OVERVIEW: With the inevitable switch over to Digital TV, I decided to purchase a cheap Freeview box for my TV in the bedroom. As I only tend to watch TV for about half an hour before going to sleep, I didn't want to spend a lot of money on the box. STYLE & DESIGN: The box is very compact and sits comfortably on top of my TV. It has a very slender design and has a small red light to indicate that the power is on. The box is very light at only 998g so can easily be moved between TV's around the house if need be. SPECIFICATION: Amazon.co.uk have summarised the product features as follows: * Category: Receiver * ...  Read the complete review

After deciding that just having 5 channels wouldn't do, I realised that i needed to invest in a freeview box. I bought the Philips DTR210 set top box from my local Tesco store for £24.99 The set top box came with an adapter, remote and instructions. There was no scart lead included, but like most people these days we have a drawer full of such things, so it wasn't too much of a problem. Setting the box up was very simple. A scart lead from the television to one of the boxes two scart slots, plug an aerial into the back as well as the adapter, switch the thing on and away we go. The installation pretty much took care of itself. It took ...  Read the complete review

I picked this Freeview box up for my bedroom portable television, as it was relatively inexpensive and seemed like a quality product. It is impressive - small, so fits nicely onto of the television. Set up was easy and done in a few minutes. The remote control is small and functional, although the buttons are not the most ergonomic! The picture and sound quality are good, and the box and menu systems are easy to navigate around. Essentially, it does exactly what you'd expect it to do. It handles weak signals well (I'm in a weak signal area), and very rarely crashes. If you set the box timer, it locks the remote control, so if you're using the timer to record to a VCR, ...  Read the complete review