PHILIPS DTR2520 - Digital Freeview Reciver - With Card Slot
PHILIPS DTR2520 - Digital Freeview Reciver - With Card Slot
Customer Review: OK for a basic freeview box, but not brilliant
Like the other reviewer below mentioned, if you like to flick through the channels with the bottom on screen display, while still watching the current channel, then do not buy this freeview box because it does not offer this functionality. The box is nice and small as is the remote. It has worked fine with setanta for me and set up was simple. Overall I think it is expensive for what you get, but I am a fan of Philips products so am happy to use this over the other lesser known brands.
Customer Review: Absolutely No Problems
Absolutely no complaints about this box. Plugged it in and it immediately scanned to get the TV and Radio stations. Very good picture and I live in a vale where reception is normally not great.
I then subscribed to setanta sports and received a card. Put the card from setanta into the slot at the front of this freeview box and within 20 minutes I was watching the sports channel.
A friend of mine pay 4 times this for a freeview box with a card slot and picture and reception are no better than this box.
Recommended
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Daewoo DLT32C3 - 32″ Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV - With Freeview 
WXGA (16:9) 1366×768 High Definition (720P~1080i) Progressive scan HDMI (HDCP), PC-Input
Amazon Price: ?399.99
Sony KDL32V2500 - 32″ Widescreen Bravia HD Ready LCD TV - With Freeview - Black 
32 LCD TV with BRAVIA Live Colour Creation + 2 HDMI inputsDesigned to look as good as the pictures they produce the newV2500 BRAVIA LCD TVs are impressive even before you switch them on.Ultra slim they feature VESA compliant mounting so they can bee
Amazon Price: ?579.99
Used Price: ?479.99
Customer Review: Primitive EPG
Well, one of the better LCD screens (with nice sound), but still well short of CRT picture quality. What really bugs me, though, is the truly awful Electronic Programme Guide (common to all Bravias?), which is just a grid of times. No option to limit the listing to “favourites” (or even “TV only” - you have to wade through reams of radio channels), no option to get information on individual programmes, and if a programme is less than about ten minutes long you can’t even see its full name from the EPG. Oh, and when you select on-screen information for current programmes, this completely blocks out the top half of the picture; was ANY thought given to this? I invariably end up picking up the signal through my Humax PVR, rather than the Sony built-in decoder; the picture is slightly degraded, but the interface is far better.
Customer Review: Know this befor you buy Sony
I brought a Sony 32″ LCD TV. After 6 weeks the left speaker started making a very high pitch buzzing noise while watching movies either through Sky or while watching DVD’s. I called the Sony centre and they gave me the number of a repair centre. They came to my house confirmed there was a problem with the TV (which they heard coming from the speaker directly) and it would need to be taken away for repair. For whatever reason the problem seemed to have sorted itself out while in transit (maybe a loose connection jumped into place). I was informed that because they couldn’t replicate the problem to fix it the 1 year warranty Sony give electrical products would not cover the TV being taken away (believe me if there really was no problem it wouldn’t have been taken away as I tried everything advised on the Sony web sight before calling). I have subsequently had to pay out ?47.70 for my apparently perfect condition TV to be taken away for 5 weeks and nothing to be done to fix the problem. I’m not saying all Sony TV’s are of bad quality but I would be very weary of buying one because if something does go wrong you could be the one paying the cost after a couple of weeks. I researched on line before buying and if I had known or read anything like this I would have brought another brand as there are plenty to choose from.
Sony KV-36HQ100 36″ Widescreen WEGA Television with Freeview 
Geniatech PCMCIA Freeview HDTV & Analogue TV & FM Radio 3-in-One Card - Support Windows Vista 
Geniatech C8000T is a DVB-T + Analogue TV + FM 3-in-One TV/Radio card enabling you to turn your laptop/PC to a portable multimedia center. The digital tuner/receiver enables you to watch over 30 Freeview channels and listen to over 20 digital radio stations in areas where the signal is strong. The analogue tuner/receiver allows you to watch analogue TV in traditional way (in areas not covered by Freeview service yet or the signal insufficient) and listen to FM Radio stations. You can record your favourite TV programmes on your hard drive by instant, with time-shifting and schedule recording modes. It comes with a professional and user friendly software interface, a portable TV antenna and remote control. All you need to do is to plug the device to the PCMCIA port of your computer, insert the CD and install the software by following the instructions. Your computer will start working immediately for you as a portable high-definition TV and DVD recorder. There may be difficulty to receive freeview TV signal by the included portable antenna in some areas where the signal is not sufficiently strong. This is due to that the freeview service (www.freeview.co.uk) in the UK is not fully operating yet. The reception will be improving along with the progress of Digital Switchover Program. A signal amplifier or booster may improve reception capability in regions where the signal is marginally strong. (please note that reception capability may also be affected by various factors such as proximity to freeview TV/digital radio transmitters, tall building structures, thick walls, ceilings and etc.). A rooftop TV aerial may be required to watch freeview channels in regions where the signal is insufficient for a portable antenna.
