Sky box replacement!

[Mole81]

Am finally gonna bite the bullet and ditch sky I think. I am thinking initially to go for a humax box. I want pvr facility, min 500gb drive, wifi connectivity and preferably black in colour and maybe netflix too! Does such a box exist and/or are there any new boxes imminent?

Anyone?

 

[logiciel]

HDR - 1000S.
A look at Freesat web site finds it immediately.

 

[Mole81]

I saw that but no wifi by the looks? Are there any new boxes out soon too?

 

[TJT1]

saw that but no wifi by the looks?

Did you actually read the Amazon ad?I

 

[Mole81]

Amazon ad?

 

[TJT1]

The link that logi gave you in post two. Its green and says 'HDR-1000S'. But just for completeness, it's here
Just realised that the link I see in logi's post is probably due to some sort of advertising ware on my computer.

 

[Mole81]

I see no link lol and in using tapatalk so could be why too...that looks ok, can see there's a dongle to utilise wifi so that would do the job. Anyone know if humax are due to release anything new soon too as don't wanna get this then it be superseded!

 

[kevkbuk]

Just realised that the link I see in logi's post is probably due to some sort of advertising ware on my computer.

Your PC is fine, it's the forum that runs the advertising ware..... if you mouse over them on a PC it'll say 'shopping link added by SkimWords'. Though most will have clicked the link and been conned into thinking the poster posted it before the mouse over popup is displayed... Affiliate marketing at it's very worse....

Humax does the HDR-1010S with built in wifi. I don't think any have Netflix and new models don't come along too often.

 

[Mole81]

Cool that's good then, do like 1010s but not the white it comes in!

 

[logiciel]

The HDR - 1000S is black.

 

[Mole81]

The amazon link is 1000s the one with built in wifi is a 1010s which look like only come in white

 

[grahamlthompson]

Latest upgrade is the HDR1000S with a 2TB drive. Available some time this month from Humax Direct at £299.00. If you want the built in WiFi it has to be the White 1010s. If you want Black and WiFi it has to be a 1000S and the optional WiFi USB Dongle or simply use a standard WiFi Bridge connected to the LAN connector.

 

[Mole81]

Thanks for the update. Do you know if the wifi dingle requires a power supply or does the USB power it?

 

[TJT1]

Your PC is fine, it's the forum that runs the advertising ware {snip}

Ah, yes, I remember investigating this in the past and coming up with that conclusion. It must be an age thing that I had forgotten investigating it

 

[grahamlthompson]

Thanks for the update. Do you know if the wifi dingle requires a power supply or does the USB power it?

It's powered by the usb port afaik.

HumaxDirect

 

[David500]

It's powered by the usb port afaik.

HumaxDirect

Confirmed it is powered by the USB port.
If you use this, which uses the same chipset as the Humax dongle, but costs less.
Its the one I use.

Edit: The links are not mine, but the Amazon link does take you to the right one