Humax HDR-1100S 1TB Freesat with Freetime HD TV Recorder - Black

The humax HDR-1100S satellite recorder is very good and the latest box. I chose the 1TB HDD in piano black.The product is built of good quality. The box was easy to set up and easily connected wirelessly to my home router. The viewing guide is easy on the eye in a green and black display.The RC is a nice shape with ff and rewind at the top. The main menu is on a button in the centre. Volume, Page up and down is easy. The RC is universal and can be set to most tv's saving the need to keep swapping remotes.The picture quality is excellent in both sd and hd. The picture quality can be set to 1080p or 1080i.There is a handy function called, Showcase which shows recommended programmes from previous days to watch or soon to be shown so you can easily set to record or watch an episode or a series. This has a function called free time where it is possible to scroll forward and set up recordings or back to view programmes.There are free and paid apps in, On demand which have bbc iplayer, itv hub, channel 4 and channel 5 which have varied programmes most people will be familiar with. There is netflix, you tube and curzon which were handy too.I was also impressed your smartphone can link to the box and an app can be downloaded so recordings can be set away from home or view the tv guide can be done.I chose the 1tb size had which is plenty of storage place.Negatives for me is the box has a blue light which comes on when powered on which turns to red when recording or the box is in standby mode. I had a recording set as I was turning on the box but as the display still showed red I assumed I could not get my box to turn on. I think it would have been good a three colour light was fitted to avoid this problem in future.There are plenty of satellite channels to view and record and will save me money in the long run as I no longer have a sky subscription.My only wish was Amazon prime was also an app on On demand. Then all my film and tv viewing options would be complete.Overall an impressive piece of kit it has far more viewing options I have not covered.

First off, I recommend this Freesat HDR-1100s 1TB to anyone wishing to break free from the shackles of monthly subscription TV from Sky or anyone with a satellite dish who wants more channels than standard free to view channels through a terrestrial aerial.Having been a subscriber to both Virgin media and most recently Sky TV and getting fed up with the constant price hikes without substantially justified reasons, we decided to take a review of what channels we actually watched on a regular basis and where we could access those channels without a huge monthly cost.As we don't live near a decent terrestrial transmitter that broadcasts a plethora of free to view channels (our local outputs 10 channels !) and already having a satellite installed thanks to our Sky subscription, we decided to utilise what we had.Firstly, we bought an Octo LNB for the satellite dish to replace the Sky Q LNB as the Sky Q LNB will not work with Freesat so if your thinking of doing the same and have Sky Q, you will need to do the same. Thankfully it's a simple job to remove and replace the LNB.Secondly, we bought this Freesat HDR-1100s. It really is as simple as unplug the cables from the sky box and plug them into the Freesat box and off you go. Bear in mind that this has twin tuners to allow you to record multiple channels therefor two cables are required from the satellite LNB to the Freesat box. As we bought an Octo LNB (8 ports), we can have up to 4 recordable Freesat boxes, or upto 8 non recordable boxes.The Freesat system takes a little getting used to but it's pretty simple in its interface. We receive around 200 channels and a few HD channels. It's nowhere near as good as Sky Q but then again your not paying a monthly fee so it is what it is and that's the trade off.Picture quality is as good as can be expected for SD channels. We have a 65" screen in the living room and SD content is never going to be great on that size of screen but it's watchable. The few HD channels available are as good as Sky and Virgin Media also. Sound Quality is also very good. There is also a selection of Catch up and On Demand apps which work well with the system of being able to go back a week and watch what you've missed without having recorded the programme. All in all, it's a very good system.Between Freesat, Amazon Prime videos and Netflix, we are spoilt for choice and there is masses of HD and 4K UHD content available of Amazon and Netflix that we are quite happy now and saving around £1000 per year on TV subscription packages. What's not to like about that ?