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CeBIT 2008: Hauppauge launches PMP, HD-PVR for PC, twin TV tuner
You'll get square eyes.... 4 March 2008 8:49 GMT
Hauppauge Digital has unveiled a range of new products at CeBIT, including a portable media player with Freeview, a high-definition video recorder for PCs, and a "double twin" TV tuner for Vista and Media Center.

The new Hauppauge "PMP" is a portable player...
Archos Media Club coming to UK
Going up against Apple and Microsoft 7 February 2008 13:07 GMT
Archos is to go up against Apple's Movie Download store in the UK with the launch of a service called the Archos Media Club.

The service, which is currently available in France will offer customers who sign up to the service two films a month from a massive...
Archos TV+ in pictures
We snap the connected device at the UK launch 6 February 2008 15:29 GMT
We managed to get a play with the new Archos TV+ at the UK launch.

The new model, which will cost £179.99 for the 80GB model and £249.99 for the 250GB model, will go up against Apple TV.

It combines a Wi-Fi media player with a 250GB hard drive...
Sky shouts about growing figures
Sky+ and HD services see increases 6 February 2008 9:13 GMT
Sky has revealed figures for their home cinema services, that had a successful time of things during the last fiscal quarter.

In the 3 months to 31 December 2007, the number of households with Sky+ increased by 434,000 to 3.131 million, with a new customer...
Humax PVR-9200T gets Freeview PlayBack firmware update
Free features 14 January 2008 18:33 GMT
Humax has released its latest software upgrade for the Humax PVR-9200T twin tuner digital TV recorder, which will allow existing customers to take advantage of the latest Freeview Playback recording features.

The Freeview Playback software will be automatically...
CES 2008: Microsoft and BT to turn Xbox into set top box
IPTV for 360 7 January 2008 5:51 GMT
Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president of Entertainment & Devices Division delivered what could be descrived as the most exciting news as part of Bill Gates' final CES keynote speech.

Bach announced that BT, who has done deals with Sony for their PSP recently,...
Archos to go up against Apple with ARCHOS TV+
Offers Wi-Fi connectivity, downloading to PMP and more 4 January 2008 22:03 GMT
Archos has announced that it will be going up against Apple with the launch of a Wi-Fi enabled digital video recorder.

Called the ARCHOS TV+, the new device combines a Wi-Fi media player with a 250GB hard drive to allow you to stream or store movies, music,...
Humax to launch Free-To-Air HD recevier
As well as "refresh" PVR-9200T model next year 13 December 2007 13:10 GMT
Humax has told Pocket-lint that it will be launching a new player that will be able to receive Free-to-air HD channels via FreeSat.

The company has also confirmed to Pocket-lint that is planning an update of its popular PVR-9200T Personal Video Recorder model...
Blurry Belkin spy shot said to show wireless HD streamer
Rumoured for CES launch 27 November 2007 13:43 GMT
A Belkin-connected deep throat has leaked this pic to American blog Gizmodo with the following message:

"Found this new device, taken straight from within Belkin Skunk works (booyah!). Don't know much about it, but it's a wireless HD product - supposedly one...
Archos planning Archos TV+
Wi-Fi capable set-top box from PMP maker coming soon 21 November 2007 13:11 GMT
Archos is prepping the launch of Archos TV+, a set-top Wi-Fi multimedia PVR-esque device that will move the company from capable PMP manufacturer to a living room presence.

The new product is designed to be an entertainment hub, the same as Apple TV, or the...
BT Vision now available as self-install
Set it up yourself, save £60 14 November 2007 8:15 GMT
BT Vision is now available for customers to self install for a one-off connection fee of £30. By avoiding the need for an engineer visit, customers choosing BT Vision Self Install can save themselves £60.

The Self Install option includes a pair of Comtrend...
Hush Media Centre range launches
"A silent revolution in entertainment" 14 November 2007 8:00 GMT
Three new HD Media Centres have been launched by German manufacturer Hush Technologies.

The Hush E1200, E5200 and E5200d Media Centres allow you to store all of your music, movies and photos and play them back in full HD audio and video quality, all from the...
Sharp TU-R160HA PVR with Freeview Playback announced
160 gig for 160 quid 8 November 2007 9:26 GMT
Sharp Electronics has updated its digital television recorder and introduced the TU-R160HA.

The new model supports the latest Freeview Playback status for the most up-to-the-minute, one-touch recording features with an eight-day TV guide.

The TU-R10HA...
Sky proposes a "Picnic" new brand of services for the UK
Wants to extend non-satellite TV, phone and broadband offerings 3 October 2007 8:11 GMT
Sky has revealed details of its plans to offer broadband, telephone and digital terrestrial television services under a new brand across the UK.

The new Picnic offerings will let customers pick "simple, flexible options to combine the services that they want"...
Alba QUICK2VIEW set-top box, cheap and easy Freeview
Does more for the digital switchover than any ad campaign... 13 September 2007 16:28 GMT
Alba has launched the QUICK2VIEW Digital Set Top Box providing Freeview TV and radio on existing television sets - clearly aiming it at idiots, sorry, technophobes.

Certainly affordable at £19.99, it's easy to use, with a Quick Start Guide printed on the actual...
EMTEC launches Movie Cube-R multimedia hard drive
Works with or without a PC 10 September 2007 10:57 GMT
EMTEC has launched the Movie Cube-R, a multimedia centre hard drive that allows you to record and watch all types of video directly on your television, with or without a computer.

The Movie Cube offers functionality of a video recorder, DVD player and hi-fi...
IFA 2007: LG LT75 LCD TV with built-in PVR launched
LG follows Humax in offering Live Pause from your TV 30 August 2007 10:45 GMT
LG has announced the launch of a LCD television with built-in PVR at IFA 2007 in Berlin, Germany.

The model, called Pause and Play will follow Humax, who has offered a similar feature for over three years in offering users the chance to pause and rewind live...
Evesham launches Freeview Playback DTR250 PVR
Twin tuner Freeview receiver and hard drive recorder 21 August 2007 10:59 GMT
Troubled manufacturer Evesham has launched the DTR250 Twin Tuner Digital TV Recorder.

A combined Digital Terrestrial (Freeview) receiver and Digital Video Recorder the new DTR250 from Evesham gives you access to all free-to-air digital TV channels and radio...
Goodmans launches two Freeview Playback PVRs
Look out Sky+ 10 August 2007 16:19 GMT
Goodmans has launched two new Freeview Playback DTR/PVRs.

The first model (GHD8020F2) has an 80GB hard drive which allows for over 35 hours of recording.

It has "One Touch Digital Set Up" and will be available next month priced at around £130.00....
Humax brings Series link to Freeview boxes
New features added for new and old customers alike 3 August 2007 21:06 GMT
Humax claims it’s the first digital television recorder manufacturer to pass the Freeview Playback Group 2 standard.

Boasting about the news in a statement to the press, the company says that both its Humax PVR-9200TB and PVR-9200TS models meet the new standard,...
TiVo HD launches Stateside
American's get new High Definition offering 24 July 2007 8:33 GMT
American readers can now enjoy TiVO HD following its launch in the US. Similar to Sky+ here in the UK, TiVo allows users to record and pause live television.

The new HD offering will come with a HDMI socket and support up to 1080i as well as an array of other...
Evesham's e-box gets revamp, goes high-def
Black box recorder 11 July 2007 15:36 GMT
Evesham's e-box has been given a welcome revamp with the introduction of Dual-Core processing, high-definition capabilities and Windows Vista and is being launched as the new e-box HD.

The new Evesham 320GB e-box HD is a fully functional DTR and an all round...
Top Up TV+ Digital Television Recorder goes on sale
The perfect PVR for sports fans? 2 July 2007 17:58 GMT
Top Up TV, a provider of TV content on the DTT platform, today announced that its Digital Television Recorder (DTR - what's more usually known in the UK as a PVR) will now be available both in store and online from John Lewis priced £139.

The Top Up TV+ DTR...
Humax launches updated PVR-9200T Freeview Playback recorder
Now with twin tuners and 160GB hard drive 6 June 2007 9:58 GMT
Humax has announced that it has given its PVR-9200T digital TV recorder (DTR), first launched last year, a makeover to make it one of the first Freeview Playback digital TV recorders on the market.

Launched this week, Freeview Playback basically adds Sky+...
Sky's HD service gets "bigger and better"
High Def offerings set to increase 21 May 2007 12:59 GMT
To mark Sky HD's first birthday, a wider choice of programming will now be available in glorious high definition.

Sky has now secured HD films for Sky Movies HD1 and HD2 from all the major Hollywood studios while promising 9% of commissions and two-thirds of...