I’ve had a few Humax Freeview PVR boxes, including the BT branded one, and all have had excellent picture quality and reasonable ergonomics, but they don’t seem to last forever. After the last one died I bought a Panasonic 500GB PVR which had such poor picture quality compared to the Humax that I took it straight back to the retailer and bought the BT branded YouView box. Lately, I also tried one of the latest Humax Freeview Play PVRs and its picture quality also trailed that of the older box (also the BT), but still way better than the Panasonic.