What are you currently watching?

Star Maidens on Rewind tv.  A classic, so bad, it's good.

Strictly, Bettany Hughes, Treasures of the Ancient World, Trigger Point, Game of Wool, Newsnight, Only Connect and University Challenge are some of the programes I've watched over the last week.

Unlike most of you I don't stream anything

I have no choice but to stream now as I haven’t bothered renewing my licence lol  

I stream on my tablet thru WiFi.

I've downloaded six different streaming apps .  The easiest is BBC iPlayer because it has no commercials.

Quite a lot of TVs offer recording as an option now ( it is called PVR ) so that would in theory replace the need for the Humax box, but has the complication of being a bit more costly.

Which did quite a good article covering the current range or recording options which you may find helpful, or if it makes your eyes glaze over then you can get someone you trust to help look over and recommend a replacement when the time comes.

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/televisions/article/the-best-way-to-record-tv-a17Tl8c8H74l

You can use a Smart TV which has the Freeview app installed (most have this built in) and either an external box like Humax or with inbuilt PVR.

Get someone you trust to show you how to use it when it is installed and it should make sense after some practice. Your tech skills are actually not that bad as you can operate the existing on and post on here.

Our internet connection is being particularly bad today.

I did look at smart tv's and was totally confused by them, the one thing I did find out was that I'd still need my humax box to be able to record or pause live tv. I don't think I watch enough tv to make it worth having a subscription to somethng like netflicks. I have looked at whats on all these subscription channels and I can see maybe one or two programs a week that I might watch.

I think my humax box is getting on a bit now and has to think about things for wuite a long time before doing them, it got really bad at turning itself off when you go to change channel or to the tv guide page.

TheCatWoman said:

I've no idea how to stream

Most people have smart TVs with streaming TV links build into them so all you need to do is pay a subscription, enter the username and password into the screen on the TV and you can scroll through their interface menus to watch the shows - kind of like Freeview.

You can also go the streaming companies website (eg netflix.com) sign in with the account you got with your subscription and you get much the same menu but through a web page and it all plays in your web browser.

This option means you can use a computer to connect to an older non-Smart TV and get the same results, or you can take it with you when you travel (good on train journeys or boring holidays).

If you can use your Humax box then you will be able to manage the interface I'm sure.

It needs a decent internet connection which I think you said you don't have, so your experience would be poor anyway

I've no idea how to stream

I've no idea how to stream

I stream on my tablet thru WiFi.

I've downloaded six different streaming apps .  The easiest is BBC iPlayer because it has no commercials.

Quite a lot of TVs offer recording as an option now ( it is called PVR ) so that would in theory replace the need for the Humax box, but has the complication of being a bit more costly.

Which did quite a good article covering the current range or recording options which you may find helpful, or if it makes your eyes glaze over then you can get someone you trust to help look over and recommend a replacement when the time comes.

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/televisions/article/the-best-way-to-record-tv-a17Tl8c8H74l

You can use a Smart TV which has the Freeview app installed (most have this built in) and either an external box like Humax or with inbuilt PVR.

Get someone you trust to show you how to use it when it is installed and it should make sense after some practice. Your tech skills are actually not that bad as you can operate the existing on and post on here.

Our internet connection is being particularly bad today.

I did look at smart tv's and was totally confused by them, the one thing I did find out was that I'd still need my humax box to be able to record or pause live tv. I don't think I watch enough tv to make it worth having a subscription to somethng like netflicks. I have looked at whats on all these subscription channels and I can see maybe one or two programs a week that I might watch.

I think my humax box is getting on a bit now and has to think about things for wuite a long time before doing them, it got really bad at turning itself off when you go to change channel or to the tv guide page.

TheCatWoman said:

I've no idea how to stream

Most people have smart TVs with streaming TV links build into them so all you need to do is pay a subscription, enter the username and password into the screen on the TV and you can scroll through their interface menus to watch the shows - kind of like Freeview.

You can also go the streaming companies website (eg netflix.com) sign in with the account you got with your subscription and you get much the same menu but through a web page and it all plays in your web browser.

This option means you can use a computer to connect to an older non-Smart TV and get the same results, or you can take it with you when you travel (good on train journeys or boring holidays).

If you can use your Humax box then you will be able to manage the interface I'm sure.

It needs a decent internet connection which I think you said you don't have, so your experience would be poor anyway