Comments on: Humax HDR Fox T2 review

By: George

George — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:02:12 +0000

I have just bought and set up a Humax HDR Fox T2. When viewing any channel the time is shown in the bottom of the TV screen just like when I used to set the TV to analogue. Is this normal or have I done something wrong?

By: John Dearing

John Dearing — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:15:13 +0000

Nigel,
Thanks for this. I have an elderly but still very useful Toshiba RD-XS30 which can only handle analogue broadcast, but can also record from Scart and has an excellent editing and DVD authoring facility. This gives me a practical way of archiving HD broadcast material that gets around the encryption that some of these programs come with – OK, it’s not HD, but as so many people have said in reviews, on forums etc. HD takes up a huge amount of space.
So, Plan A is get an HDR T2, record programs available in HD and watch them on my Toshiba Regza HD TV, then if I want to keep them (perhaps 1 in 20 prgrams), re-record them to the RD-XS30′s HDD at a good level of (SD) quality, edit them to get rid of adverts etc. and write them to DVD. I don’t plan to sell them, or even give them away, just keep them for my dotage!!
John

By: Nigel

Nigel — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:25:04 +0000

You will be able to watch HD channels via the SCART, though they’re obviously scaled down to SD. That said, the picture quality should still be better than an SD channel, as the original source will be better to start with.

By: John Dearing

John Dearing — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:58:52 +0000

Hi Nigel,
Thanks for your review – most interesting and useful – and for your answers on this blog. Can I ask, what happens if you connect your HDR T2 to an old (ie non-HD) TV via Scart and try and watch an HD program (or record it onto an SD PVR)?
Thanks,
John

By: Nigel

Nigel — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:10:23 +0000

You can archive SD material from the Humax; I’ve just done a quick test copying Spooks to a FAT-32 formatted USB memory stick. It plays with Media Player on Windows 7 and VLC on the Mac.

HD material can be copied off, but will be encrypted, so can’t be viewed or processed on other devices.

By: scooper

scooper — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:11:40 +0000

Hi Nigel
Can you tell me if the Humax can use an external hard drive to archive recordings to in both hd and sd. I’ve heard some pvr’s will but only in sd.
Many thanks
Simon

By: Paul Keenan

Paul Keenan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:37:51 +0000

Thanks, Nigel.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:36:42 +0000

You may be able to find it at hummy.org.uk, which is a users' site for Humax kit. But there is also apparently an OTA (ie broadcast 'over the air') update scheduled for the 18th-20th of this month; leave the box in standby and it should receive the update automatically.

By: Paul Keenan

Paul Keenan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:30:57 +0000

Hi Nigel,

How do I update my box to fix the bug mentioned above?

By: Amadeus

Amadeus — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:02:19 +0000

Thanks for that explanation Nigel – much appreciated.
Still a bit a bummer for me tho!