Humax Freeview HD receiver now on sale

The Humax HD-FOX T2 Freeview HD receiver with DVB-T2 and MPEG4, is on sale from today priced £180. The receiver is a zapper box with Freeview SD and HD reception, multimedia playback of DivX, XviD MP3 and JPEG files from external devices connected via USB and DNLA media streaming ability from PCs.

Currently only BBC HD and ITV1 HD are available to viewers in London and Manchester, Channel 4 HD is expected to join soon.
Humax has announced plans to issue a software update enabling the receiver to work as a single tuner PVR in conjunction with external drives although no release date has been set. A twin tuner Humax Freeview HD PVR with internal 500Gb hard disk is expected to follow later this year.