damian - 3 hours ago »
I'd never have thought about spdif, although you're not supposed to look into a fibre-optic cable though
That could explain the trouble I'm having with my eyes!!!
Seriously, I would have thought the danger would be close up. But I suppose given the nature of the light it might be a problem from 2m away? Might have to look into some form of diffuser.
I know we are supposed to be in the era of saving money and most gadgets these days are classed as short lived consumables, which by the way I consider to be a huge waste of the earths resources.
However, I still fail to see why Humax could not come up with something very similar to my 1000s Freesat box.
That still has a display (of sorts) though you do need good eyes to spot that it is recording. Nevertheless it does still have a recording indicator.
Whether it is about saving money or satisfying content providers I do think generally the function of PVRs is not one of advancement.
It's a shame they didn't have a third LED colour for standby. On the HDR-FOX, standby is orange. Humax could fix this in the software though: they could make the display purple when recording by switching on both LEDs at the same time.
Purple is used when updating software.
Flashing to indicate downloading/programming, steady when complete.
Barry - 3 hours ago »
Purple is used when updating software.
Flashing to indicate downloading/programming, steady when complete.
Well given updates are as rare as hens teeth I would much prefer it if Humax used the purple both for record and updates.
This would be a huge improvement on dull red means off or slightly brighter dull red means recording. 
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