Freeview+

Reviews & hands-on

• Online

  Pure Avalon 300R Connect Freeview HD+ pictures and hands-on

  By Ian Morris 20 September 2012

  With YouView arguably landing with a plop. rather than then splash LordSirAlanSugar would have liked, the set-top-box arena still has plenty to play for. So, with that in mind, Pure is stepping out of its radio comfort zone, and into making Freeview PVRs....

• Apps

  APP OF THE DAY: TVCatchup review (Android)

  By Chris Hall 4 September 2012

  Watching TV on your Android device has never been too much of a problem. Flash support in the browser meant it was relatively easy to navigate to a catch-up TV site to stream content, or use one of the dedicated apps. With services moving on from Flash,...

• Home Cinema 3.5 out of 5

  Humax Tivizen TV review

  By Ian Morris 27 March 2012

  There are various ways to watch TV on your iOS device, or Android phone or tablet but there aren't any that match the simplicity or convenience of Freeview on a normal TV. The Humax Tivizen aims to help with that, offering a DVB-T (read Freeview) receiver...

• Home Cinema

  Equinux Tizi iPad Freeview transmitter hands on

  By Paul Lamkin 29 December 2010

  Earlier this month, German company Equinux unleashed its Tizi device, bringing live TV slap bang to your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.   Well, we say slap bang - it all depends on what sort of DVB-T/TNT/DTT Freeview reception you can pick up from its...

• Home Cinema 2 out of 5

  Emtec Movie Cube P800 review

  By Andrew Spode Miller 21 August 2009

  The Emtec Movie Cube P800 is the latest in a long line of Emtec products with a feature list that ticks all the right boxes. In practice though, it fails to deliver on most. Physically, it's very small and silent and has a whole host of connectors –...

• Gaming 4 out of 5

  Sony PlayTV review

  By Chris Hall 10 September 2008

  It case you haven’t heard, PlayTV is a digital TV tuner for your PS3. It provides the hardware to receive digital TV signals (Freeview in the UK) and connects to your PS3 via Mini-USB. Besides the single aerial connection and Mini-USB, there is only...

• Home Cinema 4 out of 5

  Goodmans GDB15HD upscaling Freeview box review

  By Stuart Miles 10 August 2007

  Goodmans has been churning out budget family favourites in the A/V market for what seems like forever, but its modest yet capable collection of low-end electronics rarely makes much of an impact when compared to the big boys. Having said that, it's rarely...

• Home Cinema 3 out of 5

  Sharp TU-R160H Freeview Personal Video Recorder review

  By Paul Lester 29 December 2006

  This is Sharp’s first stab at the PVR market to accompany a range of high performance LCD TVs. Following up on the recent success of rivals such as the Humax PVR9200T it offers similar features in the 160GB hard drive and built-in Freeview tuner, but...

• Online 3.5 out of 5

  AVerTV DVB-S Pro Freeview TV Tuner Card review

  By Davey Winder 5 May 2006

  This PCI card solution combines digital TV and radio reception via your PC, courtesy of the most widely used TV standard in the world, DVB-S. This has the advantage of not requiring a TV aerial to be connected, avoiding the usual plight of PC based TV...

• Home Cinema 4 out of 5

  Thomson DHD4000 Freeview Decoder review

  By Dan Leonard 19 October 2004

  Contrary to the spin on the web, this long expected Freeview receiver is indeed the twin tuner version that was expected. Despite some last minute rumour-mongering, the twin tuner hard drive Freeview box from Thomson is everything you've been hoping for....