HUMAX F2-FOX T (T3 - Christmas, 2003)
>£100 A CLASSY NEW PRETENDER TO THE FREEVIEW THRONE
>Humax 020 8547 4240 >www.humaxdigital.com

What do you mean you don't have QVC - how will you buy foldaway rowing machines? It's time you got yourself a Freeview box. Once plugged in, this one tunes itself into all the channels automatically. We like the slick, responsive electronic programme guide, although it doesn't offer you the option of previewing channels before you select them. Style-wise, the device is solid and functional - HUMAX's engineers don't even have a word for 'curves'. The remote is more ergonomic, and as well as a couple of Scart sockets, you get an optical output. The Humax is a well-engineered package that genuinely feels like it would last a lifetime - which is more than can be said for those rowing machines. Tom Bailey

Neat, dependable and reliable, the F2-FOX T is the Volkswagen of Freeview boxes. That digital optical output is a bonus too.

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