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This product as just got better over time

Advantages: Easy of Use - Super Picture Quality
Disadvantages: No 5.1 Surround Sound Yet

As one of the first HD+ Freeview boxes to the market, it certainly came with its share of problems, but as firmware releases have happened over the past 6 months this box has certainly become a worthwhile investment. Good Points: Super Picture Quality i ...

sjmoxon 03.03.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Philips HDT8520

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HD makes pictures as sharp as a blade & crisper than a pringles

Advantages: Greatly improves picture quality
Disadvantages: Expensive

After hearing so many people enthusing about high definition pictures on their TVs and, seeing for myself the difference between that and non-HD pictures, I eventually succumbed and began investigating the ways in which I could set up my HD-Ready TV to re ...

Gooseydyoo 23.10.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Humax HD-FOX T2

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Tired of paying Sky for hundreds of channels you never watch?

Advantages: Escape from the Murdoch corporation, one off payment, great picture, pretty and very useable.
Disadvantages: No Sky Sports.

Cards on the table - I objected to using the Sky service on political grounds as much as I detested the hundreds of channels that we were forced to take in order to watch the few channels that we actually wanted. I quickly realised tha tthe Sky Movies sel ...

awcarr 23.10.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Humax HD-FOX T2

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HD pictures without monthly subsrciptions

Advantages: Excellent picture quality, intuitive epg, easy setup
Disadvantages: None

I purchased this box initially for the Euro 2008 Matches which were shown on ITV HD as well as BBC HD. Upon opening the box, the first thing I noticed was how small the foxsat is. To give an idea I'd say it's 3/4 the size of a standard Sky digibox. ...

bermudaviper 27.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Humax Foxsat-HD

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High-quality reception? Humax. What , the Foxsat?

Advantages: Easy to use, easy to install, good performance
Disadvantages: Can we have some more Freeview channels on Freesat, please?

In the back of beyond, which is the technical term for the area in which I live, television reception is a thorny issue. Well, it doesn't actually scratch my hands, but it is problematic. I moved into Nolly Towers in November 2006, and immediately saw tha ...

Nolly 14.03.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Humax Foxsat-HD

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