Category: Digital set-top boxes
Top Up TV offers Premiership football package for £9.99 per month
If you happen to have been living under a rock, you’ll be one of the few that doesn’t realise that the English Premiership kicks off this weekend – and the options for the armchair fan just keep on growing.
Humax first to pass Freeview Playback Group 2 standard for DTRs
Humax has announced that it’s the first digital TV recorder (TV) manufacturer to pass the Freeview Playback Group 2 standard.
In English, that means that its PVR-9200TB and PVR-9200TS models guarantee users the following features:
Series link: Allows viewers to programme the DTR to automatically record every episode of a series
Virgin to launch free sports channel – Setanta Sports News
Virgin Media and Setanta Sports have confirmed they are working together to launch a new TV channel, Setanta Sports News. And it’s free to Virgin Media subscribers.
Book a doctor's appointment through your TV
Trying to get a doctor's appointment – that usually means a sold 30 minutes on the phone trying to get through, then being offered something in three days time – when you're probably feeling better. There's not a lot you…
Virgin Media and Setanta Sports offer 'free' sports channels – and that includes the Premier League
Football is still the battleground for pay TV in the UK, with the latest deal offering ‘free’ sports channels if you sign up with Virgin Media.
Top Up TV+ digital television recorder goes on general sale. Or is it free?
A few weeks back, I reported that ‘selected customers’ were being offered free Top Up TV+ boxes, despite the boxes being offered for sale on the site. Well, it seems like that two-tier world is still in operation, with news that the Top Up TV+ boxes are now for sale on the high street as well as online. Price? Still £139.
Virgin Media announces its own TV channel – Virgin 1
Well, it makes sense. If one of your main providers (Sky) is pulling channels, you might as well start your own. And that’s what Virgin seems to be doing with the launch of Virgin 1.
Top-Up TV giving away PVRs for free?
It’s funny how sometimes stories just come to you. Like today, when I had a representative of Top Up TV ringing me up to ask if I wanted a free digital recorder.
Goodmans launch GDB15HD digital box with HDMI connectivity
Goodmans has a new digital box on the market with one difference to a standard basic box – the GDB15HD has HDMI connectivity.
Alba launches sub-£60 combi DVD/CD/Freeview digital set top box
The digital switchover is happening – and not everyone is ready for it. If your still short of a digital box, Alba has launched one that can save some space under the TV – the DVD382STB combi DVD/CD/Freeview digital set top box.
