Finally. YouView – the service that brings together on-demand shows from the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, as well as regular Freeview – will launch later this month, two years later than expected.
The bad news? The set-top box will set you back a wallet-denting £300. That’s way too high in our opinion, read on to find out why.
This week at Electricpig towers kicks of with a London tube strike, and sub zero temperatures across the UK. Some of you might even be headed to work in the snow. To alleviate the chill, read on to hear about what we’ll be talking about this week. We’ll also be continuing with our campaign Say No to Wi-Fi NotSpots, so if you haven’t joined the Facebook page, do it now!
A software upgrade is on its way for the Humax HD-FOX T2 set top box for Freeview HD, which will allow you to record live TV to a USB drive, turning your Humax Freeview HD box into a makeshift PVR. The Humax HD-FOX T2 update is due in early October, and also brings live pause and rewind, split recordings and schedule tracking so that you start your recordings on time.
The Humax HDR-FOX T2 has been a long time in the making: launched all the way back in December of last year, it was poised to be the first Freeview HD recording set top box to go on sale. It was pipped to the post in the end, but it’s now on sale – if you’ve been holding off on getting a Freeview HD tuner, check out our full Humax HDR-FOX T2 review to see if it’s been worth the wait.
The Humax HDR-FOX T2 is an ace Freeview HD + box, but it doesn’t just pipe through high def free to air channels and stash them on a hard drive. The Ethernet socket on the back will help you get the Humax HDR-FOX T2 onto your home network to pipe through music, photos and video stored on your computer. But with so many other set top boxes and tellies capable of the same, is it a selling point? Find out in this part of our Humax HDR-FOX T2 review.
Project Canvas, the on demand TV standard backed by the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Five, BT and Talk Talk amongst others, won’t be challenged by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). The common approach to on demand telly will mean services like 4OD, ITV Player and BBC iPlayer as well as web apps will be piped right into your living room…
The Humax HDR-FOX T2 Freeview HD recorder’s been on our radar since it was first announced way back in December of last year, but now the set top box peddler has finally seen fit to fully spec it out, with a price and launch date to boot.
