Freeview for your digital receiver

[tmccourt]

I noticed ‘digital FTA’ as an option for Technomate 5000ci.
I e-mailed them and they replied: ‘We will be having a new model (combo digital/terrestrial digital by May 03)’ so Freeview BBC3, CH5 etc without yet another box and scart lead!.
I hope they have the new one patched and with a cheap cam offer.

 

[rolfw]

Sounds interesting, haven't heard a sniff of this prior to your post, will of course be useful in the UK, or any other country with digital terrestrial transmissions.

 

[Genie]

Thats good news. a 2 in 1 box sounds great. And its also been confirmed on other forums.

I suppose it makes sense since Digital TV processing shares many of the same hardware needs, wheather is be sat or terrestrial, so costs are reduced.

 

[rolfw]

It would appear perhaps to be to do with the new Samsung chip that Net1 posted about a couple of days ago http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4076, it combines functions normally carried out by separate chips, thus reducing the price and making these Hybrid units possible within the lower price ranges.