Humax T2000 as a sky replacement

BWFCAaron

Thanks both for further comments.

I'm cancelling a joint Sky TV/Broadband at £49 a month after expiry of deal, switching to £18 a month NowTV Broadband+Entertainment pack. Given the £31 saving, the set-top box would pay for itself in 5 months if bought from BT not as a customer, so think that seems the most sensible route.

neilmcl

BWFCAaron wrote: »

Thanks both for further comments.

I'm cancelling a joint Sky TV/Broadband at £49 a month after expiry of deal, switching to £18 a month NowTV Broadband+Entertainment pack. Given the £31 saving, the set-top box would pay for itself in 5 months if bought from BT not as a customer, so think that seems the most sensible route.

Fair enough, although the MSE option would be to buy a BT box from ebay

brewerdave

BWFCAaron wrote: »

Hi - firstly, what a brilliant forum, it's really helped find a solution for binning off sky.

Looking around it seems the Humax T2000 is an almost like-for-like replacement for the skybox - I wanted something which has a similar planner and recording function, access to apps like sky store (where we've already purchased kids movies which are repeatedly viewed) and things like Netflix, iPlayer etc

You will lose access to everything recorded on the Sky box EVEN IF you have paid for it.

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brewerdave wrote: »

You will lose access to everything recorded on the Sky box EVEN IF you have paid for it.

No you don't, they change the Sky account to a Sky Store only account so paid for movies (buy and keep) can still be viewed.

brewerdave

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

No you don't, they change the Sky account to a Sky Store only account so paid for movies (buy and keep) can still be viewed.

Even if they are on the HDD in the Sky box??

Carrot007

brewerdave wrote: »

Even if they are on the HDD in the Sky box??

You will not be able to watch them on the sky box. Just the streaming app.

BWFCAaron

Thanks all, really helpful information. Planning on sorting the Humax box tomorrow.

Just one query left though - would I be able to plug in an external drive to view content via the box? I can't seem to find a straightforward answer anywhere.

Thanks

[Deleted User]

BWFCAaron wrote: »

Thanks all, really helpful information. Planning on sorting the Humax box tomorrow.

Just one query left though - would I be able to plug in an external drive to view content via the box? I can't seem to find a straightforward answer anywhere.

Thanks

Are you talking about the Humax T2000? You do remember that it's a Freeview/Youview box so needs an aerial (not the satellite dish)?

Any Humax box that has the letter 'T' either end of the model number is a terrestrial box (Freeview/Youview), if it has the letter 'S' either end of the model number then it requires a satellite dish (Freesat).

neilmcl

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

Are you talking about the Humax T2000? You do remember that it's a Freeview/Youview box so needs an aerial (not the satellite dish)?

Any Humax box that has the letter 'T' either end of the model number is a terrestrial box (Freeview/Youview), if it has the letter 'S' either end of the model number then it requires a satellite dish (Freesat).

The OP is well aware of this, read his initial post

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neilmcl wrote: »

The OP is well aware of this, read his initial post

Post #3 (his 2nd one) stated that they have never tried the aerial, they need to check it first.