Freesat HD recievers

cronos

I was just wondering what your selection of bargin freesat HD receivers would be like. I'm thinking of getting it for my phillips 32pfl5604. I have not decided yet though as it very much depends on the price.

Richersounds.ie: John

Cronos,

Of course it depends on price - you are our fave bargain hunter!

Ok we only have 2 Freesat HD receivers and they are the big popular ones from Humax:

We have the Foxsat HD receiver only which is currently just £119.95 - a completely crazy price - see details here http://www.richersounds.com/product/freeview-freesat-pvr/humax/foxsat-hd/huma-foxsathd-box

Or..

We have the much more popular recorder version the Foxsat HDR which includes a 320GB recorder and twin tuners allowing you to watch one programme and record another or even record two channels at the same time! :eek: this unit is currently £249.95 again see details here: http://www.richersounds.com/product/freeview-freesat-pvr/humax/foxsat-hdr/huma-foxsat-hdr-box

We have to charge delivery on these I'm afraid and that is £11.99 for next day courier delivery.

Thanks again for the enquiry and please just drop me a line if I can help in any way!

Hope the Philips 32" is going well?

ATB,

John Mc

cronos

might wait till an open box version pops up. Thanks for the help.

Richersounds.ie: John

cronos wrote: »

might wait till an open box version pops up. Thanks for the help.

No problem Cronos - thanks for the post - I'll keep you in mind if I see a stray one in a dog eared box around the stores

Thanks again,

John Mc

acquiescefc

Question... does (either of) this/these work with the tuner on the pfl5604?
i.e. you dont need a dish?

Sorry, im wading thru the HDTV minefield slowly.

Richersounds.ie: John

Acq,

no 'fraid not - you must have a dish with the Freesat - you may be thinking of 'Freeview' which is a different technology altogether and is a UK based MPEG2 jobbie.

The 5604 series has both MPEG2 and MPEG4 (the Irish version of 'freeview') on board already and this does NOT require a dish - however at the moment you will only receive the local channels via the MPEG4 receiver as RTE are just doing engineering trials and the system does not properly go live until later in the year!

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=55

This really is the place to find out all about Freeview/freesat etc - there is a Mega helpful Boardie there called STB who should be given the freedom of Dublin as he has helped out so many Boardies at this stage - seek him out or of course just drop us a line and we will do our level best to assist..

Thanks again,

John mc

dixiefly

Does it need one or two inputs from the satellite?

TJM

Just stumbled on this thread and was wondering whether you currently sell a device which would cover both HD freesat and Irish "freeview" when it goes live - ideally with a HDD recorder! I know a separate box will be available for Irish freeview, but I'd like to reduce the number of boxes currently under the TV.

Richersounds.ie: John

dixiefly wrote: »

Does it need one or two inputs from the satellite?

Apologies for taking so long to reply

The Humax HDR recorder uses 2 inputs..

Thanks again and please drop me a line if I can assist,

ATB,

John Mc

Richersounds.ie: John

TJM wrote: »

Just stumbled on this thread and was wondering whether you currently sell a device which would cover both HD freesat and Irish "freeview" when it goes live - ideally with a HDD recorder! I know a separate box will be available for Irish freeview, but I'd like to reduce the number of boxes currently under the TV.

Apologies for taking so long to reply

Not at the moment - I wish we did and and it's a damn good idea!

Thanks again and please drop me a line if I can assist,

ATB,

John Mc