Edcase

Now we have moved and have a much stronger arial I am going to get another freeview box, mainly to take advantage of the better picture quality and getting BBC3.

the last one I had had such a terrible remote control and interface, can anybody recommend one that has a) a top-up-tv card slot and b) a good remote and interface.

Must be less than £100 otherwise it stops becoming an 'impulse purchase', if you know what I mean.

Edcase

anybody got one of these?

http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/iplayer.html

Grayduncs

Save up and get http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-...?reviewid=4665 Costs c£180 but is worth every penny

Edcase

Thing is I don't watch enough telly to make it worthwhile, otherwise I'd get sky+

good value though

GC8

The £29:99 Sagem box that Argos have is actually very good. Ive had what is essentially the same receiver but with a second SCART connector for a while and Im happy with it. It doesnt have a card reader but 'Top-Up TV' is of little interest. The £130 40Gb PVR that they offer is reasonable for the money too. I have a much dearer Philips box also and its markedly inferior.....

Simon

wez_sti

havent tried em myself but theres quite a selection in argos, there one for ~100 with a 80gb harddrive in...

or i think the sony one is £99, looks good, and sony normally have their head screwed on for usability etc...

corradoboy

Don't know about the cheapies, but the Topfield 5800 is amongst the best out there. Have a look around on AV Forums or check out http://www.toppy.org.uk/ and http://www.toppy.tv/ .

brickboy

If you have DVD + Video + TV I'd recommend any box with two SCART sockets.

I got a cheapie £40 job from Tesco, works fine but it's a bloody cable nightmare cos it's only single SCART, and I can't get a good video recording off freeview because of it. Took a good hour arsing around with different cables to get it to work.

Twin SCART = plug and play.

Scooby Roo

I stilluse me ITV box........it's crap and the remote is fooked but you can have it for nought.

My reception is a little pants do the boxes have amplifiers in them

Roo