Monthly Archives: July 2009

IAAF World Athletics Championship in HD on Freesat

Press release from freesat 27/07/09: ON YOUR MARKS… GET SET… GO! Introducing IAAF World Athletics Championship in HD on Freesat      Reach for your running shoes and sprint to the sofa, because this year’s World Championships in Athletics is coming to Freesat in high definition and subscription free. From Saturday 15th to Sunday 23rd...
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Watch the Proms on BBC HD

Press release from freesat 27/07/09: HIT THE RIGHT NOTES WITH THE PROMS ON BBC HD ON FREESAT The symphonies, concertos, overtures and fugues of this year’s Proms will be better than ever this year with Freesat bringing viewers this unique summer event in glorious high definition on BBC HD. From the First Night of...
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New Freesat PVR’s from Goodmans and Sagem

New Freesat PVR’s from Goodmans and Sagem

Goodmans and Sagem have both announced  freesat high definition digital TV recorders  which will be available for Autumn this year, this will provide competition to Humax with their outstanding Humax PVR. Goodmans have announced two PVR’s: The Goodmans GFSDTR320HD is a 320GB hard drive PVR with twin freesat HD tuners which Argos have at...
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Sagem Release New Freesat Receiver

Sagem Release New Freesat Receiver

Sagem the French Set top box manufacture has added to its product line a High Definition freesat receiver. The new box DSI86HD has made its first appearance in the latest Argos catalogue which was released today Saturday 25th July. Known Specifications: Digitally interactive. Digital text. Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) subtitles available. Auto setup. User...
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LG HD freesat TV Price Drop

LG HD freesat TV Price Drop

The recently released LG 32LF7700 32” Widescreen TV with freesat HD and Freeview built have now dropped below £500. With Dixons selling for £449.99 delivered. When you consider an equivalent full HD 1080P TV with only Freeview built in would cost around this price the LG 32LF7700 with freesat HD represents outstanding value and...
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ITV HD Copy Protection

ITV HD Copy Protection

ITV is in talks with freesat and Panasonic regarding its High Definition broadcasts and the ability to record/archive HD  programmes to Blu-ray discs. Currently ITV’s HD content is flagged with “Copy Never” codes, which prevent it from being copied by the new Panasonic  Blu-ray recorders from the hard disc to Blu-ray. The BBC allows...
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