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If I was in the same position again, that is looking to purchase a freeview STB. Then I definitely would save my money & purchase something else.
The main issue for me is the picture breaking up, especially when I have set a recording.
For now my main goto dvr is the Humax YouView box that I paid a tenner for on Marketplace & it never let's me down.You may have posted elsewhere about pixilation problems, but what are they and when do they occur? Have you checked signal strength and quality? What are they in percentage terms on one of the HD channels?
A lot of the channels that I watch are not broadcast in HD on freeview, eg Yesterday.
Just checked on Yesterday & the signal is 98% & quality 100%,using the Winterhill transmitter.
We have 5 freeview tvs & a youview box & never experienced any break up issues with these.
I have also tried an attenuator on the Humax as suggested & this made no difference
I believe what another user suggested in another thread that the issue is with the tuners in the Humax Aura.I had an issue where it would break up on SD channels. But if I rebooted into an SD channel it was fine until I changed channel and either back to the SD channel or a different SD channel there would be break up. I replaced the unit. Can you check a reboot onto an SD channel but without changing channel and see what the picture quality is like.
Is it fare to say you found an interesting but short term fix for a defective unit by rebooting onto an SD channel? But the ultimate solution was replacing the Aura?
What I have heard from Humax is that they think 98% signal is too high, causing picture freezes or picture break up. I don’t think people are getting that point. Humax say the tuners in the Aura are especially sensitive. (Why they made them more sensitive than previous tried and tested models I don’t know). If the signal strength is fluctuating that could be a sign of a defective unit. Other random dropouts (screen goes black or flashes off and on) can be HDMI issues. I have experienced them all. But all solvable or replaceable.