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- HD Freesat Receiver PVR
- 500GB Hard Drive
- Access to free to air HD channels
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- Improved SDTV on HD LCD TV
- Full colour, High Resolution EPG
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FOXSAT-HDR
The FOXSAT-HDR is an award winning twin-tuner Freesat+ digital TV recorder (DTR), bursting with Freesat+ recording features to capture the incredible colour, sound and crystal clear images of HD channels from the BBC and ITV. The FOXSAT-HDR also gives you access to over 140 TV and radio channels including other services such as BBC iPlayer for the ultimate viewing experience.
Large recording capacity
Boasting a massive 500GB hard drive, the FOXSAT-HDR can store up to120 hours of HD programming or up to 300 hours of standard definition shows so you’ll never miss that crucial episode of your favourite show. The FOXSAT-HDR is perfect for those households where arguments over the remote control are guaranteed.
Viewing made easy
An eight day on-screen electronic programme guide makes it simple for anyone to scan the Freesat TV schedule and plan your viewing. By pressing the ‘guide’ button on the remote an attractive and intuitive TV schedule will appear to effortlessly scan through programmes and plan your viewing days, or even weeks in advance.
Amazing choice with twin tuners
A double booking in the TV schedule is never a good thing, but luckily, thanks to twin tuners, the Humax FOXSAT-HDR ensures a peaceful household. Because the recorder comes with two digital tuners, one programme can be watched while another is recording for viewing at a time that is convenient to you. Two Freesat channels can even be recorded at the same time while you watch another recording so you’ll never miss a thing.
Advanced recording features
The Humax FOXSAT-HDR is jam-packed with other recording features for the Freesat+ digital TV service:
Live pause and instant rewind – desperate for a cuppa but there’s no ad break to grab one? Don’t panic! It’s easy to pause any live show and go and quench your thirst. Then come back to the TV and simply carry on wherever you left off
Series recording – if you know you’re going to be out and about when you’re favourite weekly drama is on, it’s easy to set your FOXSAT-HDR to record every single episode at the touch of a button
Schedule tracking – if there’s a change to the TV schedule due to breaking news or an over-running programme, there is no need to worry about missing anything. The FOXSAT-HDR will track the recording according to broadcast signals and ensure you receive every last second
Split recording – For those long movies with a break for the news, the FOXSAT-HDR will ensure it records both halves of the film to eliminate any disappointment
Chase Play - no need to wait until the programme you are recording has finished before you can start to watch it. With chase play you can start watching from the beginning even if the programme is still being recorded
Energy saving
This eco-friendly recorder boasts less than 1watt power consumption in standby mode, ensuring energy efficiency at all times. And because software upgrades will happen automatically, as long as the box is in standby mode, there’s no excuse to waste more energy than necessary – and you can save yourself a bit of cash on the electricity bill at the same time.
Other features
BBC iPlayer features on the FOXSAT-HDR and this can be accessed via the red button service. Anything you’ve missed from the BBC can be easily viewed on the big screen. The box comes with a HDMI slot including cable for transmission of amazing high definition pictures and sound. Parental controls also mean that access codes prevent young children watching inappropriate content.
The FOXSAT-HDR is an award winning twin-tuner Freesat+ digital TV recorder (DTR), bursting with Freesat+ recording features to capture the incredible colour, sound and crystal clear images of HD channels from the BBC and ITV. The FOXSAT-HDR also gives you access to over 140 TV and radio channels including other services such as BBC iPlayer for the ultimate viewing experience.
Large recording capacity
Boasting a massive 500GB hard drive, the FOXSAT-HDR can store up to120 hours of HD programming or up to 300 hours of standard definition shows so you’ll never miss that crucial episode of your favourite show. The FOXSAT-HDR is perfect for those households where arguments over the remote control are guaranteed.
Viewing made easy
An eight day on-screen electronic programme guide makes it simple for anyone to scan the Freesat TV schedule and plan your viewing. By pressing the ‘guide’ button on the remote an attractive and intuitive TV schedule will appear to effortlessly scan through programmes and plan your viewing days, or even weeks in advance.
Amazing choice with twin tuners
A double booking in the TV schedule is never a good thing, but luckily, thanks to twin tuners, the Humax FOXSAT-HDR ensures a peaceful household. Because the recorder comes with two digital tuners, one programme can be watched while another is recording for viewing at a time that is convenient to you. Two Freesat channels can even be recorded at the same time while you watch another recording so you’ll never miss a thing.
Advanced recording features
The Humax FOXSAT-HDR is jam-packed with other recording features for the Freesat+ digital TV service:
Live pause and instant rewind – desperate for a cuppa but there’s no ad break to grab one? Don’t panic! It’s easy to pause any live show and go and quench your thirst. Then come back to the TV and simply carry on wherever you left off
Series recording – if you know you’re going to be out and about when you’re favourite weekly drama is on, it’s easy to set your FOXSAT-HDR to record every single episode at the touch of a button
Schedule tracking – if there’s a change to the TV schedule due to breaking news or an over-running programme, there is no need to worry about missing anything. The FOXSAT-HDR will track the recording according to broadcast signals and ensure you receive every last second
Split recording – For those long movies with a break for the news, the FOXSAT-HDR will ensure it records both halves of the film to eliminate any disappointment
Chase Play - no need to wait until the programme you are recording has finished before you can start to watch it. With chase play you can start watching from the beginning even if the programme is still being recorded
Energy saving
This eco-friendly recorder boasts less than 1watt power consumption in standby mode, ensuring energy efficiency at all times. And because software upgrades will happen automatically, as long as the box is in standby mode, there’s no excuse to waste more energy than necessary – and you can save yourself a bit of cash on the electricity bill at the same time.
Other features
BBC iPlayer features on the FOXSAT-HDR and this can be accessed via the red button service. Anything you’ve missed from the BBC can be easily viewed on the big screen. The box comes with a HDMI slot including cable for transmission of amazing high definition pictures and sound. Parental controls also mean that access codes prevent young children watching inappropriate content.
Product Description
Freesat HD Tuner with 500GB PVR & HDMI Socket & Upscaling for Standard Definition channels.
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45 of 45 people found the following review helpful
We've had this Freesat box installed for about 1 week now and it has been a God-send! The picture is excellent. Even standard definition is much better than my previous receiver and HD is brilliant for watching football & rugby where the colours of the players really stand out against the green grass. The operation is reasonably intuitive, which may explain why the instruction book is so basic. I have read a couple of common complaints about this box, but if you understand what's going on technically, then there's little to complain about.
1) "It sometimes takes a long time to boot up". Well, for me it typically takes 10 - 15 seconds. It may take longer but that is because it is scanning and downloading more channel information. This happens when a new channel is added to the Freesat list. Waiting the extra 20 seconds is much better than having to tune the new channels in yourself! If you find it is slow, check your dish alignment and signal strength.
2) "Remote is slow to respond" Sometimes you push the button to move the highlighted section in the program schedule and nothing happens. You instinctively push it again and then it jumps two sections! Again, this is because the box is downloading the program information from the satellite feed, which takes time. Just be a little patient and if you get upset, remember the days when you actually had to get out of your seat to switch between the 3 channels on your 625 line TV!!!
Something worth mentioning, which I think is BRILLIANT! Not only can you record one channel whilst watching another, you can also record two different channels at the same time! Very handy when there's a Champions League match on at the same time as your wife's favourite cooking program! And if you try to record a 3rd program, it lets you know you can't and offers you alternative, non-conflicting times for the programs you wish to record.
Overall, I am very happy with the unit. So easy to use you don't need the instruction book.
I'm not sure if it can do DisC (Combined satellite dish inputs) and I therefore wired mine directly to the twin-LNB. So this might be something to research if you like to have multiple dishes pointed at different satellites.
Get one... NOW!!! :)
1) "It sometimes takes a long time to boot up". Well, for me it typically takes 10 - 15 seconds. It may take longer but that is because it is scanning and downloading more channel information. This happens when a new channel is added to the Freesat list. Waiting the extra 20 seconds is much better than having to tune the new channels in yourself! If you find it is slow, check your dish alignment and signal strength.
2) "Remote is slow to respond" Sometimes you push the button to move the highlighted section in the program schedule and nothing happens. You instinctively push it again and then it jumps two sections! Again, this is because the box is downloading the program information from the satellite feed, which takes time. Just be a little patient and if you get upset, remember the days when you actually had to get out of your seat to switch between the 3 channels on your 625 line TV!!!
Something worth mentioning, which I think is BRILLIANT! Not only can you record one channel whilst watching another, you can also record two different channels at the same time! Very handy when there's a Champions League match on at the same time as your wife's favourite cooking program! And if you try to record a 3rd program, it lets you know you can't and offers you alternative, non-conflicting times for the programs you wish to record.
Overall, I am very happy with the unit. So easy to use you don't need the instruction book.
I'm not sure if it can do DisC (Combined satellite dish inputs) and I therefore wired mine directly to the twin-LNB. So this might be something to research if you like to have multiple dishes pointed at different satellites.
Get one... NOW!!! :)
488 of 496 people found the following review helpful
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This prduct was bought for my parents and I have been very impressed with its simplicty having heard some reviews say how complicated it was compared to Sky+ (which I have).
Set-up is simple with everything automated, the only thing you need to do is insert your postcode for regional viewing settings.
I would say it is slightly more complex than Sky+ in that you store all series linked (or multiples of each programme) in separated folders (as you would on a PC) but anyone who has ever used a computer or read the instructions will pick it up immediately.
Picture quality in SD is at least as good as Sky SD and the freesat HD channels look great (pity you only have 3 at present). Both my parents and myself live in a weak freeview signal area so the reassurance of no picture drop out was the main reason for freesat rather than freeview.
With most new HD TV's now having only a freeview HD receiver (except Panasonic), this box gives you the ability to see the full range of free channels available with the capability to record everything on freesat. Freesat has the vast majority of channels most people would want to record (incuding HD when available) but some channels are only on freeview or freesat not both - see their websites and check which ones you are most likely to record!
This Humax box lets you pause live TV, watch one channel while recording another and series link, pretty much everything you can do with Sky+ except you don't pay £26+ per month for doing it!
It does require x2 LNB cables to do this which could mean a new dish if you only have a single cable coming off an old Sky dish (as in our case) but this cost including installation was only a one off £120.
This box is also capable of viewing BBC i-player as long as you have broadband and an ethernet cable connected to it (ITV on demand coming soon).
All in all a great package at a reasonable price.
Set-up is simple with everything automated, the only thing you need to do is insert your postcode for regional viewing settings.
I would say it is slightly more complex than Sky+ in that you store all series linked (or multiples of each programme) in separated folders (as you would on a PC) but anyone who has ever used a computer or read the instructions will pick it up immediately.
Picture quality in SD is at least as good as Sky SD and the freesat HD channels look great (pity you only have 3 at present). Both my parents and myself live in a weak freeview signal area so the reassurance of no picture drop out was the main reason for freesat rather than freeview.
With most new HD TV's now having only a freeview HD receiver (except Panasonic), this box gives you the ability to see the full range of free channels available with the capability to record everything on freesat. Freesat has the vast majority of channels most people would want to record (incuding HD when available) but some channels are only on freeview or freesat not both - see their websites and check which ones you are most likely to record!
This Humax box lets you pause live TV, watch one channel while recording another and series link, pretty much everything you can do with Sky+ except you don't pay £26+ per month for doing it!
It does require x2 LNB cables to do this which could mean a new dish if you only have a single cable coming off an old Sky dish (as in our case) but this cost including installation was only a one off £120.
This box is also capable of viewing BBC i-player as long as you have broadband and an ethernet cable connected to it (ITV on demand coming soon).
All in all a great package at a reasonable price.
95 of 96 people found the following review helpful
I bought this sat box and cancelled sky HD and second room all options that was costing £71 per month. The choice of programmes and quality over the satelite are more than adequate. The stop, pause, rewind, tv is dead easy to use and the record option from the on-screen guide is as simple as the sky one was.
If you have sky, kick it into touch and grab yourself one of these, it will pay for itself in 3 monts!!
If you have sky, kick it into touch and grab yourself one of these, it will pay for itself in 3 monts!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Humax Freesat Recorder
As on previous reviews, we are grandparents and it is grandparent friendly - easy to install easy to understand. Looks good, and like it
Published 15 days ago by Mrs. J. A. Russell
not working
I purchased this foxsat.HDR on the 12April I've manage to get round to installing it.workingon the assumption from other reviews this would be piece of cake, I followedthe quick... Read more
Published 20 days ago by colin reeves
The Great Escape
Came to the end of my third contract period with Sky and with the assistance of the Humax Foxsat Receiver/Recorder have finally walked away. Read more
Published 26 days ago by D. Brill
EXCELLENT
THIS IS EVERYTHING IT SAYS, EASY SET UP NO PROBLEMS.
JUST GETTING USED TO SEARCHING PROGRAMMES AS HAVE HAD SKY FOR 4 YEARS. Read more
JUST GETTING USED TO SEARCHING PROGRAMMES AS HAVE HAD SKY FOR 4 YEARS. Read more
Published 27 days ago by lorna
Humax to the Max
The Humax turned up looked good out of the box. I had just moved into the new house and there was a satellite dish the previous residents had left, (the contract stated they were... Read more
Published 28 days ago by Wolf Fist
superb
excellant product, does exactly wot it says on the box. So easy to set up it was almost laughable, if you have had in either Virgin or a Sky box its even easier just plug in the... Read more
Published 29 days ago by panic66
humax freesat digital recorder
I am very happy with what the recorder will do. It is not however nearly as easy to learn how to use as Virgin+ and Sky+. The instructions are very poor. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ford g
Excellent - very pleased
Every thing I wanted and more.
The remote is very useful.
Great Picture - what else can you say !
The remote is very useful.
Great Picture - what else can you say !
Published 1 month ago by Barney 1
Outstanding Freesat Device
We live in France and we love it. However, we don't love French TV. And the problem with UK TV (mainly BBC channels) is that, because of the time zone difference, and the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by L. Johnstone
Great Item with an achilles heal
This is in many ways a superb freesat box but has one major and one minor downfall.
The major problem is the remote. Read more
The major problem is the remote. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Timberstore
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