Humax Aura
It’s a Freeview recorder and 4K Android app platform rolled into one; so is this settop box set to top Humax’s previous box?
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Set-top box | £249 | whf.cm/Aura
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Even without an Oxbridge education, the Humax Aura PVR has managed to achieve a double first. It’s the first Freeview set-top box from Humax to use the Android TV operating system and also the first to be 4K HDR-enabled.
The Humax Aura can be a number of things, but its most obvious use is as a Freeview Play recorder, with enough internal storage options to capture hours of live Full HD and SD TV. The Android TV platform means you can use it as a Chromecast with benefits –a way of adding more than 5000 apps and streaming services to a TV or projector. With its USB sockets, hi-res audio and 3D home cinema codec support, there’s also an option to use it for local film file playback too – quite the box of tricks.