Humax Best Tuner?

msampson

hi folks,

can someone tell me where i can find some info taht gives or comapres the tuner straenth in humax pvr boxes as i do live in a medium/weak signal area and my current thompson 6300 does not give me dave, virgin 1 all the sky channels, and a few other such as film 4?

does any one also know the strongest singal tuner in a freeview pvr and is it another brand other than humax?

also ike to have the cam for setanta if possible.

thanks for any help.

Poppycat

I know the tuners in Humax are very good and sensitive, but I dont know the differences if any between the Humax models. It does tell you when you have one the signal strength

Just a thought but have you thought about getting Freesat (BBC/ITV) the box is around £100+ plus installation of dish you can use Sky dish. PVR are due later this year including Humax

penrhyn

Your problem is unlikely to be with your Freeview box, you should be looking at your aerial in the first instance, is it external and appropriate for your region?

msampson

penrhyn wrote: »

Your problem is unlikely to be with your Freeview box, you should be looking at your aerial in the first instance, is it external and appropriate for your region?

hi folks,

thanks for your replys which i do apreciate.

i live is a small block with a comunal arieal which we all share, it is outside on the roof and my arial signal checker says it i black hill transmitter i am viewing. also it is a council flat so i dont think i will be able to do anything about the arial.

i do have an astratec topd freeview box which does give me most of the missing channels which i am looking for but the signal strentgh on the channels is about 20%.

thanks

isofa

I agree with penrhyn, although different boxes have different quality tuners, some are able to make more of a poor signal than others, 99% of your problem will be down to the signal received by your aerial.

Humax are excellent BTW.

Added to say, what about Freesat, could this be set-up just for you in the communal block? If it's a small block, you could have a feed of approximately 8 from the dish, one to each flat, but you'd need to check with satellite people. One off fee, no subscription, perfect signal.

msampson

isofa wrote: »

I agree with penrhyn, although different boxes have different quality tuners, some are able to make more of a poor signal than others, 99% of your problem will be down to the signal received by your aerial.

Humax are excellent BTW.

Added to say, what about Freesat, could this be set-up just for you in the communal block? If it's a small block, you could have a feed of approximately 8 from the dish, one to each flat, but you'd need to check with satellite people. One off fee, no subscription, perfect signal.

hi isofa,

thanks agian for your help, ido have sky+ at the minute and my contract ended a few months ago.

yes i did think off freesat and i have beedna keen reader f digital spy forum and i know all about that but the pvr version wont be out for a few months yet about feb so i thoought id check out my option with saving some cash and going bak to freeviw!

cheers,

buglawton

When I swapped an old Sangean Freeview box for a Humax PVR, Freeview reception was transformed from dodgy to perfect.

msampson

buglawton wrote: »

When I swapped an old Sangean Freeview box for a Humax PVR, Freeview reception was transformed from dodgy to perfect.

that is great thanks buglawton which model numbe rdid you buy?

Poppycat

As I mentioned above.

" Just a thought but have you thought about getting Freesat (BBC/ITV) the box is around £100+ plus installation of dish you can use Sky dish. PVR are due later this year including Humax "

isofa wrote: »

Added to say, what about Freesat, could this be set-up just for you in the communal block? If it's a small block, you could have a feed of approximately 8 from the dish, one to each flat, but you'd need to check with satellite people. One off fee, no subscription, perfect signal.

msampson

Poppycat wrote: »

As I mentioned above.

" Just a thought but have you thought about getting Freesat (BBC/ITV) the box is around £100+ plus installation of dish you can use Sky dish. PVR are due later this year including Humax "

thanks for your help popycat looks like it may be a few month yet to wait for the launch of the pvr on freesat.

buglawton

I got the 'Grade A' factory stock whatever that means, as recommended on another thread in MSE some time ago:
http://humaxdirect.co.uk/product.asp?ProdRef=20034&cat=Factory
£129 + P&P - makes sense not to spend a fortune what with other things like HD Freeview around the corner. Even if I only use it for 1 year before upgrading, it will have been worth it.

msampson wrote: »

that is great thanks buglawton which model numbe rdid you buy?