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Freeview Set-top boxes

This page provides information and specifications on the range of Freeview set-top receivers available in the UK.

These allow you to receive additional TV channels without paying a subscription.

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Set-top boxes can be purchased for a one-off fee starting from around £20. Below is a summary of the current range of UK set top box receivers.

If you're looking for general advice on what to buy, try the FAQ on our help page first.

Radio & Telly's Freeview Quick Picks
Basic, easy-to-use, low-priced Freeview box with 2 SCARTs, the Matsui DTR3. Currys £24.99	Freeview, hard-disk recorder with video-on-demand. Box free to BT Total Broadband customers. More	The Humax PVR-9200TS box includes a hard-disk recorder that hold 160 hours of TV. Martin Dawes & Dixons £155

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Prices last updated: Feb 2008

Key: With modulator Hard disk recorder

	BT Vision V-box This box is designed for the BT Vision service, which launched in December 2006. The V-Box supports live TV from Freeview, and TV-on-demand via broadband. The box has a twin-tuner, hold 80 hours of TV, and requires a BT Total Broadband connection to support download of content. The BT Vision box is FREE to BT Total Broadband customers (How to Switch provider). More on our BT Vision page
	Bush DFTA1001 Idaptor Want Freeview without having to clutter up your TV system with a set-top box? Then this could be the answer. The Idaptor plugs into the back of your TV's SCART socket, and lets you receive the Freeview TV and radio channels without a set-top box. An infrared pod plugs into the idapter, so that the remote control can work. The Idaptor supports the 7 day programme guide. Available for £39.97 from Tesco Available for £39.99 from Currys Available for £42.39 from ASDA online Available for £49.99 from Argos (Cat no: 5320637) Available for £45 from Littlewoods Direct (Cat no: PY080K)
	Daewoo DSD9520 PVR to allow recording of Freeview onto hard disk. Car slot suitable for subscription services and has EPG Hard Disk: 80Gig (40 hours) Outputs: 2 x SCART, stereo audio, digital audio Available for £114.28 from ASDA online Listed for £104.68 from Amazon Available for £149.99 from Tesco.com
	Digifusion FRT101T Features: 8 Day 'Freeview EPG', automatic set-up, favourite channel facility, timer programming. Card slot suitable for subscription services. Released in December 2004. Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £69.99 from Littlewoods Direct(Cat no: PY833B)
	DigiFusion FRT102 Basic Freeview box that supports 8-day EPG. Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £29.96 from Bennetts Electrical
	Digifusion FRT103 Basic Freeview box that supports 8-day EPG. Outputs: 1 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available £24.99 from Argos (Cat no: 5321038)
	DigiFusion FVRT95 - PVR under £100 Features: Freeview receiver with a built-in 80gig PVR hard drive. Record TV and radio onto hard disk, pause and rewind live TV. Twin tuner. 8-day EPG. Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £99.99 from Maplin
	DigiFusion FVRT200 Features: Personal Video Recorder (PVR)... Record programmes in digital quality without videotapes and pause live TV. Uses SCT compression to squeeze up to 80 hours of TV onto its 80Gig hard-disk. Twin tuner records 2 channels simultaneously whilst letting you watch a previous recording. Has a 14 day EPG , and supports editing. Available for £149.99 from Maplin Electronics Available for £162.53 from ASDA online More details on our Fusion page
	Echostar T105 FTA Mediaguard Features: Digitally interactive. Digital text. 7 day electronic programme guide. Card slot suitable for subscription services. Output: 2 SCART, SP/DIF socket, audio sockets and an RF loopthrough Available for £58.22 from Amazon
	Goodmans GDB3 Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough, audio phono Extras: Has a 5 event timer, digital teletext. Available for £34.99 from Argos (Cat 532/0101) More details on our Goodmans page
	Goodmans GDB6 Basic box with 2 x SCART. Available for £37.97 from Tesco.com Available for £44.99 from Littlewoods Direct Available for £79.99 from Comet
	Goodmans GDVD305 DVBT - DVD Recorder Freeview with DVD recorder - Supports DVD, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD and JPEG picture CD playback compatible. Region 2 coding. Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF Loopthrough Available for £129.99 from Argos (Cat no: 533/4788)
	Goodmans GHD8015F PVR to allow recording of Freeview onto hard disk. Hard Disk: 80Gig (40 hours) Tuner: Twin Other: 7-day EPG. Pause live TV Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £139.99 from Argos (Cat 532-0620)
	Hitachi HDB65 Freeview with 7 Day EPG and digital text. Output: 2 x SCART Available £34.99 from Argos (Cat no: 532/0668)
	Humax F2-FOX T Freeview set-top box with on-screen channel display. Extras: Channel sort by name or number, digital teletext, timer Output: 2 x SCART, RF modulator, Dolby Digital out Available for £59.11 from ASDA online Available for £59.11 from QED UK Available for £59.99 from Empire Direct Available for £61.50 from 24-7 Electrical Available for £69.50 from John Lewis More details on our Humax page
	Humax PVR-9200TS (Silver) PVR-9200TB (Black) Has a built-in 160Gig hard drive that can record up to 100 hours of telly, using the Freeview Playback standard. Twin tuner, electronic programme guide, picture-in-picture, USB support for PC connectivity, mp3 playback, live pause & dolby digital out. Supports a subscription services CAM slot. More on our Humax page. Reviews Available for £152.79 from Martin Dawes Available for £154.94 from Dixons Available for £164.80 from 24-7 Electrical Available for £173.18 from Dabs.com Available for £174.13 from Tribal UK Available for £179 from John Lewis Available for £174.99 from Comet Available for £179.99 from ASDA online A 320Gb version, the Humax PVR-9200TBX, was announced in October 2007. This offers a larger hard-disk, with up to 200 hours of recording. It's available direct from Humax, but we don't know of any other suppliers at this time. If you do, let us know
	I-Player 6640 Features: Internet and email access from your TV, built-in games, support for broadband and subscription services. With USB socket for printer, broadband, webcam, etc... Output: 2 SCARTs, RF loopthrough and optical audio out. Available for £199 from Webstore at simply.com More on the iPlayer 6640 here
	JVC TU-DB1SK Features: 7 day electronic programme guide. Timer. Refer to manufacturers site: Click here. Released in December 2004 Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough, digital audio Available for £68.87 from Bennetts Electrical
	Logik LDR1 Features: Basic Freeview box Outputs: 2 x SCART Available for £34.99 from Dixons
	Logik Vesa / TVonics MDR-200 Features: 8 day electronic programme guide. Low energy output. Voted best Freeview box in May 2007 by a leading consumer magazine Outputs: 2 x SCART Available for £49.99 from Dixons
	Logik LPV2250 / TVonics DVR-250 One of the largest hard disks around. Voted top Freeview PVR in May 2007 by a leading consumer magazine 250GB built-in hard-disk (up to 125 hours recording) Twin Tuner (watch one channel while recording another) 8-day Electronic Programme Guide Outputs: 2 x SCART Available for £179.99 from Currys
	Maplin 8" Freeview LCD TV New for January 2006, is this tiny little stand-alone LCD TV. With both an analogue and digital tuner, this can receive all of the Freeview TV and radio channels, plus the standard 5. It can run from a 12V battery, supports an EPG, can connect to a camcorder, xbox, video recorder or PC monitor. Available direct from Maplin Electronics For more, see our page on the 8" LCD TV
	Matsui DTR-3 Output: 2 x SCART and RF loopthrough Available for �24.99 from Dixons
	Panasonic DMRES20D with DVD Recorder Freeview with DVD recorder. Also plays DVD / CD , MP3. Became available August 2005 Output: 2 SCART, digital audio Listed, but out of stock, for £147.97 from Currys Available for £169.99 from Argos (Cat: 533.4939)
	Panasonic DMREX75 DVD Recorder/PVR/Freeview 160Gb HDD Recorder (for up to 284 hours), Freeview Tuner and DVD recorder. DVD RAM/DVD+R-RW. Has an HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connector for use with High-definition TVs. SD card slot. . MP3 and JPEG compatible. Output: 2 x SCART , RF loopthrough Available for £299 from Littlewoods Extra.
	Panasonic TUCT41 Freeview with 7 day EPG Output: 2 SCART, and RF loopthrough Available for £69.99 from Argos (Cat: 532/1007 )
	Philips DTR210 Features: Electronic Programme Guide, digital text. Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £35.28 from ASDA online Available for £39.49 from Argos (Cat no: 532/0723) Available for £39.49 from Currys
	Philips DTR220 Features: Electronic Programme Guide, digital text. Outputs: 2 x SCART, digital audio, RF loopthrough Available for £29.99 from Dixons Available for £28.74 from ASDA online Available for £34.99 from Argos (Cat no: 532/1076)
	Sagem ITD58NG Features: Digital interactive. Now and next electronic programme guide. Outputs: 1 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £24.99 from Argos (Cat No:5320565)
	Sagem ITD61 Features: Digitally interactive. Digital text. DVB subtitles. Now and next electronic programme guide. Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £34.99 from Argos (Cat No:085/0487)
	Sagem ITD68 Basic Freeview box with slot for supports subscription services Outputs: 1 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £49.99 from Argos (Cat no: 532/1083)
	Sagem PVR62160 PVR to allow recording of Freeview onto hard disk. Hard Disk: 160Gig (up to 80 hours) Tuner: Twin Outputs: 2 x SCART, Optical, RF loopthrough Available for £169.99 from Argos (Cat no: 532/0761)
	Sagem PVR6280T PVR to allow recording of Freeview onto hard disk. Released Aug 2005 Hard Disk: 80Gig (40 hours) Tuner: Twin Other: 7-day EPG. Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £119.99 from Argos (Cat no: 532/0572) Available for £152.56 from Amazon.co.uk Available for £174.99 from Empire Direct
	Sony RDR-GXD310 - DVD Recorder with Freeview Freeview receiver and DVD recorder combined. Supports DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD video, CD, CD video, CD-R, CD-RW and MP3 playback compatibility. With Dolby digital DTS sound system and D-Matrix noise reduction. Has Intelligent scene chaptering and SmartLink. Outputs: 2 x SCART, S-Video In/Out, Analog AV In/out, Digital audio. Available for £229.99 from Argos (Cat:085/0267)
	Sony RDR-HXD560 - PVR, DVD Recorder & Freeview Features: Freeview receiver with 80 Gig hard disk and a DVD Recorder. Supports access to Freeview , recording onto DVD (multiple formats supported: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW ). PVR records up to 106 hours onto built-in hard-disk Output: 2 x SCART, S-video, digital audio. Available for £329.99 from Argos (Cat: 085/0360) Available for £319.99 from Play.com
	Sony RDR-HXD710 - PVR, DVD Recorder & Freeview Features: Freeview receiver with 160 Gig hard disk and a DVD Recorder. Supports access to Freeview (with 8 day EPG), recording onto DVD (multiple formats supported: +R ,-RW,+RW,-R). PVR records up to 269 hours onto built-in hard-disk Output: 2 x SCART, S-video, digital audio. Available for £378.95 from Amazon Available for £399.99 from Empire Direct Available for £429.99 from Play.com
	Sony SVR-S500 Features: Freeview receiver with 80 Gig hard disk. Twin tuner, 14 day EPG, Pause and rewind live TV. Pause and rewind live TV. Also features folders for storing recordings, and Selective Recording Edit (crops recordings). Output: 2 x SCART. Available for £173.72 from ASDA online Available for £182.85 from Tribal UK Available for £199.99 from Amazon Available for £199.99 from Empire Direct Available for £218.97 from Bennetts Electrical
	Thomson DTI 6300-16 - Top Up TV Anytime PVR Twin tuner, 160gig hard-drive (for 120 hours of TV) Output: 2 x SCART, digital audio and RF modulated output Availability: Now, priced around £99.99 from Empire Direct, Argos and Amazon. A version with a 250Gig hard-disk is available at Argos online for £129.99. More on our TopUp TV Anytime page
	Topfield TF5800PVR Twin tuners, 160Gig hard disk (up to 88 hours recording time), supports time-shifting & dual recording, Electronic Program Guide (EPG), MP3 via USB 2.0 for storage of personal files. CI slot suitable for subscription services. Became available April 2005. Available for £209.99 from Empire Direct (Silver or Black) Available for £219.95 from Firebox There's also a version with a 250Gig hard-disk, for £279.90 from Peter Tyson or for £349 from Empire Direct More details on our PVR page
	TVonics MFR-200 Ultra-small box, works with TV sets that don't have a SCART socket. Has an 8-day Electronic Programme Guide and is energy efficient (1.5 watts). Available for £39.99 from Argos online and Homebase
Image from Vismedia	Virgin non-cable V Box Box from Virgin Media that's being offered to users of Virgin's home phone service. Capable of receiving Freeview TV and radio channels. Available free to Virgin Media customers on certain packages
	Wharfdale DV832B Basic Freeview box that supports 7-day EPG. Outputs: 2 x SCART, RF loopthrough Available for £29.99 from Argos (Cat no: 532/0503)
PC Cards
	Hauppauge Win TV Nova USB2 Receive digital TV on your PC. Run either in full-screen mode making your PC monitor behave as a TV, or having a smaller TV screen sitting in the corner of your desktop while you work. Teletext, radio channels (note that digital radio on Freeview is not the same thing as DAB), video recording and remote control are available accessories for this product. Available from Amazon (£66.40) For more on this, see our TV on your PC page
	More Freeview PC solutions There are a number of different solutions available, from different manufacturers: Hauppauge - These seem to be the most common and popular - You can get these from Amazon , Dabs.com and PC World AverMediaandNebula - See the range at Misco and www.maplin.co.uk (under the 'Computers', 'Build your own' section). Xpert V-Stream VS-DVBT - Available from Maplin.co.uk - Cat No A75BZ (PCI version) and A78BZ (USB version) For more on the options available, see our TV on your PC page

Prices, specifications and offers are subject to alteration. Refer to the websites that we link to for latest prices, information and conditions

* RF loopthrough - Your main TV aerial connects into set-top box, and the box has an aerial output socket that can be used to feed a TV or video recorder regardless of whether the Freeview box is on or off. For a fuller explanation, see our Glossary
* RF modulator - Modulated output indicates that a box can 're-broadcast' the output onto a new TV channel, so that your TV or video can 'tune in' to the Freeview signal (this is especially useful for TV and video equipment that don't have SCART sockets). For a fuller explanation, see our Glossary

Boxes are available from: Dixons, Comet, Currys, Martin Dawes , Argos , John Lewis, Empire Direct, Littlewoods Direct, Digitalboxshop and 24-7 Electrical .

Older / Discontinued Set-top boxes

If you're looking for information on older, discontinued or hard-to-find Freeview or onDigital boxes, try our list of Older Freeview Boxes

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