Humax Foxsat HDR - Any stock found?

banackec · 12-01-2009 11:31AM

They are available in maplins in Cork if anyone is interested.

Bought one on sat..put in the London postcode and it works perfectly..

I dont have the receipt with me..I think I paid around 230?..

evilivor · 12-01-2009 01:18PM

banackec wrote: »

They are available in maplins in Cork if anyone is interested.

Bought one on sat..put in the London postcode and it works perfectly..

I dont have the receipt with me..I think I paid around 230?..

That was for the non-PVR version I presume.

banackec · 12-01-2009 05:11PM

evilivor wrote: »

That was for the non-PVR version I presume.

yes

fat-tony · 12-01-2009 06:09PM

watty wrote: »

Are you sure about Composite Vs RGB? I thought the restriction on non " HDCP enabled HDMI" was to do Standard Definition on Freesat. Why should it be degraded to LOWER quality than the same channel in SD?

Yes - there are a lot of complaints (rightly so!) on the UK Freesat forums about the degradation of the SCART RGB signal back to composite when BBC HD is viewed. It's a bananas interpretation of the "no component signal" rule/guideline when copyrighted programmes are being shown on HD (HDMI). Apparently Humax are treating RGB SCART as being equivalent to component, so they disable RGB via SCART when you are viewing BBC HD and they encrypt the stream stored on disk, so there is no benefit in offloading it to another platform for viewing.
This situation may change slightly when BBC start selectively implementing the copy protection flag - some programmes will be watchable via RGB SCART and others only in composite.
I believe that when you switch the Foxsat HDR to "non-Freesat" mode, this butchering of the SCART output does not occur:eek: Crazy or what? I haven't tried this yet as I have no need to look at the remaining crappy channels on Astra. I've got enough other sat boxes for that! Plus, when you do a full scan on the Foxsat of the non-Freesat channels, you lose the planner schedule and you have to set it up again. Wifey wouldn't like missing Home & Away and Neighbours, Corrie etc! I must say, though that the planner is excellent so far - haven't missed a single programme set for recording in the past two weeks.

watty · 12-01-2009 06:30PM

A misinterpretation. The rules say no HD on component, you can output true SD (downsampled) on Component according to rules. While component HAS been (due to USA/Japan pre-HDMI HD) used for HD, No TV has ever used RGB SCART for HD, though possible. Component is infact identical quality to RGB at SD. Composite is a serious degradation.

maybe they can fix it via FW update since the box does do RGB. OTH if they have a cazy downconversion method HW?

chris1970 · 12-01-2009 11:59PM

bought one from ebay from a guy in waterford, 145 delivered.not pvr http://shop.ebay.ie/merchant/sat4ire

fat-tony · 13-01-2009 07:52AM

watty wrote: »

A misinterpretation. The rules say no HD on component, you can output true SD (downsampled) on Component according to rules. While component HAS been (due to USA/Japan pre-HDMI HD) used for HD, No TV has ever used RGB SCART for HD, though possible. Component is infact identical quality to RGB at SD. Composite is a serious degradation.

maybe they can fix it via FW update since the box does do RGB. OTH if they have a cazy downconversion method HW?

The box already supplies the BBC HD signal (downsampled) on SCART RGB, but only if you use the non-Freesat mode of the box. It's purely a firmware setting in Freesat mode which degrades to composite. Loads of complaints about it on the UK boards as I said. I'm sure something sensible wil happen soon:rolleyes:

fat-tony · 13-01-2009 07:53AM

chris1970 wrote: »

bought one from ebay from a guy in waterford, 145 delivered.not pvr http://shop.ebay.ie/merchant/sat4ire

Can you confirm that this box is locked to NI postcode?

tommo321 · 13-01-2009 02:59PM

I have heard these are great but I just can't get my hands on one as they are always out of stock. Does anyone know where these are in stock? I found this site Humax Foxsat that lists a few online retailers and has an email stock alert service but I've not heard anything yet!! Come on Humax sort out your stock!

chelseaaremagic · 13-01-2009 04:31PM

try satillitesuperstore.com they have them .delivery in 4 days, and they deliver to roi . it will cost circe 320

13-01-2009 07:06PM

Some grabs

Mr Moon · 14-01-2009 01:06PM

chelseaaremagic wrote: »

try satillitesuperstore.com they have them .delivery in 4 days, and they deliver to roi . it will cost circe 320

Out of Stock! None due back till the 20th Jan and the price is £325!

tommo321 · 14-01-2009 02:11PM

chelseaaremagic wrote: »

try satillitesuperstore.com they have them .delivery in 4 days, and they deliver to roi . it will cost circe 320

Thanks for the reply.

It seems they haven't any stock at the moment. Will keep looking.

Regards,
tommo

friday1 · 15-01-2009 09:12PM

maplin.co.uk have them in 7 days for £300. They should deliver to Ireland.

td1 · 16-01-2009 04:58PM

there's a shop in george's street in dublin which i can't remember the name of just now but they told me they're getting them in next week - about €400 i think i have sky+hd and am looking at this for a 2nd room - will i need another dish? who's the better option - freesat.ie or sat4free.ie?

vpkennedy · 16-01-2009 05:06PM

Just got e-mail from Humax advising me Maplins (UK) have stock.
Have ordered one on line, cost £325 for everything.
I have been tracking these for weeks. very few available anywhere.
Move quick if you want on!

:o:o

td1 · 16-01-2009 05:07PM

if i could divert slightly from the topic, can anyone recommend a good 32" hdtv for the second room/freesat?

JDxtra · 16-01-2009 05:13PM

Panasonic make a 32" TV with Freesat built in. Apart from that you would be better off using another thread for your question.

coffee to go · 16-01-2009 05:17PM

Yeah, I was going to recommend the Panasonic too...

http://www.johnlewis.com/230511716/Product.aspx?source=13597

Do you really need Sky+ and Freesat+? Would a standard Freesat box or the aforementioned TV not do the job for the second room?

And as you already have Sky+, you should have two spare connectors on your dish to hook your new receiver up to (whatever it turns out to be

)

stooge · 16-01-2009 05:56PM

Lads, quick question:

Does this box cater for the upcoming DTT? i.e can I plug my aerial as well as dish into this?

Also, does the non PVR version allow you to record to external USB HD? If so, what advantage doe sthe PVR version have over the non-pvr + external USB drive?

Thanks,

Stooge

BeerNut · 16-01-2009 06:23PM

td1 wrote: »

will i need another dish?

No, just an LNB with enough outputs and another two cables running from the LNB to the new box.

stooge wrote: »

Does this box cater for the upcoming DTT? i.e can I plug my aerial as well as dish into this?

No.

nazoil · 16-01-2009 08:27PM

vpkennedy wrote: »

Just got e-mail from Humax advising me Maplins (UK) have stock.
Have ordered one on line, cost £325 for everything.
I have been tracking these for weeks. very few available anywhere.
Move quick if you want on!
:o:o

Will they deliver to Ireland, Republic of?

KeRbDoG · 16-01-2009 08:33PM

nazoil wrote: »

Will they deliver to Ireland, Republic of?

Just tried there and yes they do!

I wonder where the price hike came from! They are priced at £294~ in Argos in the UK

Martin_F · 16-01-2009 09:52PM

Yes, I believe maplins.co.uk will deliver to Ireland.

shayg1971 · 19-01-2009 06:16PM

There's a steady stream popping up on ebay.co.uk. Seem to be getting bid up to about £320. There's been a couple of 'Buy it Now' ones priced at that. Most showing as only delivering to the UK, but often they'll ship further if you ask.

watty · 19-01-2009 06:37PM

Martin_F wrote: »

Yes, I believe maplins.co.uk will deliver to Ireland.

They do. Also they will order in to an Irish Maplin shop and then you pay Irish catalogue price and no postage.
(Jervais St Dublin, Blanch Centre, Blackpool/Commons Rd Cork, Childers Rd Limerick, Dundalk? and Galway.)

byte · 19-01-2009 08:49PM

watty wrote: »

They do. Also they will order in to an Irish Maplin shop and then you pay Irish catalogue price and no postage.
(Jervais St Dublin, Blanch Centre, Blackpool/Commons Rd Cork, Childers Rd Limerick, Dundalk? and Galway.)

UK price + postage would possibly work out cheaper than Irish catalogue price alone!

Tony · 19-01-2009 09:07PM

Check Richer sounds too, they have a commercial interaction forum on boards

hargo · 20-01-2009 03:58PM

As the UK freeeview is upgrading to mpeg4 is it likely that the Freesat Humax HDR will upgrade to include this later this year or that such settop boxes will arive on the scene from other manufacturers.

BeerNut · 20-01-2009 04:12PM

hargo wrote: »

As the UK freeeview is upgrading to mpeg4 is it likely that the Freesat Humax HDR will upgrade to include this later this year or that such settop boxes will arive on the scene from other manufacturers.

This has nothing to do with Freeview. The box already does MPEG4, but doesn't do DVB-T.

Freesat is intended as a complete alternative to DTT (Freeview). It's only in furren lands, like Ireland, that it's an add-on.

Humax Foxsat HDR - Any stock found?

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