well mine finally arrived from comet on tuesday. Many thanks, if i'd stayed with my original order with maplin no doubt i'd still be waiting.

K

East Anglia Argos Update

I reserved the one as East Dereham today, but didn't get a confirmation email, so also reserved the one at Fakenham. Just collected that one, so East Dereham should have one back on stock by Friday morning.

Also, just noticed one in stock at Stowmarket....

Thanks for the alerts i have now managed to get one which was delivered yesterday. Many Thanks

Just ordered one from the comet website. Have selected free delevery for a week on monday. Not sure if this means they have more or not.

If anybody in the Norwich / Gt Yarmouth area wants one I have one reserved at Argos. I reserved it for a friend who managed to get one elsewhere.

Mail me and I'll send you the reservation number - valid until close of business Thursday 29th

@Tone: How are people supposed to mail you if you do not provide your email address.
When you post a comment you need to enter your email and then UNCHECK the box that says "Hide my email".

Hi Chris

I'm sure I unchecked the box on the last post. I've definitely uncheked it this time. Anyway just in case...
humax "at" robina3 "dot" f9 "dot" co.uk

- hope that makes sense.

Thanks very much, I have now bought a Humax Foxstat at Argos in Hammersmith.

Having finally grabbed one of the trickle of units that are now popping up at Argos stores around the country, I have to asy I'm gobsmacked by this box. I was relaxed about getting one (whilst the panic is still on) because I already have an HD PVR (but needed Freesat for the simplifications that will keep other family members happy).

A couple of things that pleasantly surprised me after experience with 4 other PVRs :
1. The EPG and even menus are in great HD too.
2. It runs really cool even when recording HD.

But what a weird shopping experience ! The RRP of this box is clearly £292.64 (it was introduced with a fanfare as a £299 box, then the VAT came down). Why are Humax distributing them via sharks like "Turdosat" who are selling at nearly 10% over the RRP (and with a £10 carriage charge on top of that, I think)? Yet reputable retailers like John Lewis appear not to have had any since December.

Even the Argos experience was fairly weird. The Argos tills automatically provide a list of things for the operator to tell the customer. Among these was "there is no HDMI cable in the box, can we sell you one". I told her that I believed there is one in the box (and there is, it's not a long one, but neither is the one Argos are pushing). I just checked what Argos would have charged me for that cable - £24.49 ("less one third if bought with Foxsat-HDR") for a 0.9 metre HDMI cable. No thanks, even if there wasn't one in the box already !

Just got mine from John Lewis as ordered early Jan.