HUMAX ‘2TUNE’ +H3 ESPRESSO

There’s no denying the rise of TV subscription services, led globally by Netflix. Their effects on our viewing habits have been far-ranging, and nowhere more than Australia. We love to binge! But we are not convinced by some who claim that TV-on-demand heralds the death of broadcast TV, or of the need to record broadcast TV. Rather we reckon that we’re in a golden time with more TV available than ever, and let’s enjoy it all.

To that end, the ideal would be a TV system that can achieve three things — watch and record broadcast TV, access the catch-up services for the broadcast channels, and stream those subscription services like Netflix. Well, in the Humax ‘2tune’ personal video recorder (also called the HDR-3000T), all those three things come together in one neat box.

But the changing shape of TV brings another issue.