News - Upgraded Freeview coverage checker reveals when HD is coming to you

[Englander]

Woo, December 2009, that means... I can't actually get it yet because the tuners are non-existent >.>

[Boogie83e]

October 2010 now need to get a new HD telly with 6 HDMI inputs

[superscaper]

Like a few others on here it is already available for me which seems a bit silly when there's no way to actually watch them yet unless you've got test/trial boxes.

[danroyle]

2012 for me.

[Parm]

Crikey. Apparently we already have it. I had no idea.

Me too. Except Channel4 HD (no date, just 'coming soon'). How much are those FreeviewHD boxes, I've not been bothered since I hardly watch TV, but it should be quite neat to use my projector with one

Available in my area next month......just need another postcode checker to tell me whern I can buy a DVB-T2 tuner for my HTPCs

can anyone post some links to some HD freeview tuners....i cant find any anywhere

Woo, December 2009, that means... I can't actually get it yet because the tuners are non-existent >.>

Like a few others on here it is already available for me which seems a bit silly when there's no way to actually watch them yet unless you've got test/trial boxes.

HEXUS.lifestyle: UK's first Freeview HD receiver arrives at retail

Shame it isn't a PVR, but it's a start.

[Georgy291]

HEXUS.lifestyle: UK's first Freeview HD receiver arrives at retail

Shame it isn't a PVR, but it's a start.

:O £180 :O

GTFO

freesat ftw

they must be having a joke, freeview boxes can be picked up for a £10r now from things like tesco, doesnt sound right to me taking £180

[robtbear]

Apparently Sept 2010 for me but I can only just manage to get bbc 1 & 2 on freeview the signal is so bad, still better than none with analogy.

[MonkeyL]

:O £180 :O

GTFO

freesat ftw

they must be having a joke, freeview boxes can be picked up for a £10r now from things like tesco, doesnt sound right to me taking £180

Buy one then, and see how much HD content you get out of one. I'll give you a clue... none whatsoever.

[shaithis]

they must be having a joke, freeview boxes can be picked up for a £10r now from things like tesco, doesnt sound right to me taking £180

Firstly, they need a new tuner......newer tech always costs more (R&D recoup)

Then, the processing power needed to decode MPEG4 is helluva lot more then is needed for MPEG2. MPEG4 STB chips are really new, pretty much exclusively used for BluRay players currently....

Now throw into the mix the MPEG2 STB chips whose performance hasn't really changed in the 15 years they have been sold and refined since the first DVD player released......and you probably have your reason for the price disparity

[Funkstar]

Then we can also add in the HD output components, probably and upscaler for SD content to be shown on HD screens without them changing mode (I don't know how well TVs handle the change in resolution). The processor for better a menu system, this will be much more responsive and look a hell of a lot better than any of the cheap Freeview STBs.