The latest version of BT’s wireless router, the BT Home Hub 2.0 has been released today, the 18th July 2008.

We’ve got an online review available at www.frequencycast.co.uk/homehub2.html

We’ve also released an audio “hands-on” review, which can be downloaded from the same page, as well as from our FrequencyCast iTunes page

 

 FrequencyCast Update Home Hub 17 July 2008 [8:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Show 28 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, is online now. Here’s what we cover:

• News Updates: BBC on BT Vision, Low price HD from Sky, Freesat and radio news.
• Focus - BT ToGo and BT Fon: Free Windows Smartphone, and free bandwidth on the move from BT.
• Your Questions: Asus Eee PC, broadband speed, PDAs, mobiles as wi-fi access points and more.

You can download Show 28 direct to your MP3 player, listen online or view the show notes at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast28.html. You can also get us via iTunes.

 

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A new UK digital TV service has just launched - quietly. Freesat, offering 80 channels of digital telly and radio launched on 6th May 2008. We’ve got our hands on a rare receiver and put together a quick Audio Update. We’ll have a more complete look at Freesat in the next show, but here are our initial findings. Go to http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/freesat.html

 

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Show 26 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, is online now. Here’s what we cover:

• News Updates: Freeview HD, iPhone price cuts, FreeSat rumours, and the return of Blake’s 7.
• Focus - BBC iPlayer: Carl and Pete explore Auntie Beeb’s catch-up TV service, now available on PC, Mac, Wii and iPhone.
• Virgin Media: A closer look at TV and Internet services offered over cable.
• Eee PC: What’s all the fuss about? We explain why this pint-size PC is causing a stir.
• Your Questions: Surge Protectors, cassette dubbing, Top Up TV cards, cheap MS Office and VoD.

You can download Show 26 direct to your MP3 player, listen online or view the show notes at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast26.html. You can also get us via iTunes.

 

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No fooling - it’s the first of April, and Show 25 of FrequencyCast has just been released. Here’s what we cover in the latest UK TV and Tech radio show:

• News Updates: The Phorm controversy, National Local Freeview, phones on a plane, backing up your mobile, iTunes TV, and the perils of roaming.
• Focus - Buying a TV: As voted by you… Carl and Pete explore the options for those looking to buy a TV. What type’s right? Is HD the answer? What about the Digital Switchover, and just what are all those connectors on the back. We try to explain all.
• Audio Description: More on the service that transforms TV for the visually-impared.
• Your Questions: We answer your questions on AV senders, DAB+, BT Vision, Virgin on a Media Center, US vs. games releases, wi-fi and Brian The Brain.

You can download Show 25 direct to your MP3 player, listen online, or view the show notes at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast25.html

Enjoy the show? Add a quick iTunes review: Review us.

 

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We issued a quick audio update on 12th March 2008, exclusive to our blog and RSS subscribers. Here are the notes with the show. 

Three new HD channels coming to Sky HD

• Sky Sports HD 3 , Sky Movies Premiere HD , FX HD – all coming in March / April 2008, only to Sky HD

Broadband deals

We had a text from a listener, Martin, asking about current Broadband deals - here are the links we mentioned in the show:

• Half-price Broadband if you get your phone service from Virgin Mobile. Speeds of up to 20 Meg. Their basic package is £4.50 a month for the first year. Offer ends 30th April 08. Details here
• Free special edition Black BT Home Hub on BT’s Option 1 - only till 31 March. You also get a free BT Vision box. Online deal only until 31 March 2008. BT Broadband offer
• T-Mobile. Their “never pay more than £15 a month” includes a free USB modem from T-Mobile, until the end of March 2008. More at www.t-mobile.co.uk

Sky’s current deal

• For a limited time, when ordered online. 4 of their mixes (well over 200 channels), free broadband and off-peak phone calls, for £19 a month, including free digibox. There’s £15 off Sky TV setup if you take out a Sky Movies or Sky Sport package. Details of the Sky offer

Audio Description

• We mentioned audio descriptiuon, the service that lets the blind or partially-sighted hear a special audio commentary. For details on how to set your Sky or Virgin box to Audio Description, click here for the RNIB guide

iTunes review

• Here’s where we need your help. We’ve had a two-star review, and we’re not happy. We’re not feeling loved. Please put a smile on our face, and give us a review on iTunes: Review FrequencyCast

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It’s the first of March, and Show 24 of FrequencyCast has just been released. Yes - 24 shows… we’ve reached our second birthday. Thanks for being with us for the ride!

Here’s what we cover in today’s show:

• News Updates: An end to the High Def DVD format wars, BBC on the iPhone, the US strike’s over, we discover more about podcast listening, and we say hello to the 21st Century KITT.
• Focus - Digital Radio: After DAB has had a really rough couple of months, Carl and Pete pick up the pieces, look at some DAB technology, ask whether the future is Net radio, and read through listener’s texts and mails on digital radio.
• Neuros OSD: A new piece of kit - a gadget that converts your video, streams your content and acts as a PVR.
• Your Questions: Listeners questions on wireless V+ box connections, Freeview Series Link, video on a whiteboard, TV in other rooms, HDMI cables and Freeview in hilly areas.

You can download Show 24 direct to your MP3 player, listen online, or view the show notes at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast24.html

Enjoy the show? Add a quick iTunes review: Review us.

 

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A quick update from the FrequencyCast team. We’re between shows, but given this week’s news about national DAB in the UK, and the emails we’re getting, we thought we’d release a quick update.

In this 7 minute audio update, Carl and Pete discuss this week’s news about DAB radio, and the imminent departure of GCap’s national radio stations Planet Rock and theJazz, and ask for your thoughts on the future of digital radio in the UK.

Listen using the buttons below, or from www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html

 

 FrequencyCast Update 13 Feb 2008 [7:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Some interesting reading for UK podcasters. RAJAR, the firm that look after audience research for UK commercial and BBC radio stations, has released the results of their first survey into podcast listening.The survey took place in September and October 2007, and here are the highlights of their findings:

It’s the first of the month, and Show 23 of FrequencyCast has just been released to the world. FrequencyCast Show 23 covers a whole bunch of TV and tech topics, including:

• News Updates: An update on the HD DVD format wars, some BT Vision news, two national radio stations departing DAB, the iPhone software update, plus ITV4 and Top Up TV News.
• Focus - Classic Technology: Again, we listened to the online votes for show topics, and this time around, as requested, Carl and Pete go back in time to see what TV, Computers, Phones and the ‘Net looked like twenty years ago.
• HD in the UK: A quick summary of what’s on offer HD-wise, from the big guys - Sky and Virgin.
• Squirrels: It’s our own fault - 12% of you wanted us to discuss… squirrels. You only have yourselves to blame!
• Your Questions: Listeners questions on Wireless headphones, the Skypephone, FreeSat, mobile podcasting and the digital switch.

You can download Show 23 direct to your MP3 player, listen online, or view the show notes at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast23.html

 

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UK Podcast Team, FrequencyCast has released an audio podcast providing help on the Digital Switchover. This follows results of our survey telling us that 39% of our listeners and visitors aren’t ready for analogue TV to be switched off. See our press release for more.

Our “Unofficial Guide to The Digital Switchover” looks at the top ten things you need to know, and answers our listener’s common switchover questions.

 The show lasts for 20 minutes, and can be downloaded for free from our Digital Switch page

 

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The FrequencyCast team has been busy with Apple’s much-hyped iPhone. Launched in the UK on the 9th of November 2007, the iPhone boasts an amazing user interface, a full web browsing experience, seamless integration with iTunes, and powerful iPod media playback. However, the iPhone’s not cheap, and lacks the features found on other much cheaper phones. So, is the iPhone a hit, or a miss?

On the day of the iPhone’s UK release, FrequencyCast presenters Carl and Pete got together to put the iPhone through its paces, and we’ve produced a special iPhone show.

In this 33 minute “Unofficial Guide”, the lads cut through the hype and go through each application, one by one. They then explain how to activate one (it’s different to how you get connected with other mobiles), and finally, compare Apple’s UK iPhone with two of the other leading handsets out on the market.

If you’re interested in this new phone, take a listen to our iPhone special and let us know your views. You can download the show as an MP3 file from http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/iphone.html

We hope you enjoy our iPhone special. We had fun putting it together… Thanks for listening!

 

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Another FrequencyCast has just rolled off the press - you can now download Show 19 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s online TV and Tech radio show. In Show 19, released on the 1st of October, here’s what Carl and Pete discuss:

• News Updates: - A busy month for Freeview viewers, Apple news, Tiscali TV expands, an HD and VoD update, cashback for your old mobile, and a lightsabre for your Wii
• On Demand TV: We look at the various services offering TV programmes and films without having to wait for the schedule - We look at Virgin Media, BT Vision, Tiscali TV and Sky.
• Energy Meters: We review the Efergy meter that keeps a check on how much electricity your home’s using - displaying your consumption in pounds and pence, plus your CO2 consumption. Scary stuff.
• New Media Player: We look at the iAudio D2 , a tiny gadget with touchscreen, DAB radio, FM, photos, recorder and MP3.
• Your questions: Archiving video cassettes, streaming media, sat nav on mobiles, controlling TV volume with BT Vision, and how to turn off unneeded gadgets.

You can download Show 19 direct to your MP3 player, listen online, or view the show notes at www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast19.html.
After you’ve listened to the show, please have a read through the show notes - for details of getting cash for your old mobile, 5% off the iAudio, and details of the energy saving products we focus on in this show. View show notes

 

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FrequencyCast Show 18, the latest edition of the UK TV and Tech Radio Show has just just been released. Here’s what the show’s hosts Carl and Pete uncover:

• Focus on TV on your PC: Ways to watch and record TV on your PC - the devices and software needed to use your computer as a TV.
• News: Top Up TV Anytime price drop, Setanta Sports Freeview boxes, XDA Orbit update, the new Nokia E90 is out, and important news for Tokyo’s deaf.
• New toys - Feast your ears on an amazing little remote-controlled helicopter, the demented wasp.
• Your questions - An update on a USB cassette deck for your PC, S-video, Virgin’s online TV content and a broadband update.

You can listen to show 18 online, view the show notes, or download this new show direct to your MP3 player from http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast18.html

Spread the word? You’re a fan of FrequencyCast, right? Well, we’re keen to spread the word to get some extra listeners - how can we do this? Any suggestions? We’d love to hear your views on how we could get a little publicity.

Carl, Pete and the FrequencyCast team

 

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FrequencyCast show number 14 is now online. In this show, we feature:

• Help and advice on getting a better Freeview signal
• Hands-on with the new Nokia N95 GPS handset
• A look at the free TV offer from Virgin Media
• Prices drop on Mobile Internet, plus free SIM cards.
• News of some survey software to help you earn cash from your smartphone
• Freeview and Top Up TV news
• We answer the messages and calls from our site visitors, including questions on Sky HD, Twitter, Tiscali TV and Slingbox

You can listen to show 14 online, or download it to your MP3 player from www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast14.html

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FrequencyCast show number 11 is now online - in this show, we feature:

• MP3 and MP3 players - Carl and Pete explore what an mp3 actually is, what to look for in an MP3 player, discuss a bunch of better-than-iPod players, and look at how to convert your old cassettes and gramophone records to this mp3 format thingie.
• Ongoing Top Up TV Anytime problems - A further reduction in hours, and a Watchdog feature.
• Second Life - Our Pete doesn’t have much of a life, so he’s found one online. Got a Second Life? Please get in touch
• A look at the new Skype lie detector, ways to recycle your old mobile, and news of the Imation Disc Stakka
• Competition: £25 to one lucky listener… Enter now
• Stop it 2007 - We launch our online campaign. What hacks you off? Help us change the world at www.stopit2007.co.uk
• We also need your help getting our Cube to the top of the pile and we’d ask you to give us your click, at www.frequencycast.co.uk/cube

You can listen to show 11 online, or download it to your MP3 player from www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast11.html

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The tenth Frequencycast show is now online - in this show, we feature:

• Top Up TV Anytime - Feedback from our listeners, plus a review of the new box.
• Nintendo Wii - Our first look at this revolutionary next-gen games system.
• Slingbox - TV on your PC over the ‘Net with a major price reduction, now for other platforms
• o2 XDA Orbit: A new Windows-powered high-spec mobile with built-in GPS.
• FM Transmitters - A change in the UK law makes it easier to connect your player to your in-car system.
• Gadgets: Good or Bad? - Settle our dispute…

All this, plus a summary of news, and a stack of our listener’s questions answered

You can listen to show 10 online, or download it to your MP3 player from www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast10.html

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The ninth Frequencycast podcast has just gone online. This latest show features the following:

• BT Vision - At the start of December 2006, full details of BT’s new home TV service were released. We take a look at what BT Vision has to offer
• Top Up TV - Boxes now beginning to ship.
• DAB Radio - News of a new DAB radio format coming soon, and a possible new range of national digital radio stations
• BT Home Hub - For our focus section, we look at BT’s Home Hub wireless broadband router, and whether your house can live without one.
• Loc8tor - We look at a new gadget to solve the age-old problems… where did I leave my keys (and where’s the cat…)
• Tea Dunking - We also dunk a garibaldi

All this, plus a summary of news, and a stack of our listener’s questions answered

You can listen to show 09 online, or download it to your MP3 player from www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast09.html

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