Humax Freesat PVR

Jim Price wrote:
Mark Carver wrote:
Well, saw it today at the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam:-

Thanks for the report.

Two Scarts, and one HDMI socket.

Any idea if the HDMI is HDCP infected?

HDCP is part of the HDMI specification.

Jim Price wrote:

: Any idea if the HDMI is HDCP infected?

It will be!

The current Humax Foxsat disables its component outputs and (bizarrely!!!) even
its SCART RGB on BBCHD (AFAIK!) so it is pretty much bound to use HDCP as
well.

sedum wrote:
: BBC HD recordings on my PC from the Astra satellite come in at approx.
: 7.5 GB per hour.

Sky have very markedly reduced their HD HDD consumption (with no obvious
quality degredation) by using new encoders - of course they have also always
used MPEG4-based DVBS2. So there is scope for the BBC to improve!

In message , sedum
wrote
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:10:27 +0100, Alan
wrote:



Is a 320G hard disk 'massive' when considering HD TV or is it equivalent
to a 80G disk in a freeview PVR? My SD Freeview recorder often runs
with 250/300g used (400G disk fitted).

BBC HD recordings on my PC from the Astra satellite come in at approx.
7.5 GB per hour.


Freeview SD is around 2G/hour for the BBC and 1G/hour for the commercial
channels. This means that the 'massive' 320G hard disk on the new HD PVR
is equivalent to having a 40 to 80G hard disk fitted to a SD PVR. It
may be worth waiting for the 1T hard disk version
--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

Alan wrote:
In message , sedum
wrote
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:10:27 +0100, Alan
wrote:



Is a 320G hard disk 'massive' when considering HD TV or is it equivalent
to a 80G disk in a freeview PVR? My SD Freeview recorder often runs
with 250/300g used (400G disk fitted).

BBC HD recordings on my PC from the Astra satellite come in at approx.
7.5 GB per hour.


Freeview SD is around 2G/hour for the BBC and 1G/hour for the commercial
channels. This means that the 'massive' 320G hard disk on the new HD PVR
is equivalent to having a 40 to 80G hard disk fitted to a SD PVR. It
may be worth waiting for the 1T hard disk version

Not really. How many hours a day of HD content are
there on Freesat at the moment? Time-shifting isn't
really a problem.

On 14/09/2008, Mark Carver wrote in message
:

Here's some poor quality pictures taken in non ideal light, and using my
mobile phone.

http://www.markyboy.net/humax1.JPG

http://www.markyboy.net/humax2.JPG

Why does it say 'FOXSAT' if it's Humax ?

Simon.
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http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:13:59 +0100, Simon Slavin
. uk wrote:

On 14/09/2008, Mark Carver wrote in message
:

Here's some poor quality pictures taken in non ideal light, and using my
mobile phone.

http://www.markyboy.net/humax1.JPG

http://www.markyboy.net/humax2.JPG

Why does it say 'FOXSAT' if it's Humax ?

FOXSAT HDR is the model name.

I don't know why they use the letters FOX but they are used in other model
names:
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/produ...oduct_list.asp

Terrestrial STB

- PVR-9300T
- PVR-9150T
- F2-FOX T
- PVR-9200TB
- PVR-9200TBX

Satellite STB

- F3-FOX CI
- FOXSAT HD
- HDCI-2000 (High Definition)
- VA-ACE+

In message , Simon Slavin
. uk writes
On 14/09/2008, Mark Carver wrote in message
:

Here's some poor quality pictures taken in non ideal light, and using my
mobile phone.

http://www.markyboy.net/humax1.JPG

http://www.markyboy.net/humax2.JPG

Why does it say 'FOXSAT' if it's Humax ?

Simon.

http://www.humaxdigital.com/freesat/support_manual.asp
--
Ian

Simon Slavin wrote:
On 14/09/2008, Mark Carver wrote in message
:

Here's some poor quality pictures taken in non ideal light, and
using my mobile phone.

http://www.markyboy.net/humax1.JPG

http://www.markyboy.net/humax2.JPG

Why does it say 'FOXSAT' if it's Humax ?

Simon.

Because it's based on a model made for the Fox network in Australia and for
some reason they kept the name.

On 16/09/2008, Simon Slavin wrote in message
:

On 14/09/2008, Mark Carver wrote in message
:

Here's some poor quality pictures taken in non ideal light, and using
my mobile phone.

http://www.markyboy.net/humax1.JPG

http://www.markyboy.net/humax2.JPG

Why does it say 'FOXSAT' if it's Humax ?

Thanks to all three who replied and especially Adrian who got the most
informative answer.

Simon.
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http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk