Our world and the home environment are becoming more intelligent with smart technology applications, Google Home and Google Mini, Amazon Alexa and Echo. You’re probably aware of Android operating in your phone and tablet and Google’s Android is equally impressive in TV’s. They have partnered with market leaders in the TV world including Sony, Philips and Humax to deliver Android powered TV’s that learn about you and your family’s viewing likes and dislikes and they make personalised entertainment suggestions.
You need smart Android TV if…
You want a TV that knows what you want to watch or do intuitively.
You wish that you could stream content with ease.
It would be great to download and play games on the TV, purchasing from a trusted source.
The phone rings, you would love to pause the TV.
You don’t want to be tied to the TV channels’ scheduling.
Remember that holiday in summer 2019 and the staycation of 2020? Relive the memories on your TV.
Why do they show all your favourite programmes at the same time? You need multiple recording options.
You’ll love the Humax AURA UHD Freeview Play 4K Recorder powered by Android TV.
This autumn Humax Direct has launched a one of a kind product which once used, you’ll never want to part with it. The Humax AURA UHD Freeview Play 4K Recorder is the only product with Freeview Play pre-installed.
It is powered by Android TV.
Easy to install and set up.
Requires an aerial, a Google account and an internet connection.
Unrivalled user experience; excellent page and menu layouts, search options and navigation. Voice control operation.
Enjoy the ability to pause, record and rewind live TV.
Freeview Play offers access to over 85 channels. 15 of these are HD.
There’s a 7 Day on screen TV guide.
Freeview has a new accessible TV guide with filters for text to speech, audio description, sign language and subtitles on channel 555.
Google Assistant and Chromecast are built in. Google Assistant offers access to over 500000 shows.
Record 4 shows at the same time whilst watching a 5th.
Impressive storage for 1000 hours of recorded content with the 2 Terabyte model and 500 hours with the 1 terabyte model.
Set up recordings and reminders simply.
The Aura app streams shows to different devices.
Watch streamed live and recorded content via the Humax Aura app.
Download content to the app to watch offline, on the go.
Media server, plug and play USB.
2 USB’s.
3 tuners.
A 2 year warranty.
Why you should select an Android TV
Android TV’s have been available since 2015 and as Android was designed by household name Google and we use their services and work with their Android operating system daily this means that you enjoy confidence that the familiar technology will live up to expectations.Their competitors and imitators simply can’t offer you the real and optimised version of Android.
The TV’s use a Google account, an internet connection and an aerial to deliver exceptional entertainment via various platforms. From the home page you simply navigate screens via menus and use voice control to instruct the unit. There’s nothing complicated about using your TV, the best technology has been configured to make the user experience a delight. Search for new content and relive old favorites. Your apps are easy to view too, they appear in a ribbon section on screen.
Which UK streaming service is rated the best?
Ofcom statistics show that 13.3 million homes in the UK use at least one streaming service.
A quick browse through Techradar, Good Housekeeping, expertreviews.co uk and Which? articles and reviews online soon reveals that Netflix is considered to be the first choice for UK streaming services. They announced on 25th November that they plan to spend $1 billion on UK TV this coming year and have signed a 10 year deal to operate from Shepperton Studios. Not to be outdone, Disney has also made a deal with the studio’s parent company to work in the UK. Disney+ has already attracted over 74 million global viewers since its launch. (Source: The Guardian Online.) At the start of 2020 a Which? Survey revealed that consumers were 3 times more likely to watch Netflix every day than Amazon Prime. The freedom and convenience of entertainment enabled by smart technology is a dream come true for many consumers so why not join them?
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