Blog of Ian Parr

I have been playing with the Beta version of BBC iPlayer now available on the free to air Freesat service and am very impressed.
Currently only available by entering a passcode (5483) after accessing BBCi through the red button available on BBC channels. The BBC may change this to limit the number of people on the [...]

I’m still very happy with the Humax unit. Now, the initial excitement is over and the day-to-day niggles kick in.
I have now received two software updates from Humax in less than a week, probably a sign that the unit has been rushed a little to meet launch dates. Most of my concerns remain related to [...]

Wow !
I was up and running with the new set top box from Humax in five minutes.
Picked mine up after using the ‘ring and reserve service’ from Croydon (Purley Way) Comet this evening. They had five in stock as of today – everywhere else I looked was out of stock.
Impressive looking box and very [...]