Humax Freesat box

[PaulSB]

I thought the current TVs had all the functions of a Humax PVR built in. I've seen people on TV complaining that their nearly-new smart TVs don't work any more because the the broadcasters have done a software upgrade (which has also happened to my Humax, it now won't get ITVX).

I don't know the full functionality of a Humax box as I've never had one. I can guess but won't comment on that.

Our TV was 11 years old and worked perfectly except none of the apps worked due to software updates. This happened over a number of years. I think Netflix was the last to stop. We were able to get all the functionality we wanted from our box - a very old BT one. When the box died overnight we had to make a choice.

A new box with the functionality we wanted was in the region of £300. A new TV with the same functionality, except recording, was +/-£700 including a full surround sound bar. It seemed more sensible to invest in a new TV as the old one could pack up at anytime.

Mrs P is a rather impatient person. I'm happy to watch catch-up with ads on ITVX. After three weeks she insisted we buy a recordable box so she could skip the ads.........I know how to pick my battles and simply purchased the lowest cost decent box I could find.

I was very happy to pass on our old TV, free, to someone who truly benefitted from it.

 

[DaveReading]

We had a problem a month or so ago (Humax Foxsat, about 12 years old).

The built-in signal quality/strength monitor showed zeroes. We'd swapped the TV a few years ago to one with a built-in satellite receiver, so we were able to plug in one of the downleads directly to it, bypassing the Foxsat, which confirmed that it was the dish (water in the LNB) and not the Humax.

If the OP has a TV with a sat input, might be worth trying that to troubleshoot exactly where the problem lies.