Comments on: Metronic HD Freesat Receiver

By: william

william — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:10:54 +0000

can someone advise on picture and sound quality?
what are the 100 channels available, thanks for any information

By: FREESAT HD PVR - why only HUMAX - AVForums.com

FREESAT HD PVR - why only HUMAX - AVForums.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:50:17 +0000

[...] late summer! also this news says Metronic HD PVRs will be available from Maplin early next year: Metronic HD Freesat Receiver

By: Les Nicol

Les Nicol — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:27:27 +0000

Having had a look at the Metronic full specification it seems they have attempted to bridge the gap between the Humax HD and DTR receivers. It can to upscale in standard mode – it has component out (omitted from the Humax DTR) it can record to an external HDD and has USB2 archiving capability to the external HDD permitting eg: JPEG – uploading to the drive.MP3. With these capabilites it is priced well Specification can be viewed on the Maplin website. (No stock) as yet.

By: Deano

Deano — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:19:04 +0000

Has the Metronic got DivX licensing ????

By: Al (Original)

Al (Original) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:28:43 +0000

@David, you’re not going to get many movies on a USB stick and the Foxsat PVR has 2 USB ports anyway. Only thing it doesn’t have is DivX licensing.

As for the Metronic making the Foxsat obsolete with its DivX capable USB stick, I doubt it somehow. I’d no more download a movie than fly to the moon. Hours of waiting only to then wonder if there are any file errors, compression that downgrades the picture, charges unless your pirating, I mean why bother?

Much easier to subscribe to Lovefilm and get unlimited DVD’s through the post, or visit your local video store or just buy the damn things. Silver discs all the way for me. I’ll never download movies. I already hate music downloads with a passion and only do it if forced because I can’t buy it in a shop. Nothing worse than stacks of white CDR’s and chemical coatings on recordable discs eventually break down anyway. Somehow, I’m betting there are a lot like me on the silver disc front.

By: David

David — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:44:36 +0000

Dan & Jim, this model has only a single tuner but it’s not a PVR, just a receiver. We haven’t seen the PVR spec yet but would be v surprised if it didn’t have two tuners.

By: xool

xool — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:12:22 +0000

@ Steve
Since you are unable to follow the link @ 2.
I have copy it here for you…

Product Features and Technical Details
Product Features

* HD Freesat Satellite Reciever
* compact size
* front panel controls CH+/-,volume up/down
* Full remote control
* 8 day Freesat EPG
* DiSEqC 1.1 compatible
* Broadband return path
* Parental lock
* DVD Subtitles
* Audio Description facilty
* Teletext
* IF loop through
* 2 year manufacturers warranty
* SPDIF Optical
* Over 100 Digital channels plus HD programmes available

Technical Details

Standard Demodulator 1,DVB-S,DVB-S2
Input Frequency
950-2150Mhz
IF loop through
950-2150Mhz
Video Format SDMPEG-2MPML
HDMI upscale
HD:1920X1080i 25/1280x720p50/720×576 for SD
Video Signal connector 2xSCART (composite amd RGB) /HDMI V1.2
Audio connector SPDIF Optical
RJ45 Return Path
HDMI Cable.

By: Dan & Jim

Dan & Jim — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:51:54 +0000

@David. But from the looks of it, this only has a single tuner. Unlike the upcoming Humax that has two; allowing watch and record or 2 x record.

By: David

David — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:26:28 +0000

@Daniel
From the admittedly vague spec on Maplin’s site, the Metronic box seems to have a huge advantage over all the others in that it will play video files from a USB stick.
Assuming this means downloaded Divx files, the upcoming Metronic PVR makes the Humax one obsoete before it’s even launched.

By: Ads

Ads — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:21:08 +0000

I have seen this new box working. the user interface looks very similar to the look of the Humax. The Sat loop through works and it has usb upgrades as with all metronic boxes.