pmb - 3 hours ago »
Having had this problem for many years I have followed this thread with great interest and weighed up all the observations and suggestions. I too have noted that the worst channels are ITV, Channel 4 and Film 4. As Joger says, not so much on BBC. I have pretty much reached the conclusion that it is something in the transmission from some broadcasters which the box cannot cope with and basically there is nothing which we, as consumers, can do other than buy another box which does not suffer from this. I would dearly love to know whether Humax have identified the cause, fixed it, and brought out a product which actually works properly. I read reviews of later models in the hope of finding one but every time I think I have identified one it seems someone reports this same fault. I may have to start looking at other makes.
Yes, I'm of much the same opinion - and quite disappointed that my search for a replacement seems to lead to another Humax - just on principle, you understand. I feel I should be compensated for years of frustration - or punish Humax by shopping elsewhere. 
Incidentally, I'm watching a BBC 4 documentary at the moment - and one of the things the infernal machine seems unable to deal with is still images - the documentary is about an artist, so there are many segments with no moving images - just commentary over paintings - and the box tends to just skip those parts. I just mention this because it's another channel - and another kind of broadcast it finds problematic - the others being dark images, or quiet scenes.
