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Dixons Retail, the company that operate Dixons, Currys, PC World and many more have launched their own Freesat HD Receiver, branded Logik.
We don’t have much information on the Logik LHDFSAT11, as it seems to have had a silent launch, but it appears to be a straight forward single tuner HD receiver capable of receiving all the freely available SD and HD channels, plus BBC iPlayer. …read more »
Freesat today confirmed it is partnering with Manhattan as a manufacturer of its next generation set-top boxes due to launch early this year.
In September last year, Freesat confirmed that Sagemcom and Humax would also be producing the new boxes. …read more »
For those of you looking for a post-Christmas bargain and some pennies still in your pocket, this might be of interest to you.
The excellent Echostar HDS-600RS SlingLoaded Freesat+HD Receiver is being sold by Amazon for £179.99, a staggering drop in price from £227.99 only yesterday. …read more »
With Christmas fast approaching, we thought it might be a good idea to put together our thoughts on the best Freesat bargains available this xmas. So whether you want to snuggle down and watch none-stop programmes over the festive period, or will be so busy that you’ll need to record your favourite programmes, we have something perfect for you. …read more »
TechniSat have confirmed a fix for the HDFS EPG issue is underway. The fault appeared a few weeks ago which prevents you accessing programme information more than 12 hours ahead, where as the standard Freesat EPG should allow you 8 days listings.
TechniSat have confirmed that they have located and solved the issue and the revised software will be tested week commencing 31st October 2011. Providing all goes well, they will be released shortly after via their website and presumably by over-the-air download too.
Good to see manufacturers still supporting existing products.
Freesat have posted up a chart on their website showing which past and present Freesat receivers have access to BBC iPlayer and ITV Player; or will do in the future.
It appears that unfortunately those long suffering Panasonic television owners (who recently rejoiced in success of gaining iPlayer after many years) won’t be happy to see that ITV Player will not be making an appearance to their television screens. Also those missing out includes the TechniSat HDFS, Ferguson F101HDSAT, Panasonic Freesat+HD receivers and both Sony and LG televisions. …read more »
After a long time of waiting (literally!) for the “please wait” issue to be fixed, it appears Humax will launch a new software version (1.00.17) on the 14th October according to DTG.
The new version will automatically download on to your receiver (usually at 3am) providing you have updates set to auto within the menu. The update is exclusively to resolve the EPG problem: …read more »
Competition now closed, congratulations to Chris Roberts, winner of the Manhattan Plaza HD-S.
The winning answer was of course ‘B’, there are 5 HD channels currently available on Freesat, including BBC1 HD, BBC HD, ITV1 HD, Channel 4 HD and NHK World HD. Number 300 of 426 was generated at random with numbers being pre-assigned based on order of entry submission.
Thank you to both Manhattan for providing us with a review unit and allowing us to offer as a prize afterwards, and thanks to Satbuyer for facilitating the competition and sending out the HD-S to the winner.
If you are interested in purchasing this receiver at an even better price, Satbuyer have kindly given us a £4 discount code valid until mid-December on the HD-S. Just enter discount code JOINFREESATHDS where prompted during the checkout process.
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To celebrate the launch, we are giving you the chance to win the fabulous Manhattan Plaza HD-S we reviewed, in which it received an impressive score of 4.5 out of 5.
Courtesy of Manhattan and Satbuyer, to have a chance of winning this great prize, answering the following (very) simple question: …read more »
The latest Freesat HD digital box to launch is the Manhattan Plaza HD-S Freesat HD Satellite Receiver and we’ve managed to get hold of one pre-release for our first ever joinfreesat review. Manhattan are hoping to add to the success of the existing DS-100 Freesat SD receiver with its ‘big brother’, which includes access to high-definition channels plus a few more features.
On first inspection you notice that the case itself is of good build quality including a silver bevel on the front concealing a few buttons. The unit is also very light and well proportioned thanks to the use of an external power supply which also keeps the case cool after hours of operation. The rear panel is well catered for and includes the LNB in port, HDMI, TV Scart, VCR Scart, S/PDIF (digital optical output), Ethernet and USB. …read more »
We have been waiting a very long time for this (too long), but as per the updated FAQ’s on the Panasonic website, the iPlayer software update is now available (version 1.619 for plasma’s, 2.606 for lcd’s), for the 2008 Panasonic televisions with Freesat built-in. The Pansonic website states; …read more »
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