As ever, you set the agenda for the show – what you’d like us to cover, and what questions you want us to answer. Here’s a summary of what’s covered in the latest installment of FrequencyCast:

• News Updates: BBC HD channel to be axed, iPhone 4S shortages, o2′s upgrade policy, PBS comes to the UK and festive DAB
• Focus: As requested by our listeners, it’s all about printers and printing.
• Review: iPhone 4S and the Siri virtual assistant
• Your comments and questions on dual monitors, Overdrive book lending and the Steadicam

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• Show Notes for Show 69
• Transcript: Printers and Printing Transcript
• Transcript: iPhone 4S and Siri Transcript

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In this latest show, here’s a look at what we cover:

• News Updates: All change for Sky HD, plus Atlantic and new channels
• Focus: Our look back at the last 12 months of TV and tech
• Your comments and questions on adding maps to your camera and Freeview HD sound

You can download Show 59 direct to your MP3 player or listen online at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html.

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• Transcript: Review of 2010

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In this latest show, here’s a look at what we cover:

• News Updates: Sky to kill top TV channels, and a book on DAB’s future
• Hands-on: TV distribution with a Triax TV Link
• Classic Tech: Our look back at the humble calculator
• Your comments and questions on the Kindle, and Freeview after the switchover

You can download Show 56 direct to your MP3 player or listen online at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html.

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• Transcript: Focus on 3D Tech

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• News Updates: BBC1 HD, Freeview HD, DAB Amnesty and new iPhone.
• Focus: Getting more from your digital photos
• Hands-on: A tech-tech keep-fit bug
• Your comments and questions on BT Vision and the BBC iPlayer

You can download Show 52 direct to your MP3 player or listen online at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html.

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• Transcript: Get more from your digital photos
• Transcript: Get Healthy with a Fitbug

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BBC One HD should start broadcasting in ‘Autumn 2010′ according to the beeb. The channel will be a simulcast of main national BBC One service, and will be available on Freeview, Sky, Virgin and Freesat.

BBC One HD will be able to appear on Freeview as a result of Ofcom revoking Five’s Freeview HD licence in March.

The controller of  BBC One, Jay Hunt says:  “HD is the gold standard for broadcasting, and it’s right that we bring all the excitement of HD to BBC One – the most watched channel in the UK. “BBC One HD will bring families together for shared viewing of their favourite programmes from EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing to The One Show, in incredible and vivid detail”.

Here’s what we know so far:

• Name: Humax HDR-FOX T2
• Release date: July 2010 (too late for the World Cup)
• Hard disk: 500GB (125 hours of HD)
• Price: £349
• Tuners: Twin tuner
• EPG: 8 days

The box will reportedly also support media streaming and Internet connectivity via Ethernet.

More when we have it.

Here’s what we look at in Show 50:

• News Updates: Lots of HD news, tablets, cancellations and 3D.
• Focus: Getting more from your MP3 Player
• Hands-on: Who needs and iPod or Apple’s iTunes?
• Your podline and email questions on HD, OS, Freesat and weather

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This Freeview HD box is available for £99.99 on pre-order, with estimated availability on 31st March 2010.

This Freeview HD box from Bush has HDMI, SCART, Ethernet, a 7 day EPG and upscales to 1080p

Available to pre-order now at Argos: Bush DVB680 Freeview HD Box

It appears that the licence for the fourth Freeview HD slot now reverts to the BBC , although it’s not clear if they’d look to launch a second HD channel, or if another broadcaster would step in. A fifth HD channel is set to become available in 2011 – and in theory, Five could try for an HD slot again – provided they’d be able to demonstrate that they could start a service in 2012.

E4 HD is set to go live for Virgin customers in April 2010 at no extra cost to Virgin customers, with Film 4 HD set for “Summer 2010″

More on Virgin Media on our Cable TV page, or at virginmedia.com

Here’s what we look at in Show 49:

• News Updates: More Freeview HD, the end of 6 Music and a new phone from Puma.
• Focus: Getting more from your Mobile – Apps, Maps and Gadgets
• Hands-on: The latest mobile phone watch, plus the Olympus Tough
• Your podline and email questions on Freeview and Sky signal, archiving video and buying a new telly

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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

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

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Fortunately, that changed this weekend, when the first Humax Freeview HD boxes started to appear in the wild.

Yes, it’s now possible to get your hands on a Freeview HD set-top box – although HD is only being transmitted in the Granada and London areas at the moment.

The Humax Fox T2 HD

The new box supports DVB-T2, the format used for Freeview HD. It has an 8 day programme guide, auto-updates to new channels, supports digital audio, has HDMI and 2 SCART sockets and a digital audio output.

Those looking to get a little more from their kit will be happy to know that the Fox HD T2 has a USB socket which allows you to connect external storage (hard drive or USB stick) for playback of xVid video, MP3 audio as well as JPG images. The T2 also comes with an Ethernet socket that will shortly be able to connect to your Internet router to give you online services including the BBC iPlayer catch-up TV service

The price?

Considering your average standard-definition Freeview box is around £25, the RRP of the Humax HD T2 of £179 is likely to make a few people gulp (Sky’s HD box, the Sky+ HD box, is currently free, has a Sky+ recorder and can get BBC HD without an HD subscription).

Still, this new Humax looks to be a very capable Freeview HD receiver, and comes from a good pedigree of Freeview and Freesat boxes. We’re reasonably sure this will be a hit.

Available instore at some John Lewis branches. It’s also listed at Argos.co.uk ,
Very.co.uk (cheapest at the time of writing) and
Play.com.

More coverage of the Humax T2 in a podcast update due in the next 24 hours!

UPDATE: Podcast First Look released! Humax HD Fox T2 First Impressions

Planned as a 15 minute quick update, this runs to nearly 26 minutes, and fans of Carl and Pete’s tech ramblings and rudeness should enjoy the mid-show argument, and the coffee break.

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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

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The BBC has denied that the 40% bitrate reduction will have any impact to the viewing experience, but HD viewers aren’t convinced. HD viewers are being encouraged to sign a new petition at the Number 10 website to get the Prime Minister to ask the Beeb politely to restore the bitrate.

If you want to sign and voice your opinion on the BBC HD channel quality, the petition is on the BBC HD Petition at Number 10.

• Freeview HD lauches – where are the boxes?
• BT Vision releases a new PVR
• Two new HD channels join Sky’s lineup
• Freesat gets 4 new channels
• Plus your emails on WiFi Hotspots, TiVo and TV listings

The show is attached to this blog entry, or you can listen at www.frequencycast.co.uk/update.html, or get us from the FrequencyCast Podcast page on iTunes.

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

• News Updates: Freeview HD about to launch, o2 Joggler changes, iPlayer news and more.
• Focus: Getting online with a wireless hotspot
• Hands-on: The Chumby desktop companion, plus a new magic wand
• Your podline and email questions on BT Home Hub, mobile broadband connection, plus Freesat

You can download Show 46 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.

In this update we look at the merging of two mobile networks, what Apple’s been up to this month, Freeview HD testing, BT Vision updates, a Sky offer, the latest on iPhone sat nav applications, and a new DVD release.

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