Humax announces it's HD Freeview Box the HDFoxT2
The Freeview HD STB
is now available to purchase from £150. It is the first terrestrial HD Digital Television receiver. With the Humax Freeview HD box you can view five wonderful high definition television channels. These are HD Sport, HD Drama, HD Kids, HD Wildlife and HD Films. You will also be able to Play media from a HDD or USB memory stick (MP3, JPG, XVID).
With the Freeview HD-FoxT2 you will experience more free HD channels including BBC HD and ITV HD. There is no subscription, you just replace your existing Freeview Digital Box and enjoy. There are over 50 digital TV channels and over 24 radio stations broadcast with Freeview.
The Humax Freeview HD has an 8 day on screen electronic programme guide, interactive TV service via MHEG, Dolby Digital plus audio output, parental control, subtitle and audio description.
The Humax Freeview HD auto detects new channels and services, meaning there is never a need to re-tune. The unit is fully compliant to UK DVB-T2 profile as well as DVB-T. The standby power is less then 1 Watt.
As for resolution the HD-FoxT2 can emit from 576i through to 1080p quality. This will look amazing on any high definition television.
We are expecting the Humax Freeview HD box to be released the same time as Freeview broadcasts High Definition Television programmes. This is expected to be in March 2010. The expected retail price is £170.00. The HD-FoxT2 is not a recorder ! However we expect Humax to release a Freeview HD recorder (PVR) in late 2010.
The Humax Freeview HD box is available from Amazon and Comet.
Freesat PVR, DTR, HDR:
Many DTR and DVD recorder models are labelled as either Freeview or Freesat+. There is a difference between the Freeview digital television service and Freesat Digital satellite television service. Freeview uses a digital television receiver through an aerial and Freesat is a digital satellite television received through a satellite dish. Freeview has quite a range of choice when it comes to recording, pausing and allowing you to record episodes of your favourite show at the touch of a button. However because Freesat is a relatively new service it only has a few options when it comes to recording. A freesat PVR will give you the same functionality of any previous television recorders or your existing Sky Plus digital recorder, but it will only receive "Freesat" channels. However there is plenty of choice with Freesat with over 200 channels to choose from. A definitive list of Freesat Channels can be viewed here. The choices for recording and pausing live TV are the Humax Foxsat HDR which was released last November, the Panasonic DVD recorder, the Panasonic Blue Ray DVD recorder (either 250gb or 500gb). Sagem are releasing their version from September which will come in either a 250gb or a 500gb version and Goodmans which is due for release at the moment can recorde up to 200 hours of high definition television. You can also buy television sets with a digital Freesat receiver encorporated within it. Your options are LG's LF7700 Freesat HD Series (32, 37, 42 inches), the Panasonic Full HD 1080p Digital LCD TV's (32, 37, 42 inches) and Panasonic Viera series. The functionality of these Freesat PVR boxes come with no subscription charges, which gives you great digital flexibility with no on-going costs. There is the initial cost of buying the Freesat PVR and the installation of the Satellite dish but this is a one off fee. Your existing Sky Satellite dish will work too, so you could save even more money by switching to a Freesat PVR. If you still think the option is too expensive perhaps you could consider one of the Argos buy now pay later options.
