Humax: HD-2000

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David, Spain on November 20th, 2008
great box does all it is supposed to receives all uk channels and others here in Spain good picture quality and user friendly, best of a bunch.

Sergio, Bracknell on October 9th, 2008
Easy to use menu, poor EPG, overheats when in TV cabinet. I have had to locate it outside the TV cabinet otherwise it would loose signal.

Mike T, Wolverhampton on October 4th, 2008
Had the Humax box for about a week now. No gliches at all. HD picture can be quite stunning BUT that depends upon the broadcaster - even the BBC HD channel does not always broadcast top quality HD source (try the HD Lux' channel instead: their quality control of sourced material is much more consistent than the BBC's). Humax's Freesat SD picture quality is better than my Toshiba TV's Freeview (from an ariel) as my Freeview picture frequently breaks up on 'minor' channels (hence why I bought the Humax box) but now its become obvious to us that the quality of some sourced programs even on SD is simply appalling. Once you have become used to high def you become very intolerant of the rubbish technical inferiority that many minor channels put out. The BIGGEST benefit of this Humax box though is that it not only provides Freesat but also provides free all digital Sky channels which are not encrypted (just do a manual tune after the auto Freesat tune at set up) meaning that the box can pull in hundreds of free to air channels from all of those satellites colocated at 28 degrees.

Stewart W on September 13th, 2008
Good picture HD & SD and sometime excellent sound. Locks up occasionaly, needs to be diconnected from the power for 10 sec, their Gen Reset reccomendation does not work I feel it is related to update downloads. But I like it I agree the manual is awful.

Cliff, Armour on August 24th, 2008
Had this box for about two weeks. To be honest theres not a lot of content to watch in HD. Back to the equipment itself, hang ups, freezes even a blue screen just like a pc. Could'nt turn it on, could'nt turn it off, could'nt turn over channels what it could not do is more than it could. When it did work sd pictures were not great, hd was good, sound a little thin. Exchanged for Grundig model, no problems so far, good sd picture (better than Humax) hd picture good, sound a bit low have to turn TV way up.

I, Leicester on January 31st, 2007
A bit late getting this box, but thought that now I had got a Sharp 42 1080p TV should make the most of it. Rather than go the sky route, saw this box and gave it a go. Ok it does have one or two niggles, but it was easy to set up and straight away into BBC HD, with 5.1. All I can say is fantastic, picture and sound quality is just wonderful! SD is not bad either...just hope that the BBC HD trial does past June 2007.

Caroline, London on November 5th, 2006
I have now been through 6 PVRs of differing makes & styles and this is BY FAR the best out there. Humax are a fantastic company with fantastic customer services. They are constantly improving the box and updating the software so if there are ever any slight glitches, they'll make sure it's seen to in the next update. A HUGE thumbs up from me! If you're looking to buy one, make sure it's a Humax!

nejat turkey on October 28th, 2006
very good

Gollum, Newcastle on September 16th, 2006
Great box - picture and sound quality fantastic. Menu's and EPG a bit poor compared to Sky, but so are most other non sky boxes

Eddie, Staffs on August 29th, 2006
Great product, does what it says on the tin. They have had a few bugs but put most right in fairly short time. I hade have 5-6 set-top boxes and 2 PVR's this along side the Iplayer is definately the best I've had. Had a Sagem PVR which was a nightmare!

Alan, West Midlands on August 3rd, 2006
Absolutely fantastic first rate, first class HDTV Receiver. Picture quality 10/10 Sound Quality (Dolby Digital) 10/10 Ease of use and set up 10/10 Who needs the exorbitantly high priced subscription based Sky HD when you have a multitude of HD channels out there FTA on 28.2* / 19.2* and 13* Not forgetting of course the good old BBC who are showing some fantastic programmes in glorious HD. Good old BEEB we all love you keep up the good work and give old Murdoch a run for his money

Patrick, Reading UK on July 19th, 2006
Agree with other reviews re performance BUT Reciever uses a lot of power and runs VERY hot If you have one of these make certain that the ventilation grills are kept clear. Don't cover the grills with papers or video boxes etc. Don't put this receiver at the bottom of a stack of other gear.

wanderlust4ever on July 15th, 2006
Brilliant receiver, brilliant pictures. Help desk via the internet SUCKS

Andrew, Doncaster on July 8th, 2006
Excellent

Ryan, Glasgow on July 3rd, 2006
Excellent !!!1

Kev, Lancs on June 18th, 2006
Watched the BBC HD coverage of the world cup match between Portigal and Iran via my projector and my Humax, which I had just bought. Fabulous quality, it seems like a very good machine and as a newbie, it was quite easy to use.

David, Cambridgeshire on June 16th, 2006
Superb results on the BBC HD pilot channel on Astra 2 (World Cup football and BBC previews). Also good for the HD channels on Astra 1 (Sat1, Pro7, Astra demo channel and Axine film channel). SD pictures look pretty good to me over the HDMI interface as well. Using this with a Hyundai A321 32in LCD HD Ready TV (GBP600 from ebuyer.com). Great to be an HD pioneer.

António, Portugal on June 13th, 2006
The user manual is very poor. The satellite info is useless.

Norman, Wiltshire on June 13th, 2006
Humax HD, The BBC World Cup has excellent pictures. The only problem I have is the sound goes off for a second now and again on HDMI, Panasonic thpv500 37". May be a software problem.

Harvey, Almeria, Spain on June 2nd, 2006
I'm waiting for my new HD plasma, but via scart the SD with BBC HD is very sharp. I cannot seem to get the component outputs to work; nothing in the menu about it. It is dragon cam friendly, but will not unlock the premium Sky channels, despite entering the box number in the cam menu. Also what's the USB port for? The tuner seems about as sensitive as my 2nd generation Sky+, a tad less than a Pace 430n. The LCD display is handy when listening to radio, and the dolby digital is good. Good searching despite an apparent lack of PID search; nothing about this in manual.

Madd, Darmstadt on June 1st, 2006
So far no complaints with this unit (manual is poor though). My SD material is no worse than that from my Sky box. Maybe David of Liverpool should try the 'V-Format' button to avoid upscaling. Actually one improvement would be to make the 'V-Format' automatically switch to the original resolution of the transmission. An update is need for BBC HD. I've updated my box and BBC HD has a big "Wow" factor!

David, Liverpool on May 28th, 2006
The set up is a doddle, the HD test pictures from hotbird and astra 1 are great via a HDMI cable, the ordinary digital pictures via this lead are poor I have to use a scart lead to get good quality pictures for non HD channels.and biggest disapointment is no bbc HD from astra 2.

Peter, Oxon on May 27th, 2006
Great box I have just got BBC HD Planet Earth on Astra 2 Channel 691 the Quality is amazing

Ian, Epping on May 18th, 2006
Just installed one of these and first impressions are very good. Unable so far to see any HD test transmissions but SD looks good. Easy to install, albeit a fairly slow process to find all the available channels on Astra 1 and 2. One downside is that there is no facility for using interactive services that I can find! Overalll, it seems the perfect solution for futureproofing without an expensive contract.