HI looking for a freeview box any one recommend a good make / model
Jacko

Just recently got a Humax thingy that can record 2 tv programmes to hard drive and play back a previously recorded prog at the same time. It has all the usual Freeview channels and has pause tv to boot. Prices vary from £154 to £199. Wouldn't be without it now! Hope this helps.
Richard

dont buy a thomson i have 1 and its poo

Aldi, if they still have them in £19.

Dont get a cheapy. Unless your signal reception is really strong you wong get all that you should get. Iv got a philips on. Picks up everything. even surprised the arial bloke when he came to fit my freeveiw arial.

www.bigpockets.co.uk

there doing a PVR (freeview box with hardrive recorder) for anywhere from £10 up to £120

I got a £10 one and its wicked and sooooo cheap

with regards to not buying a cheapy - we brought a logik, which you can buy cheap in dixons etc - and its alot better than the freeview in my Samsung lcd telly.

its very forgiving in terms of signal, and will prob display a picture when most others will say "no signal".

i think it was the LDR1 model.

mine's an ultra cheapy one with no brand on it, was from tesco. It's actually quite good I think, though I have nothing to compare it to except sky/ntl.

Those new jobs with the hard disk look good mind.

Does anyone have the Asda jobbie? Any good?

Thought about sky freesat? Get an old sky box and dish off fleabay and a £20 freesat card from sky. DIY install - much better picture than any freeview reception.

EDIT: B&Q now do the complete kit for £99. Ideal for picking up foriegn football and German p0rn. So I'm told.

[Edited on 23/3/08 by joneh]

Freeview boxes need a clean (reflection free) signal, strength of signal isn't that important, in fact with some boxes too strong a signal can cause problems, the only way I could get one of the first Pace set top boxes was to fit an 50db attenuator to reduce the signal strength.

If you get ghosting on analogue this is due to reflections and you either need a new aerial or move the existing one.


Cheap boxes are generally OK BUT the electronic program guide tends to to be less easy to use than the more expensive boxes. Don't bother looking for one with a Top-Up Tv slot.

The best solutionis a d igital telly and a Freview pvr

You need a clear line of sight to the transmitter with no trees, buildings or hills for digital reception, distance is not a problem though. Use a shielded coaxial cable with no joins between the aerial and set and don't run the box on the same circuit as the fridge or washing machine. Just plug it into your present aerial and try it though, it might work perfectly. Most of the cheap boxes are perfectly good but PVRs are for recording and will only record from their internal tuner so if you get a twin tuner box you will be able to watch one and record another channel.

We can't get digital according to the checker Here but we've been receiving it since the OnDigital days via Emley Moor transmitter.



[Edited on 23/3/08 by Peteff]