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Freeview PVR
Freeview PVR (Personal Video Recorder) is a way to allow you to receive Digital TV on your analogue TV. You receive free digital TV channels, plus radio and interactive services, through your aerial with no contract and just a one off payment for equipment. It allows you to pause live TV, and record shows on its built-in hard drives. If you have a Freeview PVR with a twin tuner, you can record one digital channel and watch another and with some record two digital channels whilst watching a third. All Freeview PVRs have an in-built Freeview programme guide called EPG (Electronic Programme Guide), and you can just browse it and select things to record. With a twin tuner, you can record one digital channel and record another and with some record two digital channels whilst watching a third. You can now even get TVs with freeview already integrated or if … Continue reading
Freeview on the go – AVerTV Volar Black HD A850
18 June 2010 16:21 GMT / By Paul Lamkin AVerMedia, manufacturer of a range of USB TV Tuners and a company that has a nonchalant disregard to the grammatical establishment of upper and lower case letters, has announced the UK launch of its AVerTV Volar Black HD A850 USB tuner. The A850 is a DVB-T1 tuner with a foldable high-gain aerial onboard, meaning that you don’t need to plug in an exterior aerial to receive your favourite Freeview channels. It comes with full PVR functionality as well as an EPG, digital teletext and it supports up to 1080i HD TV viewing and H.264 and MPEG-2 recording. There’s also a picture in picture function in case you want to take in more than one channel. Rob Livings, AVerMedia sales and marketing boss said:? “The A850 is a stylish product with looks that complement the most advanced laptops and netbooks, yet with … Continue reading
Sky Sports News: Leaving Freeview soon
For 8 years Freeview viewers have been able to keep up to date with all the goings on in the world of sport by watching Sky Sports News. But that is all set to end as Sky has announced that it will be taking the channel off of the Freeview line-up and replacing it with Sky 3+1. So it’s bye bye to the gorgeous Georgie Thompson, and hello to Zoo Vet At Large. Oh dear. The move comes because Sky is planning to incorporate Sky Sports News into its sports subscription packages, thus providing more funds for the channel. Reports suggest a new improved studio and better outside broadcasts, and there’s also an impeding HD launch. “As part of a subscription service, customers can look forward to expanded coverage and the launch of Europe’s first HD sports news service”, said the Sky Sports managing director, Barney Francis. Sure, Sky Sports … Continue reading
The Goodman’s Smart Talk Box – World’s First Talking Freeview
Goodman’s in conjunction with Smart Talk have launched a Freeview box which has a useful text to speech option for those who have difficulty reading screen text such as the elderly, blind, dyslexic and the partially sighted. It is helpful when dealing with screen menus and settings as well as EPGs and digital text. The Goodman’s Smart Talk set-top box will be out this month and will retail for about £100
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Humax PVR OTA Update – the verdict
I updated my Humax PVR just over a week ago and this is my verdict. My Humax PVR has just gained a new lease of life. It is working better than before and it feels like I’ve just bought a new box. The recordings are all working well, the EPG is registering the programmes really fast and it even loads quicker. So it’s a thumbs up!! Just to remind you, you can get the schedule for the OTA updates here
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Fix for Humax PVRs Freezing Up and other problems
My Humax PVR has been playing up recently. It has been freezing up during recording, missing recording and being unresponsive to the remote. I was looking for a solution and found out that others are having the same problem – I found the solution here. Humax have responded to this problem by releasing an update for this problem. They say: The increasing complexity of the UK’s broadcast infrastructure and requirement to process a substantially higher volume of information has put the PVRs under pressure and significant performance issues became particularly apparent through the digital switchover. We recognise this has regrettably caused frustration and problems for some of our PVR-9300T and PVR-9150T users, and in particular those with the older PVR-9200T models. You can get the schedule for the updates of all the models concerned over the air here. The next one for the Humax 9150T is from tomorrow 10am upto … Continue reading
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Analysts doubt Ofcom’s price cut impact
Analysts have claimed that Virgin Media and BT are “unlikely” to be offering cheap Sky Sports 1 and 2 from next season, despite Ofcom’s new pricing model. Yesterday, the media regulator ordered Sky to reduce the wholesale price of each sports channel by 23.4% for rival operators. Ofcom claimed that the new system is effective immediately, meaning Virgin Media, BT Vision and Top Up TV would be able to offer the channels at reduced prices in time for the 2010/11 Premier League season. However, analysts at Citi believe that the situation is “unlikely” to come to fruition as Sky has already signalled its intention to launch a legal challenge against the ruling. “Sky will appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal and will also ask for a ‘stay’ to delay implementation of the new pricing,” said the firm in a note to clients. “Even if a ‘stay’ is not achieved we … Continue reading
Thomson Top Up TV – 160GB Freeview Digital TV Recorder – With
This product has been professionally repaired and repackaged but may have some minor scratches on the outer cabinet – Comes with 3 month warranty Top Up TV Freeview+ offers a new way of watching TV. Now you can access all Freeview channels, Pause Live TV, record 2 channels at the same time and more with a Top Up TV Freeview+ DTR. Its like Sky+ on Freeview. You can also top up your TV choice with programmes from great Pay-TV channels with Top Up TV Favourites, enjoy great sport, catch blockbuster movies on PictureBox and the great news is your first month of Top Up TV Favourites and PictureBox is now included in the price. No long term contracts No phone
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Britons ‘watch 30 hours of TV a week’
People in Britain watched 30 hours, 4 minutes of linear television per week in the first quarter of 2010, up 2 hours, 29 minutes year-on-year, new research has revealed. According to data compiled by Thinkbox for the three months to the end of March, linear television viewing has increased across every age group. Using official figures from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB), the firm found that Britons watched television for 4 hours, 18 minutes a day over the quarter, an increase of nearly 8% year-on-year. Thinkbox also discovered that people watched 48 adverts a day on commercial television during the three months, up 4.9% year-on-year. A variety of factors helped fuel the growth, including BARB’s recently introduced new audience measurement system, which is believed to deliver a 4% year-on-year uplift to TV viewing figures. Thinkbox found that 78% of people watched on-demand television to catch-up on missed programmes, which … Continue reading