Comments on: Sagem Launch Freesat Range

By: Alan Brown

Alan Brown — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:25:35 +0000

What a shame that Sagem do not ensure that all broadcasts that are received by the freesat box are converted to widescreen automatically.It lets the box down and I cannot recommend that people buy this box when other manufacturers do a fine job of all broadcasts converted to widescreen. I’m thinking of buying another box by a different manufacturer to over come this problem.

By: Whiskerpuss

Whiskerpuss — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:27:11 +0000

I recently cancelled my sky hd subscription and got the sagem freesat box, the picture quality with upscaling is far superior to sky The HD picture is amazing, but to be honest with sagems upscaling its difficult to tell the difference it’s that good.

Some broadcasts are 4:3 and after phoning sagem support uk, who were extremely helpful and talked me thru my samsung hd tv setup and sagem box setup to ensure everything was tuned in properly, they explained that their boxes do not ‘stretch’ broadcasts in 4:3 as sky and some other freesat box manufacturers do, as it degrades the picture. So if you can live with a few broadcasts in 4:3 on your widescreen tv, it’s not a problem.

This little box might be ugly, but it sits at the back of the tv out of site and gives the best picture quality of any freesat box I’ve seen.

Highly recommended.

By: arthur bateman

arthur bateman — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:59:07 +0000

I have a sagem freesat box bot a lot of the channels are in 4-3 picture mode, how can I get them to fill my 16-9 screen.

By: RoZo

RoZo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:04:55 +0000

Admin
This subject has also dropped off the home page so most people do not seem to see it. Is there any mews when the Sagem recorder will be available, it was due in September, is that still the case? Where can we find out about its non-freesat and diseqc features?

By: RoZo

RoZo — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:44:14 +0000

Does anyone know whether the new Sagem recorders are likely to have decent non-freesat abilities such as timer recording and diseq control?

By: admin

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:05:33 +0000

Maplin have had the product on pre-order for a few months now, but with limited information I’d be surprised if they have any orders.

By: Tim M

Tim M — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:31:18 +0000

You can now pre-order the Grundig 500GB Freesat+ PVR from Maplin for £329.99.
See
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=267071
This box looks a little neater that either the Goodmans or Sagem PVRs.

By: darnall 42

darnall 42 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:04:17 +0000

i also had a sagem freeview pvr and it was dreadfull so there is no way i would buy a sagem freesat + box (unless there was £100 off the price )

By: admin

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:28:40 +0000

…or £20 more for brand new with 2 year warranty!

By: Lee B

Lee B — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:21:18 +0000

@Alan M £229 at the moment plus at least £5 delivery so £234, I think its worth paying Amazon £12 more for a new box delivered free.