 17 feet away, and now the hard drive has started clicking ... more

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