junctiontwo Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Hi Ladies & Gents, I'm now totally cheesed off with paying to watch TV through Sky and am getting rid asap. I intend getting a PVR box but all the reviews for all the manufacturers different models seem to have pretty poor reviews. Has anybody got one and have you had problems? I did plan on a Humax having had one years ago, but the quality looks to have dropped considerably. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazed Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Humax for the win ! We have two one about 6 years or so old when the fist came out. And a recorder version. Both are ace ! http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B001L5YU36 Something along the lines of this. The only downfall I have come across is the conflict when recording is a bit harsher than the sky box and can result in missing bits of program's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Humax +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Humax +1 Humax are the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clamps Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Humax are the best. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 humax + 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 humax....no contest.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Humax all day long Some silly niggling faults with programming and the remote is rubbish but other than that you can't go wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 Just out of interest if you have a sky box you can still use it and get all of the free stations if you are planing on using the free sat satellite you may have to move your dish to track it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junctiontwo Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Thanks guys - looks like I'm back to a Humax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Hi Ladies & Gents, I'm now totally cheesed off with paying to watch TV through Sky and am getting rid asap. I intend getting a PVR box but all the reviews for all the manufacturers different models seem to have pretty poor reviews. Has anybody got one and have you had problems? I did plan on a Humax having had one years ago, but the quality looks to have dropped considerably. Thanks. Humax .... Save money buy direct from the company using internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Humax, get a 1 Tb if you can, it`s easy to fill a 500Gb especially recording in HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Humax works for me. The EchoStar HDS-600RS works well so i'm told. Lots of more technical stuff here : http://www.avforums.com/forums/freesat/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff36 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Dreambox 800HD and CCCam from here http://cccampremiumserver.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Just out of interest if you have a sky box you can still use it and get all of the free stations if you are planing on using the free sat satellite you may have to move your dish to track it. If you have a Sky box you can use it without a viewing card and you will get the "free-to-air" channels. Otherwise, you need to buy a card from Sky, and you will get the "Freesat-from-Sky" channels. In either case, you won't be able to record. Alternatively, you can buy a Freesat box after deciding whether or not you want one that can record. In all cases, there is no need to muck about with any dishes as it's the same satellite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimey121uk Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) Dreambox 800HD and CCCam from here http://cccampremiumserver.com/ VU+ Duo with 1TB drive, I have heard rumours that you can get the full Sky package for about 8 quid a month! Edited August 2, 2013 by grimey121uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketestace Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Humax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 VU+ Duo with 1TB drive, I have heard rumours that you can get the full Sky package for about 8 quid a month! All illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimey121uk Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) All illegal. The box is perfectly legal and its a fantastic freeview box, the illegal bit is using cccam to decrypt sky channels Edited August 2, 2013 by grimey121uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 The box is perfectly legal and its a fantastic freeview box, the illegal bit is using cccam to decrypt sky channels I am not a lawyer - but I think the illegal bit is _selling_ of card sharing data - pay servers. Merely sharing between people is a civil issue with no money changing hands. I could be wrong though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) Just out of interest if you have a sky box you can still use it and get all of the free stations if you are planing on using the free sat satellite you may have to move your dish to track it. The freesat channels come of the same satellite so need to move dish. If it has acard in it cancel sky leave the card in for free to view channels (no card required for free to air) EDIT: PS humax.............. and it isnt a civil issue as it its copyright theft just like ripping your mates CD's Edited August 2, 2013 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 The freesat channels come of the same satellite so need to move dish. If it has acard in it cancel sky leave the card in for free to view channels (no card required for free to air) EDIT: PS humax.............. and it isnt a civil issue as it its copyright theft just like ripping your mates CD's I believe copyright infringements per your example - copying mates CD - are a civil issue - as long as you don't go around selling the stuff. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ipenforce/ipenforce-crime/ipenforce-role/ipenforce-group/ipenforce-workplace/ipenforce-workplace-matters/ipenforce-workplace-matters-criminal.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) The freesat channels come of the same satellite so need to move dish. If it has acard in it cancel sky leave the card in for free to view channels (no card required for free to air) EDIT: PS humax.............. and it isnt a civil issue as it its copyright theft just like ripping your mates CD's You may well be correct they do seem to use the same satellite but if you use a sky box to view the free to view channels you do get some different channels to the ones that you get when you use a freesat box when I first started I was using a second hand sky box and there was several channels that I liked to look at one was horse and country and there was one that seemed to show mostly old tractors but when I got my freevew box with recorder in it I lost those channels but did pick up some different ones. Edited August 2, 2013 by four-wheel-drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) It's down to the encryption not the satellite, you may be able tune in other FTV channels which are not shown on the freesat EPG but are on SKY, it costs to be listed on an EPG and some broadcasters opt out of some EPGs have a look at Lyngsat for Astra 2 cluster http://www.lyngsat.com/Eutelsat-28A-and-Astra-1N-2A-2F.html Edited August 3, 2013 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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