Information Line (Freephone)
Telephone 0808 808 0123
Textphone 0808 808 9000
informationline@rnid.org.uk
Telephone 0808 808 0123
Textphone 0808 808 9000
informationline@rnid.org.uk
RNID: For deaf and hard of hearing people.
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| PRODUCT DETAIL | Product Name and Image |  Humax F2-FOX T |
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| Price inc. VAT | £75 | £70 | £100 | £180 | £160 | £400 | |
| Features | Type | Set-top box | Set-top box | Set-top box | Personal video recorder | Personal video recorder | DVD recorder |
| Displays subtitles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Subtitle button on remote control | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Format of recorded subtitles | n/a | n/a | n/a | Closed | Closed | Open | |
| TV recording time | n/a | n/a | n/a | 20-40 hours | 40 hours | Up to 6 hours | |
| EPG | 8 day | 5 day | 8 day | 14 day | 8 day | 8 day | |
| No. of digital tuners | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Time shift recording | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Connections | SCART sockets | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Analogue audio output | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Digital audio output | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Performance | Quality of recording | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |
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| Recording TV | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
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| Verdict | Verdict | Recommended. Good performance and very easy to use | Good value, but not easy to use | Good performance, but expensive for a set top box | Two digital tuners. Performed well but not easy to use | Recommended. Very easy to use, good performance | Expensive, performed well but poor ease of use |