Digital TV's in general

As long as I can remember I’ve been a customer of Sky Satellite since the good old days of analogue! Although I didn’t upgrade to digital at the earliest opportunity, I did when the ‘free’ offer came on the scene and was one of the first in my family (and street come to think about it) to go for the ‘digibox’ installation. I had my original Amstrad digibox installed in May of 1999. Prior to this I had a Cambridge analogue receiver, which served well. If you haven’t got or seen Sky digital TV yet in operation by now then you probably aren’t interested in TV, as we know it! So many people have it now as they did ...  Read the complete review

First of all, if you want one of these, you'll almost certainly have to go to an independant satellite dealer - sky themselves (and therefore any retailer that uses them - any high street retailer)will generally not supply these or the silver panasonic boxes. Ok - the first thing i would say about this receiver is 'it looks fantastic!' - it is silver and slim (just 5cm in height) in order to take up as little of the valuable stacking space below your television as possible. You also get a black remote control, as opposed to the standard skydigital blue one (nice touch to really set off the distinction from other boxes). Build quality is excellent ...  Read the complete review

The digital television revolution is coming whether we like it or not. The government is planning to switch off analogue television sooner than thought maybe in 2005. Italy so far is the only country to set a date for the big turn off, 2007. Our government says it is committed to digital tele claiming it is a vital learning resource, and want people to be able to send e-mails and access the Internet via there televisions. But many people are not buying as they hope the price will drop before the analogue signal is turned off. But I feel that the digital revolution is going to cost us a lot more than analogue did. With you needing to subscribe to ...  Read the complete review

It would have been very nice if this could have been a review. I bought an On Digital box from QXL - bargains can be had with one years rental for the basic service typically around £40 to £60. I had checked out the postcode checker first of course, which said fine. It barely worked - i got BBC channels and that was it - so BBC Choice and Parliament, and not even News24. They offer a service for an aerial upgrade at £40, which they hint at. I called this in, but the man barely got out of his van. Hospital in the way - its 2 miles away, but it is right in the way. SO I can't get OnDigital - I didn't pay for the man and returned the box ...  Read the complete review

We have had Sky digital for about 6 months now. At the time I think the offer was 'FREE DIGITAL DISH AND BOX (but it costs £100 for us to fit it)' The main advantage of Digital TV is the crystal clear picture and sound quality, and you've got to admit that it is 100% perfect. On very windy days though the picture can get distorted and the sound can dissapear, which is extremely frustrating!! This is very rare though. Some people may be drawn to the fact that you can do online shopping from an impressively large range of shops, and the fact that you get e-mail access also. But anyone who owns a PC with internet access can get the same ...  Read the complete review