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Christmas Freeview Box so You Will Not Miss Your Favourite Programmes this Holiday Season

thomas — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:49:49 +0000

A freeview box is a very useful device that can be easily connected to your television and any of your favourite programmes can be recorded on it. You can choose from a variety of colours, sizes and designs that are available in the market. Christmas is the best time to buy a freeview box as many retailers must be offering some percentage of discounts on the device. All you have to do is to do an online search for Christmas freeview box and you will come across a number of retailers offering some sought of discount on the product.

Some of the best freeview boxes available in the market include Bush Digital TU250DTR 250GB Top Up TV Digital TV Recorder, Sagem DTR67320T, Bush Digital Black SCART Adaptor, Humax PVR-9300T 320GB and Goodmans GDR10. The Bush Digital TU250DTR 250GB Top Up TV Digital TV Recorder is actually a twin tuner. The hard disk memory of the device is around 250 GB which is more than enough to store hours of recording. The Freeview box is energy efficient and consumes around 20 watt of power at the stand by mode. The dimensions of this device are 56 x 360 x 281 m. It weighs around 3.4 kg and can be easily carried as well.

The Sagem DTR 67160T is fitted with a hard disk memory of 160 GB which is more than enough to store all several hours of recording. Buy a freeview box this Christmas and get huge discounts.

TVonics DTR-Z250 Freeview PVR: A smart Package and with a smart Design as well

martin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:44:17 +0000

TVonics may not be the most popular name that may usually crop to your mind, but despite that the company has the distinction of being one of the first companies to launch a Freeview Playback recorder in the UK. Moreover, the company was the exclusive supplier of set-top boxes for the Government help scheme when Whitehaven became the first UK town to go digital. The company has been frequently making its mark in the Freeview market for the last couple of years with its distinctive range of Freeview PVRs. This time around the company has gone a step forward and come up with the DTR-Z250 which looks by far like the company’s best bet.

The modestly priced model features full Freeview+ compliance and comes equipped with a 250GB hard-disk, which is larger than with the TVonics DVR-FP150, and is capable of holding an impressive 125 hours of MPEG-2 recordings. In case you are not satisfied with the corresponding storage capacity you can get an almost similar model, by paying a few extra bucks, which is bare minimum, but with twice the storage capacity.

The device is also a stunner as far its design is concerned, and sports a gloss-black fascia, and there are imaginative LEDs that keep you informed about the current playback, recording and power. The overall design is a radical shift from the typically tiresome ‘black box’ PVRs that you normally come across.

The device is pretty compact, but it is not without reaching some compromises. The most glaring omission is HDMI output, and considering that most contemporary TVs sport HDMI inputs the omission is a little difficult to digest. Nevertheless, you are provided with two SCART outputs. Meanwhile, you will be disoriented in case you are looking for back up hard-disk recordings on DVD in the best possible quality, but don’t want to swap the SCARTs around every time, as the all important SCART features only a composite output option.

The device also has the all essential Twin tuners option meaning that you can simultaneously record programmes in one or more channels while watching watching another.

Humax PVR9300T Black (Freeview box): Opportunity knocking at your door!

kate — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:11:03 +0000

Those who have had the good fortune of using products manufactured by Humax, especially Personal Video Recorders, will vouch for their superior quality, both technically and performance wise. The Humax PVR9300T is another one of the company’s typical high quality products and borrows a great deal from its predecessors, however with improved functionality and an even larger hard disc drive. It has an imposing 320GB hard drive making it one of the most capacious recorders in its class, and consequently holds an impressive 200 hours of recordings. The great thing about the unit is that it is not merely a storing powerhouse, but much more than that.

Incorporated with the most sophisticated and modern Twin Freeview tuners it gives you the leverage of multiple recording and viewing options. The best thing about this much in demand feature is that even while watching one channel you can record another or even two channels simultaneously while playing back a previous recording! You will be pleased to find that using the intuitive combination of twin tuners and hard drive you can pause, rewind, and even edit live TV with the utmost ease.

Another significant addition is the CI card interface meant for pay TV services such as Setanta, whereas a built-in demodulator signifies that the Humax PVR-9300T 320GB will work even on TV’s that don’t have the SCART feature. The unique Over The Air (OTA) feature endows you with the capability of software upgrades.

The Humax PVR9300T goes a step ahead with a USB socket that allows you to play music and view images from your PC or camera.