The box can be used for manually adding channels and not only do you get the usual programme descriptions you can also access technical data about each broadcast such as whether it is available with 5.1 channel sound, is transmitted in high definition and what the satellite signal level is like. The only downside with Freesat is that you will need to have a satellite dish with two LNB outputs in order to watch one channel while recording another. And one-touch recording is straightforward enough – recordings complete with a preview screen can be viewed by pressing the red button. The 8 day electronic programme guide is particularly clear with the ability to skip forward by days or hours to find what you want using the colour coded buttons. Like most digital boxes these days set up is largely automated though you will have to feed it your postcode details (I’m not really sure why as you could easily make one up if you didn’t pay the licence fee and besides you don’t have to put in your full address).Īnnoyingly it’s default position is also to make you input a four digital parental code and to hide away all the adult channels – well there’s only really two that I could find, Babestation and Filth (what a horrible name that is!) Once it’s found the channels these are stored either by genre or as a channel list and you can move them around etc if you really want to. And with all the criticism surrounding Sky+ latest HD TV Guide (see for more details) now seems a good time to look at a much cheaper and aguably better alternative.Īvailable in two versions (one with a 250GB and one with a 500GB hard drive), the Sagem DTR94 is the latest Freesat box from the France based company. The Beeb offers a wide selection of programmes on its HD service, including popular shows live Gavin and Stacey and Friday Night With Jonathan Ross while on ITV there’s Champions League Football. The BBC iPlayer, already available on Virgin’s cable service, is currenly in beta testing on Freesat and the ITV Player will start early next year.Īnother attraction of Freesat is that it’s a good way of watching HD content without having to pay Sky TV up to £50 a month for the privilege. But all that could be about to change with the announcement a couple of months ago that BBC and ITV are gearing up to launch their digital TV players on the service. Launched 18 months ago, it’s still seen by many as the poor relation compared to Freeview (digital terrestrial) and Sky (satellite). When it comes to digital TV services, Freesat is a relatively new kid on the block.
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