Freesat HD Box

mp3ireland2

Looking for a freesat box with HD. Preferably with a record facility, but unsure how much I need that in reality.....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Technisat-HDFS-Freesat-HD-Receiver/dp/B002DPVMXO/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I7TER9HEUIC2F&colid=2XVFHGQPRDKPG

Is what I am looking at at the minute, but just wanted to see if anybody has any other bargains!

Have a dish that works fine on my FTA box at the min, so just need a box.

maringo

Saw some in Power City yesterday but only saw 1 model with record function. Might be worth having a look there.

woidoi

Bought this myself when it was 99 sterling from Amazon. Excellent box, good build quality, superb pictures both HD and SD. It was voted best Freesat receiver last year. It only has one tuner but that has never been an issue for me, I have a life!

I use mine with a 16GB USB key I got from Play. I thought I would upgrade to a bigger hard drive but to be honest I have discovered over the years that if I don't watch a programme within a week I never watch it. So the 16GB stick is fine. You could of course team it with one of those drives from Aldi that are reduced at the moment.

mp3ireland2

Thanks guys, had a look on power city and they only had one Freesat HD box, most of there's were just free to air. Want the 7 day epg as my current now and next is annoying!

Yeah it does sound like the amazon one is best way to go. Don't know if i'd record too much myself either as I tend to just acquire films and series I want to watch online, also don't think the single tuner will be much of an issue for me either.

I'll buy it next payday I suppose! Cheers for the info!

noodler

Over anf above the 8 or so Irish Channels on SaorView - what does this give you if you live in Ireland (Dublin)?

woidoi

This box doesn't pick up the Irish stations. You need a Saorview receiver or Tele to get the the Irish Digital stations. Discussed on boards here

This box is for Freesat which is basically picking up the British Free Satellite Service. Discussed on boards.ie here

noodler

woidoi wrote: »

This box doesn't pick up the Irish stations. You need a Saorview receiver or Tele to get the the Irish Digital stations. Discussed on boards here

This box is for Freesat which is basically picking up the British Free Satellite Service. Discussed on boards.ie here

Thanks, I have no Sat Dish so ..whoops!

MrAbc

Freesat channel lists:
http://www.freesat.co.uk/what-you-get/our-channels

dinneenp

This crowd could be good, my brother mentioned them to me.