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With Freeview HD set-top boxes and the staggered rollout plans being announced, British viewers, particularly those outside large cities, will want to know when they will be receiving their high definition upgrade. The Freeview HD site now has a coverage checker, by way of postcode and address, to find out when the service will arrive in neighbourhoods throughout Great Britain. (more…)

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Toshiba, whose recent strategy has seen them building additional functions into their core offerings, have done so again with their RV, WL and SL series of LCD TVs. (more…)

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In four months’ time, 64 matches of the beautiful game will be played in South Africa’s blazing sun, amounting to thousands of minutes of football in the greatest sporting spectacle in the world. Freeview HD means one could watch every World Cup match in high definition. Toshiba’s HDR5010 means one will be able to record every minute of the action, too. (more…)

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Freeview is a free-to-air digital service receivable with an aerial. Thus, virtually every television set in the UK is capable of receiving it. The service is a joint venture between five companies – transmitter operator Arqiva, as well as television services ITV, Sky, BBC and Channel 4. It has been the catalyst for the adoption of digital TV, and Freeview HD is the next step in this broadcasting evolution. (more…)