The mysterious Humax Freely recorder has surfaced again – and this time, we’ve got far more than just photos and a price tag.
The Humax Aura EZ 4K Freely Recorder has appeared on Richer Sounds’ website, complete with detailed specifications, product images, and even the full user manual that reveals a lot about what this device can and can’t do.
The listing shows a 2TB model priced at £249, though as we’ve learned from previous premature retailer leaks, nothing about this device should be considered final until Humax actually announces it.
But the new listing tells us plenty about what Humax has been working on – including some answers to questions we’ve been asking since September, and a few new details that could change the picture considerably.
And here’s the kicker: the device could be launching much sooner than anyone expected, with Richer Sounds apparently expecting stock within days.
The Freely Box Market Heats Up
Quick context for anyone who hasn’t been following the Freely saga: Freely launched in April 2024 as Everyone TV’s streaming platform designed to eventually replace traditional Freeview and Freesat.
The platform delivers live TV channels and catch-up content entirely through your broadband connection – no aerial or satellite dish required. You get BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and around 60 other channels, all streamed over the internet rather than broadcast over the airwaves.
Until recently, accessing Freely meant buying a brand new TV from select manufacturers like Hisense, Bush, Panasonic, or Amazon’s Fire TV televisions. Got a perfectly good three-year-old telly? Tough luck.
That finally changed in November when the Netgem Pleio launched as the first standalone Freely box. At £99 initially (now £109.89 after some pricing fluctuations), it brought Freely to any existing TV with an HDMI port.
Then last week, Manhattan announced the Aero 4K TV Streamer – a £69.99 Freely box launching in February that undercuts…