Freesat Category

Spotted today – a Freesat receiver box for under £30.

OK, so it’s not an HD box or a PVR, but if you have a satellite dish you’re not using, £30 will get you the hardware needed to watch over 120 subscription-free TV channels.

The box in question, the Bush BFSAT01SD, is available for a limited time for £29.99 from Argos: Bush Freesat at Argos

We already have a winner for the first Freeview HD-compatible set-top box (won by Humax a few days back) – Now we have the first IDTV set with a built-in Freeview HD receiver. This telly from Panasonic also has an onboard Freesat HD receiver, optional wireless Internet connectivity and an SD card for external media.

The catchily-named Panasonic TX-P42G20B is a 42″ plasma TV supporting “Full HD” (i.e. 1080p) with a refresh rate of 600Hz – and here is our first picture:

The Panasonic TX-P42G20B Freeview HD TV is available now – we’ve found it at Comet online.

Oh – If you’re quick, you can get £60 off this (or anything over £1000 at Comet) using the magic voucher code AW60 at the Comet.co.uk checkout. The £60 off code expires on the 27th Feb 2010.

More on Freeview HD

Ladies and Gentlemen, we’ve just released a mid-month audio update looking at the release of the Humax Fox T2 – the first Freeview HD receiver in the market.

The update runs for nearly 15 minutes and also looks at the new Freeview iPhone app, and some news on BT’s wireless network. We also review your feedback to the last full-length show, including your thoughts on weather stations and lounge net-top PCs.

The show is attached to this blog entry, or you can listen at www.frequencycast.co.uk/update.html

If you’re an iTunes user, get the show from the FrequencyCast Podcast page on iTunes

Please tell your friends!

 

 FrequencyCast Update 17 Feb 2010 [14:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Happy New Year to all of our FrequencyCast listeners!

Show 47, the first show of 2010, has just been released for your listening pleasure.

In this show, we discuss all that’s new with digital TV and technology. Here’s what we cover in this show:

• News Updates: Project Canvas, Tesco iPhone, iPlayer on Freesat, Freeview HD and BT Vision boxes.
• Focus: New Year’s Resolution – Back up your data
• Your podline and email questions on Dave, Slingbox and the BBC iPlayer

You can download Show 47 direct to your MP3 player or listen online at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html.

If you have an iPod or iPhone, get shows faster by signing up via iTunes.

 

 FrequencyCast UK Show 47 [30:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The first Freesat hard-disk recorder is now available. The Humax Foxsat-HDR has a dual tuner, and supports HD, series link, live pause, live TV rewind and the ability to split recordings (where there’s a news bulletin).

With two SCART sockets, one HDMI high definition socket, the Humax Foxsat-HDR has a 320GB hard drive, and is now available for £299 from John Lewis and Comet

The first Freesat hard-disk recorder is expected to appear in mid-November.

Made by Humax, the Foxsat-HDR will bear the “Freesat+” badge, have a dual tuner, and will support HD, series link, live pause, live TV rewind and the ability to split recordings.

With two SCART sockets, one HDMI high definition socket, the Humax Foxsat-HDR has a 320GB hard drive, and will be in the shops in mid-November, with a pricetag of £299.