Freeview Recorder

10th March 2010 – all analogue TV channels in west and central Wales were switched off permanently today, meaning an all-digital era for more than 26,000 viewers. (more…)

3rd March 2010 – all Freeview viewers in Newport, Cardiff and south east Wales will need to retune their Freeview TVs and boxes today, as the final digital switchover in Wales gets underway. (more…)

10th February 2010 is D-Day for thousands of TV viewers in west and central Wales as the digital switchover is implemented. (more…)

Freeview without doubt is the simplest way to watch digital TV for free. There are no contracts and no need to install a satellite dish and in most cases your existing arial with be sufficient. The digibox can be attached to virtually any existing TV.

With just a one off payment for a digibox or digital TV or digital TV recorder you can enjoy over 48 television channels together with well over 20 digital radio stations.

Combine this with improved picture and sound quality plus a host of interactive red button features and you’ll wonder why you never switched to Freeview sooner !

Freeview+ gives you all the benefits of Freeview’s super range of TV and digital radio channels together with hassle free tapeless digital recording.

No subscription needed, so buy your Freeview+ recorder box with its Freeview+ logo, plug it in, kick off your shoes and sit back and enjoy free digital TV. The digital TV recorder and the digital TV tuner are combined in one box so say goodbye to trailing cables cluttering up your living room or bedroom.

A Freeview+ recorder will also let you pause, record and rewind live TV. You can even record a whole series with one touch of a button. You control your own TV viewing experience !

Freeview+ is just the name given to digital TV recorders that are combined with a built-in Freeview receiver.

To be called Freeview+ and bear the logo players must include the following features :

* At least 8 Day Electronic Programme Guide (EPG)
* Series Link (one timer to record whole series)
* Record split programmes as one programme
* Offer to record related programme
* Record alternative showing if there is a time conflict
* Schedule changes updated in standby (e.g. scheduled recording starting early)
* Accurate recording (equivalent to PDC – programmes are recorded based on signals from the broadcaster rather than scheduled time) – since (more…)

If you already have a freeview box or your TV has a built in Freeview digital tuner a Freeview Recorder with a single Freeview tuner will let you record one channel while watching another.
If you don’t have a freeview box or a digital TV then you’ll need a twin tuner Freeview recorder which will let you watch one digital channel while recording a different digital channel.

It was announced today that the digital switchover in the Channel Islands will be completed on Wednesday 17th November 2010 when the four current analogue TV channels will be switched off permanently. This will allow the 50,000 households served by the Fremont Point transmitter group to receive around 15 Freeview digital channels for the first time.
Bill Taylor, Digital UK’s South West Regional Manager, said: “Today’s announcement paves (more…)