Have you heard the latest TV recorder news? The only Freeview Play 4K recorder on the market is the Humax AURA UHD Freeview Play 4K Recorder and it launched in November 2020.
It delivers much more than a standard recorder, once you have one you’ll wonder how you ever watched, recorded and paused TV without its help.
Heard it all before, can’t get excited? Think you’ll wait and see what the fuss is about. Why this new all singing, all dancing product is sought after. Read on, you might change your mind about waiting.
Below are the Humax AURA UHD Freeview Play 4K Recorder’s key attributes:
Powered by Android TV.
Easy to set up; aerial and internet required.
Voice control.
Google Assistant, Chromecast and the Google Play Store are built in.
Freeview delivers over 85 channels. 15 of these are HD. 95% of the country’s most watched programmes are on Freeview Play. Plus, radio stations and on demand services are available.
Benefit from a 7 day TV guide and via 555 on the remote control filters for audio description, subtitles, text to speech and sign language. (This Freeview 555 service launched in late October 2020.)
The ability to pause, record and rewind live TV.
Find excellent content without searching endlessly.
Set up recordings and reminders.
Quick access to the home page menu is offered via a remote control key.
Enjoy the flexibility to record 4 shows at the same time whilst watching a 5th.
There is storage capacity for 1000 hours of recorded content with the 2TB model and 500 hours memory with the 1TB recorder.
Watch streamed live and recorded content via the Humax Aura app and download programmes for watching on the go.
The Aura app streams shows to different devices.
UK viewers’ favourite apps in one convenient place.
A media server, plug and play USB.
3 tuners.
2 USB’s.
Comes with a 2 year warranty.
Admit it, you’re tempted aren’t you? There’s a twinkle in your eye.
What does another model of Freeview recorder offer?
Here’s a comparison with the Humax HDR-1800T 500GB Freeview HD Recorder:
Internet enabled via ethernet. (Wifi is not built in.)
Requires an aerial.
70+SD channels.
15 HD channels.
BBC iPlayer.
On screen TV guide.
Pause, record and rewind live TV.
300 hours of content storage capacity.
Record 2 shows at once.
Remote control.
USB playback.
2 Year warranty.
This sounds excellent but do you want unrivalled and outstanding?
What does powered by Android TV mean with the Humax AURA UHD Freeview Play 4K Recorder?
Smarter TV.
Google has developed its own smart TV platform: Android TV. It is similar to its major rivals Amazon Fire and Roku but it features Google tools which we are all familiar with so why not choose Google’s Android TV for a friendly user experience with their exceptional operating system.
Android is in mobile phones, tablets, cars and watches. TV was a logical next step for them.
Android TV uses the internet connection and your Google account. Download content, apps, games, streaming services, check your social media and view your media content with ease.
Chromecast, Google Assistant and direct access to the Google Play store are in built.
From the home page you navigate screens via menus, Google Assistant facilitates voice control and you can access more than 500000 shows and films plus recommendations via Assistant and the Google Play store has over 5000 apps to choose from.
Amazon Prime, Disney +, Youtube, HBO Max and Netflix are among the various services supported by Android TV.
Google has an official list of brands that they know provide the optimum version of Android TV; there are many imitations which don’t match the original and best source. Place your trust in a popular brand for confidence.
Reassess Your Viewing Choices
Most of your favourite programmes are available without cable or satellite contracts which carry fees. Freeview isn’t being creative with numbers when they say that 95% of the most watched shows are available on their platform. According to BARB (British Audience Research Board) in the week commencing 19th October 2020 all of the top 50 watched shows across all broadcasting TV channels in the country were on BBC1, BB2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5. So do you really need to pay a provider for entertainment? That’s for you to decide but when you have an outstanding product like the Humax AURA UHD Freeview Play 4K Recorder on the market, it makes you think about your options doesn’t it? .