I've had my humax 1000s 1TB for about 6 weeks
I've had sky about 10 years and had most of the problems that people are saying is wrong with the humax
Failed recordings, cutting the end off program's, hard drive failing, crashing, failing to stop recording which then wipes everything off the box.
Got my humax and unplugged the sky box and plugged the humax in
2 mins later up and running
It's worked perfectly for the last 6 weeks
Recorded every thing correctly
Plugged it into my stereo with the optical cable all works fine
Connected it with Ethernet cable to my network and connected to my server perfectly and plays mkv stuff (renamed to .ts) no problems
Copied my tv program's stuff (all mkv and xvid) on to a mini self powered USB hard drive, all play with no problems. ( most of my program's are not in DTS which is a problem )
I only get 2 meg broadband but I can watch bbc iplayer in hd as if you pause it, it will buffer the whole program if you leave it long enough.
I thought I would share my experience as most people will only post with problems which looks a bit unfair if somebody is thinking about getting one.
Maybe the 1Tb version which came out after the 500gig version was better.
Ps yes a don't like the clicky remote but probably because of using a sky remote for ten years
and the aspect ratio would be good to sort out on USB playback but then that was not available on the skybox
