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Bush Freesat HD Digital Box (BFSAT01HD)
Bush BFSAT01HD Price Comparison (buy online now)
| Store | Price | P+P | DISCOUNT | Total | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argos | £119.99 | £5.95 | Code ‘AFD10′ *Free del. Expiry 25/11/08 |
£119.99 |  |
About the Bush BFSAT01HD Digital Receiver
The Bush BFSAT01HD High Definition freesat Digital Box was released shortly after Freesat’s launch on 6th May 2008. Whilst off to a slow start due to software recalls, the Bush is selling well as the low-end receiver, significantly cheaper than its rival freesat receivers. The Bush BFSAT01HD brings you good quality SD and HD picture, and offers the LNB in and out to allow you to piggy-back another digital box without the need for another cable from the satellite dish. The Bush HD also includes the ability to add FTA (free-to-air) channels not currently available on the Freesat EPG as default.
Bush BFSAT01HD Specification
- Freesat compliant
- Access all freesat Digital channels and Radio Stations
- Handy on-screen TV listings
- Interactive TV
- Ethernet support - for future iPlayer and Kangaroo use
- Subtitles and Audio Description
- Simultaneous playing of transmissions over HDMI, YPbPr or Scart (2 x Scart sockets)
- External Power Adapter
- Dolby digital optical audio output (S/PDIF)
- Automatic software upgrade via satellite
- Audio description / One touch subtitle
- Dimensions (Width x Height x Depth): 257mm x 42mm x 165mm
- Weight: 1kg
Bush BFSAT01HD official website
Bush BFSAT01HD manuals
http://www.bushdigital.co.uk/downloads/Bush%20BFSAT01HD%20IB-Rev1-140308.pdf (0.9mb - user manual)
http://www.bushdigital.co.uk/downloads/BFSAT01HD%20QSG-Rev3-140308.pdf (0.6mb - quick start guide)
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November 17th, 2008 at 11:23 am
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November 17th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
picture quality in HD is excellent, but there is a problem with the programme guide, which crashes after a few seconds and makes it impossible to check up and coming programmes.
worth getting just for the bbc high definition channel and the occasional high definnition prog on ITV.
November 17th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Bought it for the Euro Championships, and haven’t regretted it at all. Great pic quality. Great for HD on both BBC and ITV (when they broadcast). Only issue I can think of is that it’s a bit fiddly trying to add new channels. First time freesat added channels, they appeared automatically, then disappeared the day after. Now, it seems to be a combo of powering down and back up again, and leaving on the epg.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I purchased the Bush Freesat HD (£119 plus got a £10 voucher!) box from Argos and it came with a free HDMI cable, the box is compact and silent with an external power supply, The box is cool on top, but rather warm on the underside though it has never crashed.
Unfortunately it has no RGB on scart, though most people will use the HDMI cable. It has a really bright blue LED for standby mode (too bright, not unlike an LED torch!), but nothing for when it’s actually switched on?, the menu system is usable, though hardly polished (could be improved with an over the air update) and on air upgrades have fixed most of the early problems. Never ever had any lip sync issued which can effect Sky HD and Humax HD boxes, but the remote is rather basic and very directional i.e needs to be pointed directly at the box.
The picture quality is very good for both the SD and HD material, and no problems with HDMI connections.
I do tend to have to rescan the whole system when new channels are added, I’m sure this will be fixed in a future update.
I would give the box 8.5/10, would have been higher if the remote was better quality and the standby led was less torch like!. A cheap introduction to HD and recommended for ease of use and the credit crunch price tag!.
Looking forward to some more HD channels now, or a full ITV HD service.
November 17th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Bought the Bush HD box when it came out at Argos. Set everything up and working. The following day the box would not come out of standby and had to be “rebooted” by turning the power off. This was virtually all the time. Spoke to Bush tech. line and was advised to return the unit to Argos for a replacement. This I did and guess what, just the same as the old one. Spoke to Bush Tech. again and they told me they would send a replacement fully tested direct from Bush. Never arrived, rang again and was told that the replacement had been sent to Argos for me to collect. At Argos they did not know what I was talking about, and the only one’s they had was normal stock. At this point I gave up and got my money back. Bought another brand that has been perfect.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Picture quality is excellent, however the programme guide is very basic. Remote control is poor, you have to point it directly at the receiver or it just doesn’t work. Sometimes this reciever does not pick up the new channels that get added from time to time, so you have to remove the power to get it to include them. But for £119 you get a good little reciever, however Bush could do with fixing the bugs via firmware update. BBC HD looks far superior to ITV HD. Come on Freesat sort out Channel 4 HD. I would give this receiver 7/10.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:50 am
I live in Southern Spain and have the Bush HD box but cannot receive Channel 4 - all it says is No Service. However, the channel is available on my Sky box.
Channel 5 appeared after I had unplugged the box from the mains but Channel 4 is nowhere to be seen.
I agree with comments about the remote control - have to point it directly at the receiver, and the EPG is also not good. I suppose we are used to the Sky EPG which is quite user friendly. I give the box 7/10.
Any suggestions on why I cannot receive Channel 4 would be appreciated.