Advantages: cheap easy to install easy to use good picture quality more tv channels Disadvantages: may require an aeriel upgrade
With the analogue television signal being gradually switched off all over the country in the next few years and me not having satellite i decided to get online and see what the best way of getting a digital tv signal.
All what i read said that the cheapest and most effective way of this is to get a freevirw box. Now being a student i was keen to get a cheap box, that enabled me to watch tv through a digital signal or aeriel.
I read on ciao about the digilogic freeview box and decided to buy one and see for myself, so here is my review.
Firstly the price, i managed to get 1 from the internet foa penny under £20, which i thought at the time was a good deal. If you are buying online then please be aware of the time it takes for delievery mine took 4 days to come through.
Once i got it i began to set it up. I have to say that the box was ...
Advantages: Easy to install and set up Disadvantages: Tesco may be delisting so you would need to buy soon
I keep seeing adverts telling me that the digital switch over is coming and that although I can get it just fine on my main TV the other sets in the house will need set top box to receive digital. In truth it isn't really a problem where I live as we have ages yet before we switch over but, always wanting to be ahead of the game and loving a bargain, I spotted the Digilogic DSTB1500 set top box in Tesco the other day at just £24.95 and thought it was worth a try.
I am lucky in that I know from using my Humax that I can get Freeview where I live but to be honest the first time I checked the Freeview website using my postcode it told me it wasn't available in my area. However when I checked via http://www.dtg.org.uk/retailer/coverage.html I discovered that it was - although a few channels might not be. If you aren't sure if you can ...
