For a long time i was weighing up the pros and cons of the hdr fox t2 vs youview. Even with the new youview dtrt1010 and dtrt boxes on. Foxy an hd recording backup utility for the hdrfox t2. A simple tool to download files from a humax hdrfox t2. However, this is the best freeview hd pvr around, and also has iplayer. On the other hand an hdrfox t2 and probably any other humax freeview. I initially bought the hdr fox t2 but i was very disappointed with it and sent it straight back to amazon. The box will check overnight and download if it is your turn.
Tivo mega with 10 hotswappable hard drives capable of storing 26,000 hours of shows, the rackmountable mega is a dream tv recorder for custom hometheater installs. Record, pause, rewind and fast forward features not available with youview on sony. Since format shifting is legal in the uk i think, im not an expert. Its a very nice device, but its only got a 1tb hard disk. Its taken a little longer to arrive than we expected, but we finally took delivery of the first freeview hd product. I know that the t2 is an incredible unit and is very good especially when considering the custom firmware that can be used. Download the free humax remote control app to your phone or tablet and pair with your box for in home recordings and content management. With the hdr fox t2 500 gb you can record up to 300 hours of standard definition sd tv programmes or up to 125 hours of high definition hd tv, which can be selected from an easy to view electronic programme guide epg. Firstly can i state quite categorically that foxy does not decrypt hd video from the t2. Want to play hd video from the hdr fox t2 on your pc. I have a fox t2 and in tv portal option all we get is bbc iplayer. The one thing that the humax fox t2 can support that youview cant is the. It lacks the impressive youview catchup tv service offered by the companys humax dtrt1010 recorder, but you can still watch content from bbc iplayer and other on. Well now you can, with foxy, the first utility to enable in the clear hidef backups from the hdr fox t2.
A further download enables you to access the epg and set single or series recordings from anywhere, even though your hummy is not even visible on the internet. Software update to convert humax settop box to dvr the. A simple tool to download files from a humax hdr fox t2. The devices listed have been submitted to us by humax, meet our standards, and have passed our tests. So id assumed the pvr ie old inverto vs humax 9300t vs humax hdr fox t2 wasnt going to make any difference to picture quality now. Download the latest version of fox now for android. However, what it does do is enable the t2 to do this for you.
Catch upon demand via youview on sony relates only to content made available from the bbc, itv, channel 4 and channel 5. Software update to convert humax settop box to dvr. Noticed humax are realeasing a new model with this youview function which gives, bbc iplayer, itv, c4 and c5 via broadband. Humax youview picture quality vs hdrfox t2 youview. I wrote some software to make it easier to copy videos off the pvr. Is there are reason why humax couldnt simply add the other on demand tv channels to the fox t2 unit. We first saw a working prototype at humaxs prerelease. Apologies i do not own nor have used a humax hdr fox t2 at all. My main gripe was with the epg layout which i thought was terrible but i was also disappointed. I only bring this up as i know the majority of people are comparing this unit directly to that one. First off youll see how to download and install the custom firmware onto your box. I was thinking of the hdr primarily because id hoped i could play dvds from my laptop through it which humax now tell me isnt possible. Can i use a bt youview box to watch bt tv and a hu. My main gripe was with the epg layout which i thought was terrible but i was also.
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