HD FTA Sat receiver, is this good value?

pauld

Hi, I will be buying a fullHD 42 inch tv int he next week or so. I currently have a a SD FTA box. I obviouly will want to make use of the full HD tv (BBC and ITV) so I am looking around for a HD FTA box. I found the following and was owndering if anybody could tell me if it is good value or suggest an alternative. I prefer FTA to freesat however this box seems to have both! Any views?

Mvision HD 300 Combo

New improved 300 Edition version

A Digital satellite and Digital terrestrial receiver in one! A truly future proof receiver!!

HD Terrestrial and Satellite in one receiver!!

PVR ready, you can record any channel by pluging in a hard drive/memory stick via its USB port.

You can look at your photos or listen to your music via its USB port.

Mvision HD300 Combo

Receive all Freesat/Free to air channels for free and the current trial transmission of the Digital Irish channels, RTE1, RTE2, TV3 and TG4!!

BBC HD
ITV HD + all Freesat channels!

RTE 1
RTE2
TV3
TG4 (The signal from the 4 Irish channels (RTE1/2,TV3 & TG4) is a test transmission only)

Get all of the FTA content including HD on Astra 28.2 degrees east.

This receiver comes pre-tuned with all the Freesat/Free-to-air channels- free of charge. Less stress for you, just plug it into your RTE aerial and existing satellite dish and enjoy!

Tech Spec:

THIS RECEIVER WORKS WITH BBC HD & ITV HD
Also on MPEG4 Terrestrial broadcasts in EIRE

COMBO unit with Satellite & Terrestrial Tuners
Supports MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and fully DVB compliant.
1 Slots common interface for Viaccess, Irdeto, Cryptoworks, Nagravision, Conax, Mediaguard etc.
1 Slot smart card.
DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and USALS(DiSEqC 1.3).
Aspect ratio adjustment 4:3 (16/9 crop), 4:3 (16/9 letterbox), 16:9 (4/3 pillar box).
Multi-Langual audio & digital closed caption support.
User friendly OSD and operation.
Total 5,000 Channels Programmable.
Multi-langual audio support
Multi-langual menu text support.
Favorite channel selections.
Parental Guide and rating control.
EPG(Provider Electronic Program Guide) for On
Screen Channel Information.
On-Screen Display with 65,536 Color.
Zoom Function in Pause.
Dolby Digital Bitstream Out through S/PDIF(Optical & Coaxal).
Selectable output for 1080i, 720P, 576P and 576i format.
Multiple Video Outputs “HDMI, Component(YPbPr), SCART(RGB, CVBS), Composite(CVBS)”.
USB 2.0 Host (Access to HDD, USB memory, Others etc) : 1 Port.
Upgrade Software & Update Channel Database through USB 2.0 Port and RS232.


Price: €214.99

St Senan

Only €179.99 here http://www.saortv.com/shop/digital-tv-receivers/mvision/cat_33.html

similar receiver here for €168.99 http://satellite.ie/acatalog/Terrestrial_and_Satellite__Free_to_Air_Combo_Receivers.html

pauld

Sacller thanks for the reply. Just a couple of questions, are there channels on freesat that cannot be accessed via FTA? Secondly am I right in saying that I only need to disconnect my sd fta box and reconnect the HD box and attach to tv with hdmi to get hd channels, there is no additional wiring?

thanks

St Senan

pauld wrote: »

Sacller thanks for the reply. Just a couple of questions, are there channels on freesat that cannot be accessed via FTA?
thanks

No you will receive the same channels if you buy a combo box.
you will need a feed from an Aerial for the terrstrial channels

Tony

Paul my reply to your email failed because the address you supplied bounces.

MartyM

pauld wrote: »

I prefer FTA to freesat however this box seems to have both! Any views?

Mvision HD 300 Combo

This is not a Freesat receiver, I asked a similar question here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055855092

AFAIK you will get the exact same FTA channels as a Freesat receiver but you will not have an EPG, just "Now and Next".

The advantage is that you also have DTT, no Freesat/DTT combo at the moment.

John mac

pauld wrote: »

Hi, I will be buying a fullHD 42 inch tv int he next week or so. I obviouly will want to make use of the full HD tv (BBC and ITV)

to make full use of your new tv you will also need a blu ray player (ps3 will do )

this will give you the full 1080p HD signal, as opposed to the 1080i from broadcast hd.

Tony

Why not get a tv with freesat and MPEG 4 DTT built in?

pauld

Thanks guys, sorry Tony re the email address, the end of it was @ie.qbe.com. I am still interested in the one I queried subject to questiosn asked.

The tv I am buying has DVT and DVC so do not need DTT on the receiver. The tv is Philips 42inch 8404 series

I have a ps3 so cant wait till next week to actually make full use of it

Tony

No problem I can re send

pauld wrote: »

Thanks guys, sorry Tony re the email address, the end of it was @ie.qbe.com. I am still interested in the one I queried subject to questiosn asked.

The tv I am buying has DVT and DVC so do not need DTT on the receiver. The tv is Philips 42inch 8404 series

I have a ps3 so cant wait till next week to actually make full use of it