It is much better if I watch a recording while not recording anything else, and SD recordings also seem less afflicted. And the T2-R nicely whets the appetite for the company's incoming T3-R, which adds streaming bells and whistles.

In areas with bad reception, some channels might not look good, or worse – they might not even get found. Over the years, I've had a few PVRs, from the early Humax models, to the DigitalStream, Huawei YouView and a (rather grotty) Goodmans HD unit. I tend to watch race one of the BTTC, then watch F1 live (if it is being shown on Ch4HD live) and then flip back to the BTTC to watch races two and three. Explore featured on demand programmes from across all of the apps, categorised into Comedy, Movies, Sport and more. After that there is no need for routine network connection, as this box does not support streaming players like Netflix.The Go To prompt can now be shown at any time when playing back a recording by pressing the yellow button. The range goes from all the BBC channels (including HD), ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, The Food Network, CBS Action, QVC and many others.

Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more. When retune events were signalled by the broadcasters you could be prompted to retune more frequently than necessary.Yes, just like every other PVR on sale although the Humax 5000T lets you record more than two programmes at once as I understand it from posts on here. As someone who, by this point, is used to mostly watching content-on-demand via Netflix and the like, going back to flipping channels and checking TV schedules was weird – but the T2-R makes it all feel very snappy. Followed the internet instructions and downloaded the updates as stated, plugged in - machine said there was no USB connected, took it out, machine said USB disconnected - what?

It has the capability to record two channels whilst watching a previous recording, it buffers up to two hours of live TV with this buffer being able to be saved to the hard drive as a recording. Connecting all our boxes to the internet is also the easiest way for them to receive software updates, ensuring you’re always receiving our latest and greatest service. If you can connect the device directly to your router with an Ethernet cable (you can use a powerline adapter if your router is on a different floor), it’ll download the updates from the internet. The menu system is very swish looking but klunky in operation - press button A, then button B, then C.The remote is laid out clearly with reasonably sized buttons that have a reassuring feel to them when pressed. Turning the machine on (blue light) instantly brought back the picture, I then decided the machine probably must have to be left on. After a few days the TV picture started to break up into pixels, also with sound interference, the TV has never done that before, and then I realised it co-incided with the machine recording (in the background, red light). Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ.