i have a Humax DTRT1000 retale box my last update was 26-40-0/3-0-47 when will i get the Next Genera
johnnyshank
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The rollout seems to be TalkTalk first - perhaps somewhat premature, people who didn't want to be unwitting beta testers are finding - then BT, and finally retail users.
If you would like it sooner, I daresay you could source a TalkTalk box off eBay for a few quid, and then the update will reach you on the TalkTalk schedule, no matter who your ISP is.
But you are wise to wait.
''Thank you Roy, but based on comments regarding the update, if I could I'll pass.''
You've got nothing to worry about, johnny. Next Gen was specifically designed with T1000s in mind and the majority of trialists have reported a significant boost in speed and performance.
Its TalkTalks users that have been very vocal about this. But reports and comments on here that 'All 150,000 customers are unhappy' and not only over exaggerated but completely untrue
" Next Gen was specifically designed with T1000s in mind "
which rather makes it sound as though all the later boxes were not considered; they were of course.
To be more exact, it was a design consideration for NextGen that it should run well on all YouView boxes, and the T1000 not be left behind by this release.
"and the majority of trialists have reported a significant boost in speed and performance."
where indeed, I don't think anyone has reported it as slower?
"Its TalkTalk's users that have been very vocal about this. "
Naturally. They are the ones who are having it foisted on them willy-nilly, rather than being beta testers who knew what they were getting into; and those of them who, if asked, might have said they would prefer to stick with the old functionality until the new functionality was more complete, have expressed their opinion about this.
"But reports and comments on here that 'All 150,000 customers are unhappy' are not only over exaggerated but completely untrue "
And you must indeed tell us where you read this, Visionman; all I have seen is a report that 150,000 TalkTalk customers are 'enjoying' the new release.
I suppose it is possible that this is the result of at least a representative sample of TalkTalk customers polled on this issue (taken from what must have been more than 150,000 TalkTalk customers currently on NextGen, judging from the feedback about it on the TalkTalk forum, and here).
But I rather think it is a lazy, and misleading, take on the number of TalkTalk customers it was rolled out to at that point :-)
Nice work Roy. Really, really nice...
But I hope I have always played the ball, never the man :-(
However, I don't see it fixing any problems a T1000 might have that cause incorrect running, rather than just slow running, and we do know that aging capacitors are an issue with them :-(
We also know that these boxes seem to undergo a step change in reliability after an update, the theory being that the fact of the update particularly stresses them, rather than anything in the content.
But all is not lost - if a soft reset (touch the centre ring for just over 8 seconds until the box reboots) is not effective, then try a Maintenance Mode reset - I like Option 4, the most drastic reset that still keeps your recordings.
https://support.youview.com/youview-b...
If that does not fix it, then it's either a corrupt hard disc, perhaps fixable with a Factory Reset though this does lose your recordings in the process of reinitialising the drive, or it's the hardware...
It says connected to the internet but can not access the apps can not access programs from last week ,when i click on programs i only get radio , all or hd and it has become so sloooooooooooooow were before it was ok
Sorry to hijack this thread johnyshank
Do not attempt this unless you know what you're doing! Lead-free solder is used, so you'll need a very hot soldering iron!
Since these caps have been changed, I have enjoyed trouble-free use of my 4 year old T1000.
Chris. Lincoln, UK.
Chris.
It's a pity that Humax didn't buy their capacitors from SatCure. The early failure of T1000 series boxes has done YouView no favours.
I wonder how much they save by installing poor quality caps in the boxes? Not much per box, but probably significant when you consider the number of boxes that they produce.
Do you know whether they install Samyung caps in the T2000 boxes?
"Do you know whether they install Samyung caps in the T2000 boxes?"
I don't know. I'm guessing not, because the failure rate of T2000s is almost nil, by comparison to T1000s.
I'll let you into a secret, I also didn't know what ESR was, until I read that article :-)
Chris.
"Presumably the external PSU has capacitors inside?"
It should have, because it would do the same job as the internal one, fitted to the T1000s. It needs to turn AC mains @ 230V into DC @ 12V to supply the T2000s.
The PSU in my T1000 doesn't get hot, so I don't believe there is a problem with a properly running PSU in a T1000. The caps I changed on my T1000 were all from the main mother board, none were from the PSU.
Chris.
With the heat from the PSU being outside the main board caps shouldn't get as hot, so they should last longer. Also, let's hope that they aren't Samyungs!
Hopefully you can Unfollow even your own thread, when it stops being 'yours', as some threads tend to do.
The Community Managers on the forum for GetSatisfaction are more assiduous at forking threads when drift starts, but the results tend to look pretty forking horrible :-(