Youview

rockchick113

I'm looking to upgrade my old humax, which I have to keep formating the HDD. I've been looking at youview but which one humax or bt. I know they are both the same box but does the bt do anything different?
Any general reviews would be greatful.

missile

Hi,


I changed my Humax to BT and I am very pleased with the Youview box.

grumpycrab

(just deleted a load of rubbish); assuming you're not a BT TV subscriber there's no difference in functionality.
What I will say is avoid the small BT Youview box. The tuners aren't as good as the ones in the "full sized" boxes.

rockchick113

I'm not a bt customer, it's that the price varies between the humax and bt.

missile

I have the small Youview box and prefer it's nice neat shape. I have not found any issues with the tuner.

grumpycrab

missile wrote: »

I have the small Youview box and prefer it's nice neat shape. I have not found any issues with the tuner.

I may have a duff unit; not sure if this applies to the full-sized units too but power usage is a pain with the small one. You have 2 modes. Either
- ECO mode is on and the disk powers down when not in use; disadvantage is it takes 2-3 mins to power up (dont worry this doesn't lose recordings!) OR
- ECO mode off and the disk is on 24/7

grumpycrab

saxonman wrote: »

I'm not a bt customer, it's that the price varies between the humax and bt.

Which one are you looking at?



or (NOT TO SCALE!)

Paully232000

grumpycrab wrote: »

Which one are you looking at?



or (NOT TO SCALE!)

I have the first one and lasted a year before I had to have BT come out and swap it for a new one.
Wasnt a hassle, although i did lose all the recordings from the first one.

rockchick113

grumpycrab wrote: »

Which one are you looking at?



or (NOT TO SCALE!)

It's the bottom one I've seen on Amazon at £149.99, the humax t2000 is £174.99 both are 500gb

grumpycrab

I'd get the bigger one (my reasons above). Wherever/if you get a T2000 get a 2 year warranty at
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/wregistrations.php

rockchick113

grumpycrab wrote: »

I'd get the bigger one (my reasons above). Wherever/if you get a T2000 get a 2 year warranty at
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/wregistrations.php

Cheers for the info.