Loading ...We’ve managed to obtain some information from Humax regarding the look and spec of the new HD freesat receiver, due for release from the freesat launch date. The Humax receiver (plus the standard hopefully!) will be available for purchase online from John Lewis soon. The model number is FOXSAT-HD and looks like this:
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The look is fairly basic, but for a digital satellite receiver thats normal, but atleast they had the forsight to check that ‘black’ is the latest thing!
The specification we have so far is as follows:
- Receiving HDTV signals (MPEG-4 AVC/H 264 and MPEG-2)
- Under 1W power consumption in standby
- HDMI digital interface for perfect transmission of picture and sound
- Simultaneous playing of transmissions over HDMI, YPbPr or Scart
- Easy installation and operation
- Resolution format: 1080i, 720p, 576p, 576i
- DVB-S2 and DVB-S compatible
- Ethernet support
- Full colour, high resolution electronic program guide
- Dolby digital audio output
- Automatic software upgrade via satellite
- Improved SDTV on a HD LCD TV
- Audio description / One touch subtitles
- Dimensions (Width x Height x Depth): 280 x 45 x 200mm
- Weight: 1.5kg
April 18th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Any DISEqC specs?
April 18th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Man….admins’ keyboard is on fire today with all this Freesat info…
April 18th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I’m sure its been mentioned on digitalspy that humax will add diseq
April 18th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Any indication as to what the ethernet interface will be used for? Could the box play back H.264 material on a PC?
April 19th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
@ Tim - possibly for VoD services such as iPlayer, but nothing announced as of yet.
April 21st, 2008 at 10:56 am
What about 1080p ?
April 21st, 2008 at 11:01 am
Doug - no uk broadcaster presently broadcasts in 1080p, only 1080i which is probably the reason for Humax not including within their HD receiver.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I have a Humax HDC2000 receiver. I can view the BBC HD channel as well as several more in Europe. Will this be able to receive the free to air channels on Freesat?
April 21st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Mike - Yes, if your receiver has a strong enough signal strength and is receiving channels from Astra2, then it will be suitable for all the freesat channels, unless freesat do introduce any kind of encyption based service to prevent it.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
do i need to change my lnb in order to recieve hd broadcasts on the hd freesat humax box?
June 24th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
i have bought one. took a while to find one. i am pleased with it but am upset that the component outuput has been disabled. i have to settle for sd output via the scart. where i was looking forward to a detailed picture. i hope freesat change their mind avout encrption.