Comments on: T3 Home Gadget Of The Year: Humax FOXSAT-HDR

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:02:44 +0000

I had Sky and lots of lip sync problems with it. Also had problems with the Sky Box, after the 5th “new” box, all of which turned out to be refurbished, I cancelled Sky. So far I like the Humax box, could do with some better channels and more HD, but the box is nice.

By: Richard Crichton

Richard Crichton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:15:54 +0000

@Brian N
If you convert to $ky you won’t see much change from £55 a month for the full load of stuff and it’s going up on 1st Jan with the VAT rise. That’s the equivalent of buying a SD box every month.

By: Tony Hales

Tony Hales — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:09:38 +0000

@Brian N

There is an adjustment for the lyp sync in the menu.
The Humax is a very good box and there is not much wrong with Freesat either.

By: Brian N

Brian N — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:46:19 +0000

Just installed the Humax Foxsat-HD and ALL the channels suffer lip sync problems to a greater or lesser degree. The worst offender is HD. I only selected HD to check it out as I use a CRT TV. However following previous postings it looks as though I’ve committed to a bit of a turkey in both Humax and freesat. Will be taking the unit back on Monday, get my money back and convert to Sky.

By: ph

ph — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:49:25 +0000

My Freesat PVR has started to freeze. Changed batteries in remote to no avail and rebooted. Any ideas ?

By: Drummond

Drummond — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:21:39 +0000

I’ve had my Humax Freesat PVR for a while now. No green screens or other glitches. A very good bit of kit. No wonder SKY have lots of special offers on, they must be taking quite a hit from Humax.

By: Lee B

Lee B — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:57:29 +0000

I read the T3 mag today, it seemed to win the award due to a massive amount of HD channels? and its 720p picture? did they even switch it on?

By: Prison Warden

Prison Warden — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:53:28 +0000

Freeview is to loose 2 out of three BBC red button services to make way for HD. Another reason to get Freesat over Freeview.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:47:30 +0000

@derek500

Humax and some of the others do not wish to release sales figures to the public domain; to ensure they remain competitive I guess.

By: derek500

derek500 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:34:08 +0000

@ admin As part of the reasoning for this award was for ‘popularity of sales’ do we now know how many have sold? If T3 know who else does?