Humax DTR-T1000 YouView Box

The Humax DTR-T1000 is the first YouView box on the market, and it’s pretty impressive.

Humax DTR-T1000 YouView Set-top box

Here’s what the T1000 has to offer:

• A 500GB hard drive (300 hours of standard definition or 125 hours of HD)
• Freeview HD (BBC, ITV and Channel 4)
• ScrollBack – Go back through 7 days of TV
• Catch-up TV from BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4oD
• Record, pause and rewind live TV
• Series Link
• Thousands of TV shows and movies on-demand, including pay-to-view films from Sky’s NOW TV
• Subscription-free!

The box needs an Internet connection for access to the YouView service. The T1000 doesn’t support wi-fi, so you will need to connect it to your Broadband router using an Ethernet cable. (More: How to connect Youview to the Internet)

Humax DTR-T1000 Review and User Comments:

Humax is generally a well-respected name in the Freeview and Freesat box market, and the build quality and functionality of this YouView box is on a par with other offerings from YouView. It seems pretty well made and responsive, and does a good job.

We’ve been tracking online user comments about the box to get a feel for what’s being said about this box, and here are some of the observations we’ve made:

• Backwards srolling as a way to access catch-up TV is a hit. Why haven’t we seen this before?
• Lack of wi-fi. To be fair, most Freeview PVRs lack wi-fi, but for many it’s a pain getting an Internet connection without using wi-fi
• Good picture quality and smooth playback of the on-demand video content
• Lack of support for 5.1 Surround Sound has been highlighted as a surprising omission (although this might be fixed in a software update)
• The price of £299!

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Humax DTR-T1000 Specifications:

Here’s a photo of the back of the T1000, showing the rear connectors

Humax DTR-T1000 YouView Box – Rear View

YouView DTR-1000 Connectors:

• HDMI out
• SCART out
• Co-ax Aerial In
• Co-ax Aerial Out (loopthrough)
• SPDIF Digital Audio Output
• RJ45 Ethernet socket
• Component video (RCA phono socket)
• Stereo audio (2 x RCA phono sockets)
• 2 x USB sockets (purpose unknown!)

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