Details are very hard to come by at the moment and nothing can be currently found on their website, the receiver we understand though will carry the freesat badge so will have a compliant EPG, HDMI, Optical, ethernet port connections etc though.

It is also rumoured that they are planning to produce a high definition freesat PVR/DTR as well, this will bring competition to Humax who are the only other manufacturer known to have one in the pipeline as the Alba group who manufacture the Goodmans, Grundig and Bush freesat set top boxes are not currently planning on producing a PVR to our knowledge.

Metronic is a subsidiary of HF Company and was established in France in 1988, Metronic LTD was established in the UK in January 2007.

Exact details have not been released but it is expected it will include twin tuners allowing watching and recording two programmes at the same time or recording two programmes at the same time the PVR is expected to work in similar a way to SKY+ allowing series link and recording but without the subscription and ongoing costs.

A large hard disc drive is also expected facilitate high definition broadcasts which take up lots of disc space. It is also planned for a USB connection to allow transfer of archiving to an external USB hard disc and use of the ethernet port.