Tesco selling Freeview HD Boxes in Ireland

Trevord

I see Tesco in Ireland are now selling Freeview HD boxes. When did that happen ?

At €87 euro they won't be running out the door.

Sponge Bob

Which model(s) , there are 3 different ones. If they 'behave' for Saorview I'd like to hear it.

They will be useful along the border and east coast for saorview + Freeview HD overspill however overpriced they may be futher west and south where they will never behave as well as a Walker or Finlux would at the same price!

They are also likely to dump them at €39.99 on occasion

Zardoz

Trevord wrote: »

I see Tesco in Ireland are now selling Freeview HD boxes. When did that happen ?

At €87 euro they won't be running out the door.

£30 in the UK= €87 here
Some farce.
No wonder they have their highest worldwide profit margin in Ireland

Richard

Zardoz wrote: »

£30 in the UK= €87 here
Some farce.
No wonder they have their highest worldwide profit margin in Ireland

I've not seen Freeview HD boxes for anything like £30 in the UK. £70 is the cheapest I've seen, which is about €80.

Zardoz

Richard wrote: »

I've not seen Freeview HD boxes for anything like £30 in the UK. £70 is the cheapest I've seen, which is about €80.

Tesco are selling them for £30
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.209-0458.aspx

reboot

Trevord wrote: »

I see Tesco in Ireland are now selling Freeview HD boxes. When did that happen ?

At €87 euro they won't be running out the door.

As I posted yesterday,Tesco albiet Belfast Freeview HD boxes reduced from £70 to £30,Bought one and quite pleased with myself.

Antenna

Do those boxes have a decent tuner (RF wise) - I real elsewhere of the Technika TV tuners being poor and more likely to be troublesome (than other TVs) in the vicinity of TETRA transmitters etc.

Trevord

Sponge Bob wrote: »

Which model(s) , there are 3 different ones. If they 'behave' for Saorview I'd like to hear it.

They will be useful along the border and east coast for saorview + Freeview HD overspill however overpriced they may be futher west and south where they will never behave as well as a Walker or Finlux would at the same price!

They are also likely to dump them at €39.99 on occasion

I saw the newest Technika model with DIS in the model number for sale in Tesco Douglas and Mahon Point this week.

These sell for 70 stg up north right now (only the older models sell for 30stg). So for once there is no rip off down here.

No great reason to buy one for 87 euro if you are outside of freeview range.

reboot

Antenna wrote: »

Do those boxes have a decent tuner (RF wise) - I real elsewhere of the Technika TV tuners being poor and more likely to be troublesome (than other TVs) in the vicinity of TETRA transmitters etc.

I plugged the Set top box in and it gives me the same Freeview HD pictures as the Sony bravia,ie BBC Wales,and IOM sometimes,and RTE2 HD.It does what it says on the tin,and for £30.

Machinehead

Saw a Freeview HD box in Chester yesterday for £99.95 in one of the major UK retailers, was expecting to find one for a lot less than that.

carrolls

Maplins in Dublin are selling Freeview HD Saorview boxes for €55.

holidaysong

The last time I was in Maplins in Dublin they were selling MPEG-2 Freeview boxes.

The Cush

holidaysong wrote: »

The last time I was in Maplins in Dublin they were selling MPEG-2 Freeview boxes.

Saw one on sale in Maplins Limerick a while ago :rolleyes:

formerly scottish paddy

reboot wrote: »

As I posted yesterday,Tesco albiet Belfast Freeview HD boxes reduced from £70 to £30,Bought one and quite pleased with myself.

Yea, saw those boxes in Tesco, Belfast (Newtownbreda) for £30 (down from £70) Not bad as a Saorview/ Freeview HD box. I wonder when official Saorview boxes will hit that price!!

reboot

formerly scottish paddy wrote: »

Yea, saw those boxes in Tesco, Belfast (Newtownbreda) for £30 (down from £70) Not bad as a Saorview/ Freeview HD box. I wonder when official Saorview boxes will hit that price!!

Yeah,Box £30,aerial,amp,rigging,power ,supply,stress of locating T2 HD,priceless.

carrolls

holidaysong wrote: »

The last time I was in Maplins in Dublin they were selling MPEG-2 Freeview boxes.

Well you had better check again, because my mate just wired up his parents for Saorview using one of those €55 Maplins boxes.
It is a Yamada MPEG2/MPEG4HD box.

wicklowgaz

I seen them for sale in Arklow this weekend. Then again I suppose that most people in Arklow can pick up Freeview being so close to the coast!:)

questionmark?

Richard wrote: »

I've not seen Freeview HD boxes for anything like £30 in the UK. £70 is the cheapest I've seen, which is about €80.

I remember a few weeks ago some Independent store near were I work offering Freeview HD boxes for £14.99. Prob below cost selling to get people in but still great value.

horse7

heres one on amazon uk/ Grundig GUDB300HD Digital Set Top Box, for 40£ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003D7LXTO?ie=UTF8&tag=savepounds-21. cant see if its mpeg4,but i believe once its hd it will work here.

razor_ryan

horse7 wrote: »

heres one on amazon uk/ Grundig GUDB300HD Digital Set Top Box, for 40£ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003D7LXTO?ie=UTF8&tag=savepounds-21. cant see if its mpeg4,but i believe once its hd it will work here.

Technical Details


Freeview HD (DVB-T2) Digital Set Top Box
Access to High Definition Programmes
Access all Freeview Channels and Radio Stations
Upscaling of SDTV to HD when connected via HDMI
8 Day EPG
Interactive Services (Red Button)
Digital Text
Automatic/Manual Channel Search
1 x HDMI Socket
2 x Scart Sockets
1 x SPDIF Digital Audio Output
1 x USB Slot Port
Ethernet Port
Remote Control (Including Batteries)
1 x HDMI Cable
Instruction Manual & Quick Start Guide

horse7

so will it work here?

razor_ryan

DVB T2 Mpeg 4 it should work here no problem

Sam Russell

horse7 wrote: »

so will it work here?

It will provide pictures, sound, and teletext. However, it may have trouble with summertime and channel numbers. [...and a few surprises into the future]

danjo

Sam Russell wrote: »

It will provide pictures, sound, and teletext. However, it may have trouble with summertime and channel numbers. [...and a few surprises into the future]

Spot on! It does have problems with summertime and channel numbers. No apparent fix for either. Works okay otherwise. ASDA selling them for £42.